Many of my queries over the last month have been on my spring 2012
project - a 30 ton shop press built entirely from scrap iron laying
around the place. I did buy the 30 ton enerpac cylinder and eight 3/4"
by 12" grade eight bolts.

http://www.mwdropbox.com/dropbox/shop_press.jpg

Thanks for all the help.

Karl

On Thu, 24 May 2012 08:02:36 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote:

Many of my queries over the last month have been on my spring 2012
project - a 30 ton shop press built entirely from scrap iron laying
around the place. I did buy the 30 ton enerpac cylinder and eight 3/4"
by 12" grade eight bolts.

http://www.mwdropbox.com/dropbox/shop_press.jpg

Thanks for all the help.

Karl

Looks very nice, Karl.

Nice clean shop, too. G

Pete Keillor

On Thu, 24 May 2012 09:54:51 -0500, Pete Keillor
wrote:

On Thu, 24 May 2012 08:02:36 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote:

Many of my queries over the last month have been on my spring 2012
project - a 30 ton shop press built entirely from scrap iron laying
around the place. I did buy the 30 ton enerpac cylinder and eight 3/4"
by 12" grade eight bolts.

http://www.mwdropbox.com/dropbox/shop_press.jpg

Thanks for all the help.

Karl

Looks very nice, Karl.

Nice clean shop, too. G

Pete Keillor
Sorry about the shop, its normally not that way.

Karl

On 2012-05-24, Karl Townsend wrote:
Many of my queries over the last month have been on my spring 2012
project - a 30 ton shop press built entirely from scrap iron laying
around the place. I did buy the 30 ton enerpac cylinder and eight 3/4"
by 12" grade eight bolts.

http://www.mwdropbox.com/dropbox/shop_press.jpg

Thanks for all the help.


Looks great! I have a 20 ton H press frame for sale. (no jack).

rec.crafts.metalworking price is $100.

i

On May 24, 8:02*am, Karl Townsend
wrote:
Many of my queries over the last month have been on my spring 2012
project - a 30 ton shop press built entirely from scrap iron laying
around the place. I did buy the 30 ton enerpac cylinder and eight 3/4"
by 12" grade eight bolts.

http://www.mwdropbox.com/dropbox/shop_press.jpg

Thanks for all the help.

Karl

I see a cable in the picture. Are you putting in a winch to adjust
the table height?

On Thu, 24 May 2012 19:20:37 -0700 (PDT), "Denis G."
wrote:

On May 24, 8:02*am, Karl Townsend
wrote:
Many of my queries over the last month have been on my spring 2012
project - a 30 ton shop press built entirely from scrap iron laying
around the place. I did buy the 30 ton enerpac cylinder and eight 3/4"
by 12" grade eight bolts.

http://www.mwdropbox.com/dropbox/shop_press.jpg

Thanks for all the help.

Karl

I see a cable in the picture. Are you putting in a winch to adjust
the table height?

That's the die cart behind the press. I built the press to be
transported from storage by the cart and also to change height of
lower cross beams. very simple system that makes use of what was
already on hand.

Karl

That's the die cart behind the press. I built the press to be
transported from storage by the cart and also to change height of
lower cross beams. very simple system that makes use of what was
already on hand.

Karl

P.S. The die cart is painted orange and the table, unpainted, is part
of the cart. It goes up/down with the cable and crank arangement. The
press is painted black.

On 2012-05-25, Karl Townsend wrote:
On Thu, 24 May 2012 19:20:37 -0700 (PDT), "Denis G."
wrote:

On May 24, 8:02?am, Karl Townsend
wrote:
Many of my queries over the last month have been on my spring 2012
project - a 30 ton shop press built entirely from scrap iron laying
around the place. I did buy the 30 ton enerpac cylinder and eight 3/4"
by 12" grade eight bolts.

http://www.mwdropbox.com/dropbox/shop_press.jpg

Thanks for all the help.

Karl

I see a cable in the picture. Are you putting in a winch to adjust
the table height?

That's the die cart behind the press. I built the press to be
transported from storage by the cart and also to change height of
lower cross beams. very simple system that makes use of what was
already on hand.


With that cart, you do not need the winch.

i

On May 24, 9:47*pm, Karl Townsend
wrote:
That's the die cart behind the press. I built the press to be
transported from storage by the cart and also to change height of
lower cross beams. very simple system that makes use of what was
already on hand.

Karl

P.S. The die cart is painted orange and the table, unpainted, is part
of the cart. It goes up/down with the cable and crank arangement. The
press is painted black.

Ok, gotcha. Die carts are nice. I've got a hydraulic platform lift
that I use for similar jobs.

I installed a small winch on my 20 ton HF press and it makes it easy
to position the table and reset the pins holding the table up. Using
the pins seems a simpler than bolting the table back in place.

I understand using what you have at hand and I do the same. Nice
job!

On 2012-05-24, Ignoramus6522 wrote:
On 2012-05-24, Karl Townsend wrote:
Many of my queries over the last month have been on my spring 2012
project - a 30 ton shop press built entirely from scrap iron laying
around the place. I did buy the 30 ton enerpac cylinder and eight 3/4"
by 12" grade eight bolts.

http://www.mwdropbox.com/dropbox/shop_press.jpg

Thanks for all the help.


Looks great! I have a 20 ton H press frame for sale. (no jack).

rec.crafts.metalworking price is $100.

