[TheForge] Forging press?

[Dann]

I bought Dr. Jim Batson 's book on building a  forging press, and have 
acquired some of the "fixings" like the drilled uprights to build a press 
frame and a 5 inch 2 way hydraulic cylinder.  I was able to  watch  Jim 
Batson demonstrate on Kieth Johnson's press in Bemidji Mn  a year or two 
back, and   Roger Degner provided me with a good  UMBA tape of Kieth 
Johnson demonstrating the forging press.

The verbal pointers that I have gotten about building a forging press 
usually say something like "Start with a working hydraulic log splitter"...

There aren't lots of cheap used log splitters in the corn fields of North 
Iowa, but I had seen new ones  on  "sale" in Harbor Freight catalogs.

The Harbor freight 50 ton shop press caught my eye a  month or two back. 
46768-2VGA .  Then I saw it on "sale" for $600 and I thought hmmmm...

When I looked at it at first,  I assumed that it might  have an electric 
motor to run the 2 speed pump, but it doesn't say anything about motor 
size.  This press might be a manual "jack" type pump like the HB 20 ton 
press that they sell.

Without being able to look at one close up,  it is a guessing game.

Thanks

Dann

At 08:54 PM 2/6/2003 -0500, you wrote:

>Dann,
>I have their 20 ton manual shop press. The hydraulic ram is so (slow?? ) 
>moving and I would imagine the 50 ton with the pump wouldn't
>pick up much speed. I use mine for "cold forging" shaping , bending, etc. 
>and its quick effective at that. And it only cost me $120 during one of 
>their sales at a local store.
>
>I also have a FAMCO 3 ton kick press for shaping and texturing.
>
>Ray Miller
>Cincinnati



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