Congratulations on the shop space addition! There's nothing else quite like the satisfaction of finishing a project that makes it easier to do other projects. :)
I have the same hydraulic press and I must say this is a common issue I run into as well. Great idea! I can't tell you how many times I have used my 1" drive sockets when I should have extensions exactly as you have made
I do so love your "drawl" in as much as "I can do a little BUTTER" please don't change. Thank you for taking the time to video your projects and to edit and post them, the picture and audio quality are top notch. Please keep them coming. Regards, Rich from across the pond.
Nice job Lee. Funny when I saw the pic on fb, and you asking what we thought they were, I knew right off the bat as I was breaching for the first time myself last Saturday!As far as a name? I just call them arbor pins!Take care, Razor!
Nice useful build of tooling, suggestion you could drill/tap the work end for a 1" bolt and have a fine adjustment of "X" inches and/or drill/tap the adjusting bolt with smaller tips
Wish I could expand my shop Lee! That is a very logical idea and if I can find enough pieces of material (wish I had your 8' lengths) - I'll try and make some up extensions like yours. Great result.
This is a practicatt add on to the shop press, I'm always looking for extensions or something to adjust the distance... ;) If you wanrt to save the tip of your inserts when you remove crappy surfaces like rust and pitting, remove in one pass by sinking the tip in healthy metal wheneve possible, this will save your inserts
Great project and addition to the press. Just curious; have the magnets been damaged during use or are they recessed enough not to take the load? Thanks for sharing your expertise.
Hi Lee, I think I'd refer to them as "press ram extensions". Seems to sum up their function. I also think you need to measure the length of the pin on the bottom of the ram and the distance between the anvil support holes. That would give a reasonable idea as to what length combinations of your extensions would work best. No point in making them the same distance as between the holes but maybe half or one and two thirds would be more useful. Along the idea of the magnet in the pocket would be to make a double ended pocket, maybe a magnet in each end and make the lower pocket the diagonal size of your broach "heads". Might need a few of them if you've got lots of sizes. That would reduce the likelihood of the ram and broach becoming misaligned in use and also stop the broach hitting the floor at the end of the stroke. Just a couple of ideas to fill your "idle hours". Don't know how you generate them. I can't seem to find any. Regards from Canada's banana belt.🤔🇨🇦🍌🥋🇺🇦🕊️🇺🇲🦃👍
Douglas Thompson I'm using some "no name" import inserts from an eBay seller. They are very inconsistent - some points seem to hold up good while others will chip shortly after being put to use. Once this pack of 10 is used up I plan to try to "name brand" ones just so I'm able to properly evaluate the difference. Thanks for stopping by.
So why not just drill 2 new holes for where the dowel pins set the height of the press table... a lot easier and lot less time consuming than making all of the other stuff
Get-The-Lead-Out.45 I set up three greenhouses, over 120 compressed 2-1/2 square 12 ga conduit ends crushed like a folded brown paper bag per end. Despite the aid of a pneumatic assist hydraulic cylinder each step in the compressing process which includes an angled wedge, increase the gap. Adding a one inch, then two inch then three inch extension to the stroke saved hours and the wear and tear of twenty hours of compressed air. Just a thought.
