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Unimog

11-10-2005 19:42:18




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I'm in need of a 20 ton press. Anybody have a
good source of an American made model. I know
the hydraulic cyl. will be made overseas. Thanks.




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Bison

11-13-2005 14:12:47




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 Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Unimog, 11-10-2005 19:42:18  
I am looking for a 40 to 50 ton press too.
I know there is some on ebay, but i like them closer to home. Anyone know where to find one in Alberta Can. has to be used and reasonable priced.

I can build one too, but need one now.



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John in MA

11-12-2005 13:48:22




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 Re: Hydraulic Press--KR Wilson in reply to Unimog, 11-10-2005 19:42:18  
Try to track down an old KR Wilson. They haven't been made in a few years, but they are THE hydraulic press. The ram has a 3-ton mechanical feed like a sensitive arbor press, and then a hydraulic pump to get max pressure. My 25-ton KRW is from 1944 and still in good shape. Solid too--weighs about 900 pounds. It'll eat a Dake for lunch.

Second to KRW, look for a Dake or Manley.



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Charles (in GA)

11-12-2005 19:38:54




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 Re: Hydraulic Press--KR Wilson in reply to John in MA, 11-12-2005 13:48:22  
If you need parts or manuals for the KR Wilson, here is the outfit that continues to support these fine presses.

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Davis In SC

11-11-2005 20:37:35




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 Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Unimog, 11-10-2005 19:42:18  
The cheap presses bother me... so much play in the ram, they will kick work out, under very high pressure. A friend had that happen a few years ago, bruised liver & other organs, lucky to be alive.... I would try for a Dake or something similar...



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Charles (in GA)

11-11-2005 18:33:03




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 Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Unimog, 11-10-2005 19:42:18  
Do a search on Ebay for Hydraulic Press, there are several Dake 25H presses on there, one pretty decent sounding one is at $200 now. I bought one from someone on Ebay for less than $200, spent another $250 to go get it (900 mi away) and it works great. Dake is a fine press.

If you can find a good KR Wilson, they are also a good press.

The equipment dealers on Staten Island always have them advertised, sometimes the equipment dealers in So Calif do too.

There is a broke 50 ton Dake on there now, but Dake thinks highly of their parts, so be careful.

Charles

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Cliff Neubauer

11-11-2005 17:01:02




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 Re: Hydraulic Press in reply to Unimog, 11-10-2005 19:42:18  
We have a cheap 20 ton press from TSC that uses a bottle jack. If I was to do it over again I would get one that uses a hand pump with a seperate cylinder, they don't cost that much more and they have a pressure gauge so you can tell how much pressure your putting on it.



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ldj

11-11-2005 06:48:35




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 Re: Hydraulic Press (mechanical screw press) in reply to Unimog, 11-10-2005 19:42:18  
While on press subject. I have for several looked for one of the old screw presses, you know they had a big wheel on top and when you tightened that tight then you put a big bar in it to tighten more. Any one around Central Texas happen to know of one for sale? The thing would be too heavy for shipping so a couple hundred miles from me wouldn"t be too far to go get.
I"ve got several old garden tractors/mowers I would consider trading.
L.D.

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Ducknose Bob

11-11-2005 10:12:14




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 Re: Hydraulic Press (mechanical screw press) in reply to ldj, 11-11-2005 06:48:35  
There is one at Gustine, TX., which is on Highway 36, between Comanche and Hamilton.
It sets next to a restaurant on the north side of the highway, with some other odds and ends.



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ldj

11-11-2005 12:43:25




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 Re: Hydraulic Press (mechanical screw press) in reply to Ducknose Bob, 11-11-2005 10:12:14  
Thanks,
I know exactly where Gustine is. I drove twice a week from Waco to Abilene for several years. It was most always at night. I guess that is why I never noticed it or else maybe it wasn't there then. It was 5 years ago last time I was through there. I WILL check it out asap.

The guy that said too bad Tx. is so far away, well it isn't, it is you that is far away. Any way, which ever, if we were closer maybe we could make a trade hydraulic for mechanical. I am 66 now and haven't used a mechanical one since I was a teen and I remember them working real good. I remember the ram being real steady unlike some of the cheaper one are now.

L.D.

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Ducknose Bob

11-11-2005 14:28:49




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 Re: Hydraulic Press (mechanical screw press) in reply to ldj, 11-11-2005 12:43:25  
The press is a hydralic with a wheel to adjust the ram. It is located at the east edge of town at an out of business convienience store/gas station/used car lot, and NOT at the CITY CAFE as I previously stated. It has a winch to raise and lower the table, the manufacture's decal is mostly gone, so the make is unknown.



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Charles (in GA)

11-12-2005 19:35:23




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 Re: Hydraulic Press (mechanical screw press) in reply to Ducknose Bob, 11-11-2005 14:28:49  
"The press is a hydralic with a wheel to adjust the ram."

Sounds like a KR Wilson.

Charles



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John in MA

11-13-2005 20:10:51




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 Re: Hydraulic Press (mechanical screw press) in reply to Charles (in GA), 11-12-2005 19:35:23  
Don't some other presses have big horizontal handwheels to screw the ram nose in and out?



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JMS/MN

11-11-2005 07:43:25




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 Re: Hydraulic Press (mechanical screw press) in reply to ldj, 11-11-2005 06:48:35  
Mine has notches in the top of the wheel, and a pivoting lever with dog to advance the wheel. Thought of converting it to hydraulic, but don't like the idea of trashing the current mechanism- so I'll just build on from scratch and mount it on the movable leg of a pivoting crane. Won't take up floor space that way. Too bad Texas is too far away! How come you guys moved it anyway? Too much snow up here?

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