[TheForge] Forging press?

Sat Feb 8 00:06:01 2003

Oh Dann;
You don't have to worry about the power rating of  any Hrobor Fright 
tool that doesn't  show in the listing. Just roll up your sleve and 
admire your right arm....Pete

Dann wrote:

>
> 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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