[TheForge] press, riveting, air hammer

[ries]

Steve, that riveting is WAAY COOL.
I did a project a few years ago where I set something like 6000 1/4"  
diameter stainless rivets, with a hydraulic press much like yours, but  
we did em all cold.
I did set some bigger rivets, up to 1/2" diameter, cold, but in brass  
and copper, not steel.
My press currently only has a 30 ton ram on it, but my pump will run  
bigger cylinders if I need em.
Is yours a dual acting cylinder?
I went with a dual acting 30 ton for hot presswork, as I figured the  
weight of my various tooling would make a single acting cylinder work  
too slow.
Not sure if it was really necessary or not, but thats what I did.
I also have an Enerpac "C" Clamp with a ten ton ram in it, about a ten  
inch throat, that I have used to set rivets cold on jobsites. It might  
be enough power to set bigger rivets hot- its more controllable, but  
not as fast, as a pnuematic hammer.

Ries



Ries Niemi
Industrial Artist
http://www.riesniemi.com/




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