Press

[driver007]

Do any of you own the bottle jack style press. Would you purchase one again or would you up grade. The local store has a 30 ton on sale for $200. It would be nice having one in the shop.

 

[mylittlecj5]

I will be getting the HF 20 ton unit here in the near future. A guy I konw has 10 of them(!) that he has been using for years to make skateboard blanks out of. They work 8 hours every day with a 15 ton load applied to the boards...

 

[coldair]

At the job before I got this one I used a 10 ton bottle jack sometimes it wasn't enough to get the job done. This job that I'm at now has a monster 55 ton let's say I want to take it home lol.

 

[rr41mag]

I'd rather have one of these...........

30" Metal Shear, Press Brake, and Slip Roll

 

[CJ]

I'd rather have one of these...........

30" Metal Shear, Press Brake, and Slip Roll

That's a metal shear press, not a regular press...

I have a 30 ton that I use all the time.

 

[driver007]

Just my luck they sold out of the 30 ton might have to go with a 20 ton

 

[coldair]

Heres the one at work.

 

[BusaDave9]

The local store has a 30 ton on sale for $200.

I was just looking at 20 ton for $250

20 ton A-Frame Floor Shop Press

 

[driver007]

I have not seen any a frames up here in Canada. I like the idea of the pipe ram being guided straight. I could mod a normal one with the same idea. pretty sure that is what I will do. Thanks for the tip. Busadave9