Great video, I think I would've leave the welded plate, since it was already there and make mounting holes to the base of the jack. If you need to remove the jack for repair , it is easy to unbolted to the base. The other suggestion is grind/sand and then clean up with solvent. Now I gotta get mine
Was thinking of upgrading mine also but my question is how big of a compressor and tank is needed ? Will a pancake compressor work ?? I don’t think so but anything is possible I’m going to assume but I rather check first on this one lol
Some hydraulic jacks have kerosene as an additive to the hydraulic oil. Welding to the jack can cause an explosion. Just saying. I know how old this video is just a warning to anyone that might try this.
Hey Shugga! I'll explain it for you. The man had 4 basic choices... 1. He could rebuild the leaky bottle jack, which is just replacing the o-rings. It's simple and takes less than an hour and is the cheapest option. 2. He could just replace the old bottle jack with a new one, which is even easier, and bottle jacks are very inexpensive, but more than a few o-rings cost. 3. He could replace the old bottle jack, with one that uses a pneumatic system to do the pumping automatically, instead of pumping the handle manually. 4. He could toss out the old press and purchase a new one that suits his needs. Obviously, he chose option #3. It's often called an "air over hydraulic" system. He didn't show us how it works, but most of them have a foot pedal that, when depressed with one's foot, allows shop air (from an air compressor, not included!) to flow to the pneumatic actuator that is built onto the new jack. That actuator has a piston that strokes up and down when compressed air is put to it. When the piston gets to the end of its stroke, it automatically stops, vents the air inside the cylinder, and returns to the top. It repeats that process very rapidly, but slows down as the force to pump the jack increases. That pneumatic pump allows you have both hands free to hold the part or parts that you are pressing, while you operate the jack with one of your feet. There are other types, but the ones for bottle jack presses are usually of this type. Having a pneumatically operated hydraulic press makes operation of the press MUCH faster, than having to make a lot of pumps by hand with the handle on the jack. That is the primary reason for presses that utilize a bottle jack as their pressure source. It doesn't give the press more pressing power, just more speed.
Overkill??????? Only if you get your rocks off endlessly pumping the handle. - I broach in mine all the time now where I used go to my buddy;s show and used his arbor press before. The air over is the best thing you could do,
