[TheForge] hydraulic pump

Tue Mar 18 05:59:00 2003

        The pump of a press is the heart of the tool, my advice is to buy a
new two stage pump to start with.  I put three used valves on my press
trying to save money - they all leaked. There is usually a reason that
hydraulics are in the junk yard (I've found them to be less than a 50/50
chance of being what you'd like).  New is pricey, but clean.

Ralph


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Brown" <[email protected]>
To: "TheForge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 4:05 PM
Subject: [TheForge] hydraulic pump


> I was at the local scrap yard today and there was one of those small 3
> wheeled forklifts.  I forget the name, but there is a seeminly good
looking
> hydraulic pump in it that operates the lift.  Does any of you hydraulic
> folks have any idea if the pump from the forklift would be suitable for a
> hydraulic forging press?
>
> Dave Brown
> Heritage Smithing
> Green Bay, WI
> ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG
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