On Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:45:32 -0800, "Harold & Susan Vordos"
wrote:


"Daniel A. Mitchell" wrote in message
...
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



In one of my photos I show a set screw lying on the press plate. That
set screw occupies the 1/2-20 hole when the adapter's aren't present.
I haven't lost any effectiveness in the overall function of the press
by the tapped hole modification. The press Broaches keyways just as
well as it did before the modification. There may be other operations
that my mod may impact but so far (about ten years of home shop
activity) I haven't encountered any.