How to use a Hydraulic Press 

A really good tutorial mate, very informative. Greetings from Australia.

Thank you sr for the video and taking your time!

Excellent. Thanks you for taking the time to teach us.

Great video !

Great video! I'm going to use this for training maintenance techs. Thanks!

Great video!👍🏻

I took two 1/4'' beam clamps, clamped them to the top beam and installed two broom holder clips to hold the handle, when not in use.

Hi, Taylor! Came across your channel while researching DIY hydraulic presses and mods. I can see at least a few of your videos that interest me. Your shop press at 13:52 is different than any I’ve seen so far and it does have the look of a shop-made tool as opposed to a commercially available press. Is there a way for you to show more angles and explain in greater detail exactly how it works? I’d like to understand exactly how the cables are routed and how that works. Also I’d like to know how a handle on top of the press is able to extend the screw inside the ram. Another video with all the😂construction details of this press or a photo essay would work. Thanks for your time!

Chuck Mckenzie not all presses use a cage if you use a regular hydraulic jack a cage cannot be used because there will be no space for you to work the jack handle so my advice if you dont know how to use one leave it alone im a mechanic and have bin using it for years even in the dark just saying

Bearing splitter is around $34 at Harbor Freight. 20 ton press is $250. So bearing splitter is no where near more expensive as the press. Unless you bought it from Snap on. Just saying. otherwise excellent video.

Be aware that if you think the ram shaft is inserted in a hole in the base of the bottle jack, you're wrong. It is just welded onto the cross beam. I learned that the hard way, fortunately without injury.

Thank yoy

FYI, that specific bearing splitter is an OTC model 1123 = $175 on Amazon. 20-Ton HF press ranges from $129 to $249 (typical price with coupon $149). OTC is nice, but overpriced in my opinion.

Where did you get that bearing installation tool "pipe thing", as used in the video???

Where is the safety cage? Accident waiting to happen!