Building a big forge press for blacksmithing 

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Thansk

Thansk

I think it is called "fiberrondel" get some in ceramic, they are super effective and longlasting.

I'm waiting on laser parts to arrive for the forging press I designed and am building. Dies has been a bit of an unknown. I'm sure with experience running it I will get a better sense of ideal die sets. Can you describe a bit more the dies I need so I can begin modelling them?

@@thedillestpickle Tyrell Knifeworks has a great video describing his dies that he uses. I've cued the video link to start at the right spot. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-O_6qciYnKIk.html This guy is a complete master at what he does (damascus blades) and has lots of superior advice than I could possibly offer. He recommends using "kiss blocks" to physically limit the travel so that it is consistent and forges evenly. KISS is known to mean "Keep It Simple, Stupid" ..... an inside joke.

I used a regular esab 400 amp MAG welder. I didn’t record the welding process because I only have a 200 amp welder in my own workshop, and I wasn’t confident that the welds was gonna hold as well with the 200 amps. So I used the welder at my job, that’s why I didn’t film it.

@@gentilknives8907 Alright, thanks.

@@gentilknives8907 you brought up the point I was going to make about this press.. it’s an amazing build that anyone would be lucky to have, but the amount of machining and heavy duty welding is kind of prohibitive to the majority of hobbyists

@@fxnepilogue yes i agree, that’s why I didn’t make it a “how to” video.

@@gentilknives8907 great work , I have a 300 amp xmt that could easily weld that material . Probably could do it with a 200 amp machine but would have to preheat and use multi pass technique

It’s anti scale because the H13 has a long soak time. I talk a bit more about it in Episode 5 of the lates Bowie build

@@gentilknives8907 many thanx i ll look at it right now. why did you choosed the 1500 rpm ? second hand with this color or power issue? on VFD?

@@deligneeric6804 what do you mean with the 1500 rpm?

@@gentilknives8907 i wonder why the 1500, a 1000 rpm got a better constant avaible torque at lower speed, if you wanna keep the speed of the ram you size the pump up.

Looks like a 40 tons maybe even 60? 10 HP to a 22GPM pump maybe?

I forged a 40x40 mm bar. Ø40 rams It presses 36 tons @ 200bar

@@gentilknives8907 that’s great. So that’s two 40mm diameter rams? Sorry just confirming. I have two 50mm diameter 300mm stroke rams and a 7hp power pack. Just trying to work out my tonnage. Press is great and a great instructional video too!

@@aobbuddy I think I misunderstood your first question, but the diameter in the cylinders is 100 mm that gives 16 tons each so 36 tons in total

I didn’t make the pistons

@@gentilknives8907 Any info would be much appreciated, any footage of putting it together, how it's working, how it's connected, anything ..the press looks and works awesome, that's why this part of the video would be soo helpful. thanks for the answer

thanks