"Daniel A. Mitchell" wrote in message
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I second the usefulness of the chuck on the end of the press ram. I did
very similar, but instead of threading into the end of the ram, I made a
hollow square 'shoe' that fits over the end of the ram, and mounts the
chuck.

And I second your *shoe* design, to which I alluded above. It makes no
sense to alter the bottom face of an arbor press unless you're prepared to
make tooling to avoid having to use the end of the ram for any reason, or
the arbor press is intended for specific usage.

Harold