[TheForge] conclusion power hammer vs press

[dann]

Lon,

Couple years back I watched  Jim Batson demonstrate making powder damascus 
with the hydraulic press.   Bought a copy of his book on making hydraulic 
presses from him.  First item in Jim's  book talks about making your Forge 
Press ..beginning with a log splitter.

So I went to a farm auction that had a log splitter advertised on the 
auction bill.   All the blessings of North Iowa/ Southern Minnesota aside, 
there aren't a  lot  trees blocking our horizon.   Just the odd surviving 
trees in a farmstead grove. There are fewer log splitters.   The log 
splitter turned out to be a massive thing built to fit on the  3 point 
hitch of a farm tractor.   I was disappointed and didn't bid, but in 
retrospect, I should have.. as it sold about $80 and the 6 inch cylinder 
and valves, etc ..  Oh well.  Ever since I have wondered  if anyone just 
uses their farm tractor to be the "pump" for their forge press.


At 04:56 PM 1/21/05, you wrote:
>http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/showyrtits/my_photos
>here is that link to my photos
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Lon Humphrey" 
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>Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 5:54 PM
>Subject: [TheForge] conclusion power hammer vs press
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>i have decided that i will build a press. now i just have to figure out 
>how to suspend the log splitter verticaly in the shop and exhaust the 
>fumes from the gass



>motor.........
>
>any way here is some of my work and my shop
>
>thanks to all who replied info was very helpful
>
>Lon
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