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Well, after 20 years or so my 60 ton press kinda' walked sideways a
couple of feet. I took an 8-ton come-along with a snatch block and attached it to a chain around the base of a post and attached the snatch block to a front leg of the press. It was the perfect angle to straighten out the press. The press is bolted to two massive 6 x 10 timbers but was never attached to the floor. Well, I tried to ratchet that thing and got about 4 clicks before I gave up and got one of the young bucks. That 21yo kid could practically ratchet that thing with one hand. Two minutes later the press was straight and happily in it's permanent home. I was still sweating my ass off from the four clicks I did. Then I drilled holes through the timbers and into the floor a few inches and pined the press in place with lengths of 3/4" rebar. Swinging that sledge knocked the rest of the **** out of me. I paid $19 for a 20' length of 3/4" rebar...I thought that was outrageously high, no? |
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