[TheForge] press vs power hammer/fly press

[Ralph Sproul]

Justin, A flypress has it's place.  It is like the ultimate dead blow
hammer.  You have speed, accuracy, and when it hits it grabs and goes until
the power is into the material.
They were used in the jewelry industry for years as they excelled in coining
and shaping small parts.

With the hand ones, it's very controlable for hand work - sort of like
"Nibbling" away(cold or hot) - it's just that hot increases the limit of the
machine compared to cold work.

Ralph

----- Original Message -----
From: "Justin Fellenz" <sunironworks at yahoo.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] press vs power hammer/fly press


> As a sidebar to this discussion, here's a question for the sages...why
> a *fly* press? To me they look like a little obsolete. I have been
> thinking about a big ol' arbor press, cause the ram drops to the iron
> immediately and they give great feel and never break (thinking damascus
> billets here and all the hammering you can can save yourself with one
> good squish). And they're cheap. Then there's any number of hydraulic
> presses, some air, some electric, some manual, most not so cheap, that
> have pretty good unladen ram speed and boatloads of power and lots of
> size....but I hear lots of people who love fly presses. Can someone
> enlighten me?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Justin
>
>
> --- John Switzer <switz at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > A press is a great tool for bending and contouring stock to shape,
> > but for
> > general forging I would go with the power hammer.  I do have a fly
> > press
> > and love it, I just think if you can only have one or the other most
> > people
> > would get more use from a power hammer.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > >hello, i have a question on wheather to build a power hammer or a
> > >hydhaulic press. the hammer in question would be dusty or rusty from
> > one
> > >of the abana groups.
> > >or would my money be better spent in turning the log splitter into a
> >
> > >press. i do alot of knife work but i do dink around with ornimental
> > stuff too
> > >
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