[TheForge] Hydraulic Press

[Andrew Vida]

peter fels wrote:
> On Mar 19, 2011, at 4:05 PM, Andrew Vida wrote:
> 
>>
>> peter fels wrote:
>>> I'd add that 2 of the 3 100 ton hydr presses i've seen doing hot work
>>> at full capacity, distorted alarmingly under load. Those 2 were home
>>> made by competent smiths.
>> They may have been competent smiths, but if your definition is 
>> "alarmingly" is similar to mine, then they were not competent engineers. 
>>  No sin there, but the consequences of ill-designing such machinery can 
>> be dire.
> 
> At those pressures it may be that i'm easily alarmed, but when i see large members
> move 1/2" in a 3' span...I'm alarmed.

	1/2"?  Well, without seeing it personally it is hard to tell whether 
you are judging reasonably.