[TheForge] toys how many?

[Jerry Frost]

A set of press rolls as a hydraulic press attachment wouldn't take much shop 
space as it'd fit in the hydraulic press and need no frame of it's own.

How much time and money you have to invest in one is a variable only you can 
answer.

How much you'd use it is again in your court.

As a technical exercise it's pretty easy if you plan it along with your hyd 
press. It'll need it's own drive motor/s and how wide they can be will 
depend on how heavy your press is. Once you determine the width and drive 
mechanism all you need is enough frame to keep it aligned under the press.

Given my druthers and I intend to build a set of rolls so my druthers will 
at least get considered, <grin> I'd drive them hydraulically. Being as far-$ 
x00,000! from 3 phase as we are I'm going to set up a small 40-80 HP diesel 
engine as a hydraulic donkey. This'll let me run my 100 tn. punch and the 
rams, motors and such I've been scrounging from the dumpster at work for 
some years now. So driving the rolls hydraulically makes good sense in my 
case. This being the case I'll just have a couple quick disconnects on the 
wall behind(beside?) the press I can plug accessories into.

Another option for hydraulic rolls would be mounting them on the back of a 
Kinyon style power hammer frame or just off a building column. In the second 
case you wouldn't be able to let the shop column take the load from the 
rolls.

An option in my (under construction) shop is to use the floor sockets / 
gazintas for support. The drive rolls will be in their own frame, it's the 
stand and stock supports/helpers that take up all the floor space. If you 
design it as a bench size tool from the start you can stow it on a shelf. 
Heck, if you're using the hyd press for pressure it can be a two piece 
device and even lighter.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Dan Scheid" <Damales at earthlink.net>


>
> I guess the question is should I?
> Is it worth the time and space/money
> Dan

> I'm not sure I understand the question Dan. Aren't you going to make a set
> of rolls as an accessory to the hyd press?
>