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Fritz Campbell

01-16-2003 17:06:40




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I'm looking for a decent hand operated stand-up hydraulic press for bearing work and general home duty shop work. I've seen the hand pump bottle jack types and have wondered if they will do the job and hold up. Much obliged for the advice.




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Fritz

01-17-2003 14:37:59




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 Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Fritz Campbell, 01-16-2003 17:06:40  
Sound advice for sure - thanks to all. I'm too sorry to build one, so I'll probably get a fairly heavy duty one and baby it like I do the rest of my tools.



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thurlow

01-17-2003 11:59:41




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 Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Fritz Campbell, 01-16-2003 17:06:40  
Fritz; if you've got a few shop tools; welder and torch, etc; or have access to them, a shop press is one of the simpler projects to build yourself. Mine is made from 6" channel; just use whatever bottle jack is handy; usually a 20 ton. It's probably 20 years old and has been used hundreds of times.



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Dennis Benson

01-17-2003 11:49:21




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 Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Fritz Campbell, 01-16-2003 17:06:40  
I've looked at some of the light ones in discount stores, and the lighter ones look too light weight. But some of the heavier ones look good enough, but not good enough to rate them at the rating they give them. I would get a heavier one and use it as though it were a lighter duty. I might be wrong, but the ones that look like channel but are really stamped from flat steel seem loke they are not as strong as ones made from actual channel steel. But the channel steel would be a lot more expensive, and you might not need that much in a home shop.

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Skinner

01-17-2003 03:47:14




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 Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Fritz Campbell, 01-16-2003 17:06:40  
We use a 20 ton, and a 30 ton in our shop. They both are the bottle jack type and have served us well over the years. We are an oilfield related business so the presses get used and abused. This year, we will be purchasing a 50 ton electric driven hydraulic press, mainly to speed things up a little.



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Scott Green

01-16-2003 22:34:58




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 Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Fritz Campbell, 01-16-2003 17:06:40  
I would get nothing less than 20 ton.



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Slowpoke

01-16-2003 21:45:32




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 Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Fritz Campbell, 01-16-2003 17:06:40  
I have a homemade press with a Blackhawk 12 ton bottle jack. Paid $75 for it.
It uses 5" I beam for the uprights, top and work table. The base is angle iron frame with wheels. The work table rests on a 1/2" pin on each side. The man did a great welding job, but didn't make any provision for holding the work tooling securly. I'm working on that now. I added a pulley system to raise and lower the table. There is a slight bend (1/8") in the table from the pressure. Compared to the stuff at Harbor Freight it's 3 times the press. I don't see how they can use a 12 ton jack with their light frame. I've seen some at auctions that were pretty beat up.

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Dennis Benson

01-17-2003 11:42:15




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 Re: Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Slowpoke, 01-16-2003 21:45:32  
I've thought about making one, but I haven't got enough ambition together to start it. I thought about the easiest way to make provisions for adjusting the height of the table, because I'm too lazy to drill all those holes. I thought about having a very heavy chain, like a 1/2 inch G70 or 80, whichever the number, or any chain that matches the pressure in the pump. Then put matching hooks on the table. You will have a lot more adjustment that way. If it's a heavy table you might want a block and tackle built in to raise and lower it.

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T_Bone

01-17-2003 17:52:39




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 Re: Re: Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Dennis Benson, 01-17-2003 11:42:15  
Hi Dennis,

Another roundtoit but I got used #100 rail irons for $5/10ft stick thats ear marked for a hydraulic press. I'm going to use a Dodge power steering pump with two 4" x 8" stroke cyl's plumbed double acting. The bed will be raised and lowered with the cylinders. Just hook on a chain to the cyl. and take the weight off the bed, pull the pins and move the bed up or down.

Why the two cyl's? I'm also going to use it for a 4ft hyd SM brake.


T_Bone

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Jerry

01-18-2003 08:20:05




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to T_Bone, 01-17-2003 17:52:39  
hi T bone, I have thought of something simular to that and have it on my roundtoit list as well. I am curios what kind of motor are you going to use to drive the power steering pump? (HP,RPM requirements) How much force can you expect to get from a ps pump? Thanks jerry



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T_Bone

01-18-2003 18:36:14




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Jerry, 01-18-2003 08:20:05  
Hi Jerry,

I think I figured a 1hp at 3600rpm would work, can't find my notes. That should do about 2200psi but low volume which shouldn't matter as your trying to move slow as you press.

T_Bone



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Thanks...n/t Jerry

01-20-2003 06:18:08




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to T_Bone, 01-18-2003 18:36:14  
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Ray,IN

01-16-2003 19:18:21




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 Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Fritz Campbell, 01-16-2003 17:06:40  
The description you give fits the manual presses sold by Northern Tool, Harbour Freight, and Homier Distributing. All may be found on the internet. All these manual presses utilize bottle jacks for pressure.



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