[TheForge] Hydraulic Press

[Bruce Freeman]

Mark,
Date not set yet.  Watch our website for updates.
Why do you need 100 ton?  I think the design we'll be building to uses
a 20-ton air/hydraulic jack.
You'd have to scale up beam strength from that if  you plan to use the
full force of your jack.
Of course, the span of the beam matters a lot, and how you back it up, etc.
You might do better to look for plans on line.

On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 9:41 PM, Mark A. Pesetsky
<pesetsky at princeton.edu> wrote:
> Yea Bruce, I am in Burlington.  Where & when will
> this event be held? Safety is my first and foremost
> concern. That is why I need to know what tubing
> can handle the load. I'll actually want to over rate the
> frame for 200 ton.
> ________________________________________
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] on behalf of Bruce Freeman [freemab222 at gmail.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2011 9:35 PM
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Hydraulic Press
>
> 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
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> Bruce
> NJBA
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Bruce
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