[TheForge] Big Stuff

[Blacksmith]

    I saw a photo of a 50,000 ton press many years ago in some book. As
I recall it was in an aluminum shop and may have been near Cleveland.
It was several stories tall and I think it went almost that far into the
floor
also. Extrusion press? It was a long time ago.

Bob Willman
The Eagle's Anvil
Bowling Green, Ohio
WB8NQW


----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 12:41
Subject: [TheForge] Big Stuff


> In a message dated 1/13/2005 12:22:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> davesmucker at hotmail.com writes:
>
> That  50,000 ton press is the largest in the USA.
> About 20 years ago I was watching them forge jet impellers at TRW in
> Cleveland. Way off in the distance of this building was a HUGE forging
press  made by
> Mesta. I was told it was 100,000 tons. It stood at least 30 feet tall.
Does
> anyone think it was really that big?
>
> Some of the other old fogeys who like me, are of the WWII era, may
recognize
> that Mesta name. Pearl Mesta was married to the guy who made this  stuff.
>
>
> Don  Plummer
> Plummer Design Works
> 392 Hallman Mill Road
> Phoenixville, PA  19460
> 610-495-5058
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