[TheForge] Hydraulic Forging Press

Wed Mar 12 20:31:05 2003

I have Batsons booklet and it's fine if you want to build the press that Batson built. But if all you need is the plumbing schematic you can go to your local farm store and look at a woodsplitter. Cheaper than the $25 for Batsons booklet.

Best place to look for press ideas is on the Bemidgi Blacksmiths meeting video sold by Roger Degner (on this list) for the UMBA. I think it's $6. The press used and made by Keith Johnson in the video sounds very much like the one Chuck Schaeffer described in another email today.

Bob S.
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>Anyone know where I can buy this book online? I searched for Batson
>Engineering & Metalworks  but not much there. Guess I could resort to a
>phone call.
>
>> I know there was a discussion about hydraulic presses a while back, but I
>> wasn't interested then but I am now.
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience with the hydraulic forging press that Jim
>> Batson
>> designed?  (see:
>http://www.artmetal.com/project/TOC/BookRevu/HydroPrs.html )
>>
>> I know our good friend and occasional poster to theforge, Chuck Schaeffer,
>> has considerable experience in this area.  So, any comments and/or
>> suggestions will be appreciated from any and all.
>>
>> Also, does anyone remember when the discussion on hydraulics took place on
>> this list so I can go back to the archives and look the postings up?
>>
>> Dave Brown
>> Heritage Smithing
>> Green Bay, WI
>> ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG
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