"Ignoramus20515" wrote in message
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I have a press with a ram. It is missing an end cap that goes on the
ram. The purpose of this end cap is to prevent ram wear and
mushrooming.

I have two questions

1) What is it called
2) If I was to make it, what steel should I use, just regular mild or
something else.


Depends on the application I imagine. The ram on my hydraulic press has a
hard rubber of some kind on the end of it. I'ld have to go look on my
hydraulic power kit at the larger cylinders that I never use, but the
profile ones seem to just be a one piece hardened steel piston.