[TheForge] Hydraulic Press Question

Thu Aug 14 01:08:00 2003

Seems like somwhere i've seen punches and shears that you could  just stick
in  a hyd press and go to work.  Would sure be intrested  if some one knows
of such things.
Randy Mundt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Woolley" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 6:27 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Hydraulic Press Question


> Greetings,
>
> I don't have room nor need for an ironworker in my shop(or the
> pocketbook).  What I would like to do from time to time is punch square
> and rectangular holes through 1/4 maybe 3/8 flats and plate.  Does
> anyone know how powerful a cylinder I might need to do this?  Metal for
> tooling?  I was considering making a chanel frame  to back up the
> cylinder and hold the tooling.  Anyone have any ideas for this set up
> without breaking the bank?  Thanks.
>
> Regards,
> Bill Woolley
>
>
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