[TheForge] Fly Press

Mon Mar 17 19:26:00 2003

I think it might to be to your advantage
to differentiate between fly and screw
presses. A screw press is a one shot
down and then manually bring it up for
another try. In a fly press the flywheel
actually screws the ram back up along a
reverse thread and then returns it down
when it reaches the top. As long as the
flywheel is turning the ram keeps
pumping.

[email protected] wrote:
> 
> All of the talk about forging presses ahs got me thinking about a press.  I am more interested in a Fly or Screw Press.  Mostly because I curently don't have any poser to the shop & the house is all solar power.  Non-power tools are a bit easier to make use of right now.  Any body have any experience or thought regarding the Fly Press?  How big of a press would be useful for the average shop (I know it all depends, but a good starting point would be nice)?  Are there any advantages of a Fly Press over the Hydraulic Press?  Finally can a large Fly Press do everything a small one could do, or are they to much for the more delicate work?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> John
> 
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