On Wednesday, March 14, 2018 at 11:57:46 AM UTC-4, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 08:47:05 -0700, Stumpy
wrote:

On 03/14/2018 06:28 AM, wrote:
On Monday, March 3, 2008 at 11:03:15 AM UTC-8, Ignoramus32544 wrote:
Now that I have an arbor press, I am wondering what I can do with
it. The obvious use is "pressing bearings and gears", which is not
what I do that often.

I saw a web page that had a great idea that an arbor press can provide
an ability to apply letter and number stamps very nicely. This is
definitely wonderful.

Another good use would probably to have a little brake for small metal
pieces, or a bender, that would be press operated. Do such things
exist?

Anything else?

i

Fun Fact: Black walnut, is one of the toughest nuts to crack open. You might need an arbor press, but id go with the hydrolic.


I use a 1/2 ton which is marginal, 1 ton would be better. If it was
hydraulic, I couldn't use it on my dining room table.

I crack black walnuts in my big-mutha bench vise. They are amazingly
tough; I'm amazed that the squirrels can chop through the shells.

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Ed Huntress

An excellent demonstration of why you should keep your fingers away from squirrel choppers. Parrots and the like can also chop through some pretty tough shells.