[TheForge] Hydraulic Press

[Bruce Freeman]

Mark -

Aren't you in NJ?

If so, you might want to await our upcoming forging-press-building
workshop -- yet unannounced.  I've used one of these presses for
forging damascus, and it's quite impressive.  Air-over-hydraulic.

Even if you didn't want to participate, you could show up to help with
the workshop (helping is free, but we require membership of all at a
workshop for insurance reasons).  That way you could see for yourself
how the things are made and adapt the design to your purposes.

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:28 PM, Mark A. Pesetsky
<pesetsky at princeton.edu> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> Haven't been here in quite a while but I have a question that I am hoping one of the experts here can answer. I am embarking on building a hydraulic press. I have a 100 Ton cylinder and I need to know which square tubing would handle this load. I did an exhaustive internet search but found nothing. My partner and I are thinking 1/2" wall thickness 4X4 or 6X6 should do the trick. Any suggestions, charts, or general help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks Guys
> Mark
-- 
Bruce
NJBA