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Default Cheap Attachment for Hydraulic Press to Flatten Soft Metal

On Mar 22, 4:23 pm, "Will" wrote:
I purchased a cheap hydraulic press to help flatten out warped pieces of
soft metal. Apparently the press does not come with a plate or die set.

Can someone recommend a cheap attachment for a 12 ton hydraulic press that
would work on soft metal, and I need a pressing area about eight inch by 12
inch.

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Will


There is no cheap attacchment to do this.
A piece of 3/4" tool steel to make this part is $308 from McMaster.
If you load a 3/4" thick 8" x 12" plate in the middle, with 12 tons,
it will bend.
If you are pushing on a rubber sheet, so the load is uniform, it will
bend about .040" in the middle.
If you have the lower plate supported at the ends, and push with 12
tons in the middle, it will bend about .100"

You have a problem.