[TheForge] Kick Press

[Bob Ehrenberger]

A couple years ago when I was visiting a friend's shop I was admiring his 
kick press, he said that they show up at the local industrial auctions where 
he lives.  I told him that I wouldn't mind having one if he could pick one 
up cheap (like $50 or less).  I hosted BAM's hammer-in yesterday and he 
showed up early and said he had something for me.  There was a kick press in 
the back of his pick-up. He had gone to an auction and they couldn't get a 
bid on it so the auctioneer added it to a pile of stuff that Don wanted. He 
ended up with the pile and the press, only then did he remember that I 
wanted one.  Since he basically got it free he said I just owed him for 
hauling it and we could work out some kind of trade.  Well, later on he was 
talking about how much work it was to ring out fleeces (his wife is into 
fiber) and it sure would be nice to have a working wringer washer. It just 
happens I had an old Maytag in the barn, so the deal was done.

Before I can use the press, I need to make a stand for it, and it has no 
tooling. I was thinking that it would be good for sheet metal work.  Do any 
of you have a kick press, and what kind of tooling do you use with it?

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.
eforge at centurytel.net