![]() ![]() The jack needs to be secured to the base so it doesn't move out of position when using the "T" handle. Check all of your welds and bolts with a hard test press before you get a hot bar between them and find they don't hold. ![]() If it binds on a test press - stop and correct the problem. The jack ram needs to be precisely centered on the ram bar, so that it pushes straight and doesn't angle the bar as it moves up. They need some secure holding system or bolt system so they do not pop out under pressure or stick to fluxed billets. The die sets pictured need to be redesigned. Everything needs to be very square: do not get a billet between two die sets that are not secure and parallel. I did have to buy 2' of 1" X 2" flat bar for the top brace and die sets.Ī couple of design thoughts - 1. The air operated bottle jack was on sale for about $70.00 at Harbor Freight, and I already had most of the steel laying around the shop. ![]() This little do it yourself, homemade 20 ton press is about 2' tall and about 1' wide and about 10" deep -give or take a few inches. ![]()
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