Carl Ijames wrote:
Never used one but the specs say the throat is 13.5 inches which is probably
similar to the H press, the stroke is 23.5" which is a lot more (but why
would you need that in one motion?), and the weight is 1575 lbs vs what, 100
lbs for the H press so moving it will take care. The stroke rate has to be
much better than a manual hydraulic press, but I don't know about
air/hydraulics. To me the only plus would be the speed if you need it.

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Regards,
Carl Ijames

"Ignoramus28618" wrote in message
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Someone nearby is selling a Famco 6C, which is a floor standing arbor
press that is rated for 15 tons. I would like to know if those are any
better than H framed hydraulic presses. I have a small 3R press and
like it, but I have no experience with those bigger presses.

A picture of a 6C press can be seen he

http://tinyurl.com/ma85xp

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A chap I used to know specialised in gear shaping and broaching and he
had a hydraulic press he built that had a push stroke of about 24" for
push broaching. His long pull broach unit would do about 6 foot IIRC.
That's small stuff compared to some broaching that at mate was involved
in at one place he worked where the broach would pass from the ground
floor down into the basement in a operation.