Hmm ... potentially interested. Drop me an e-mail so I don't
have to dig for yours. (Oh yes -- fix the spam-proofing in my e-mail
above. Instructions in the .sig below, just in case your newsreader
normally hides the .sig.)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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Karl Townsend wrote:

Many of my queries over the last month have been on my spring 2012
project - a 30 ton shop press built entirely from scrap iron laying
around the place. I did buy the 30 ton enerpac cylinder and eight 3/4"
by 12" grade eight bolts.

So did you have to cut down the dies your son scored for you?

Wes

On Sun, 27 May 2012 17:46:07 -0400, Wes
wrote:

Karl Townsend wrote:

Many of my queries over the last month have been on my spring 2012
project - a 30 ton shop press built entirely from scrap iron laying
around the place. I did buy the 30 ton enerpac cylinder and eight 3/4"
by 12" grade eight bolts.

So did you have to cut down the dies your son scored for you?

Wes

Oh my goodness, YES. He dropped them off today. I had no idea how
complex a science press brake work can be. He explained everything
that could be done with these for about an hour.

I can use maybe 10% of what I have. he rattled off a list of lengths
to cut the top dies in to make it so you can stack together to get any
length you want. I'll need him to repeat it but with the combo he had
you can do anything from under 1 inch to 24" by 1/8" increments. I got
to do this with all the dies (several radii and angle, plus gooseneck
dies), He said they have a 4' high by 4' wide Lista cabinet full.

I'll need to make a head to clamp all the lengths together. Looks like
a bit a rework here, my head isn't that good a start point.

He went on to talk about making several bull nose dies for custom
work.

My spring project just became my summer project.

Karl

On Sun, 27 May 2012 18:08:03 -0500, Karl Townsend
wrote:

On Sun, 27 May 2012 17:46:07 -0400, Wes
wrote:

Karl Townsend wrote:

Many of my queries over the last month have been on my spring 2012
project - a 30 ton shop press built entirely from scrap iron laying
around the place. I did buy the 30 ton enerpac cylinder and eight 3/4"
by 12" grade eight bolts.

So did you have to cut down the dies your son scored for you?

Wes

Oh my goodness, YES. He dropped them off today. I had no idea how
complex a science press brake work can be. He explained everything
that could be done with these for about an hour.

I have built a few custom press tools to match the project - like the
upper control arm bushings on the truck. Where the (blank) do you get
that stuff pre-made?

Sometimes it isn't worth wasting a day devising and making the
tooling, shagging down the steel stock and sawing and welding...
Versus just buying the darned thing and it's done.

I can use maybe 10% of what I have. he rattled off a list of lengths
to cut the top dies in to make it so you can stack together to get any
length you want. I'll need him to repeat it but with the combo he had
you can do anything from under 1 inch to 24" by 1/8" increments. I got
to do this with all the dies (several radii and angle, plus gooseneck
dies), He said they have a 4' high by 4' wide Lista cabinet full.

I'll need to make a head to clamp all the lengths together. Looks like
a bit a rework here, my head isn't that good a start point.

He went on to talk about making several bull nose dies for custom
work.

My spring project just became my summer project.

But now you can finally do that full rebuild on the old Apple
Sorter/Packer machine that it needs, and tell those companies to Pound
Sand for another decade or two.

Oh, what's ABOVE that shop area? The house? Office space?

Next project might be to drywall that ceiling and box in the PVC
Drain plumbing to slow the fire down /just/ long enough for the
Cavalry to arrive.

-- Bruce --

Don,

I am trying to get back on RCM but none of my posts go through - or at least
no one has responded. I read RCM on Giganews. your advice please.

Thanks,

Bob Swinney

"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
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On 2012-05-24, Ignoramus6522 wrote:
On 2012-05-24, Karl Townsend wrote:
Many of my queries over the last month have been on my spring 2012
project - a 30 ton shop press built entirely from scrap iron laying
around the place. I did buy the 30 ton enerpac cylinder and eight 3/4"
by 12" grade eight bolts.

http://www.mwdropbox.com/dropbox/shop_press.jpg

Thanks for all the help.


Looks great! I have a 20 ton H press frame for sale. (no jack).

rec.crafts.metalworking price is $100.

Hmm ... potentially interested. Drop me an e-mail so I don't
have to dig for yours. (Oh yes -- fix the spam-proofing in my e-mail
above. Instructions in the .sig below, just in case your newsreader
normally hides the .sig.)

Enjoy,
DoN.

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On Mon, 4 Jun 2012 19:45:54 -0500, wrote:
Greetings Bob,
I've been seeing your posts. At least I've a few in the last several
days. Not much metalworking going on here though. But there has been
some interesting stuff about rivets and knurls in the last few weeks,
and of course the press mentioned below.
Eric
Don,

I am trying to get back on RCM but none of my posts go through - or at least
no one has responded. I read RCM on Giganews. your advice please.

Thanks,

Bob Swinney

"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
...

On 2012-05-24, Ignoramus6522 wrote:
On 2012-05-24, Karl Townsend wrote:
Many of my queries over the last month have been on my spring 2012
project - a 30 ton shop press built entirely from scrap iron laying
around the place. I did buy the 30 ton enerpac cylinder and eight 3/4"
by 12" grade eight bolts.

http://www.mwdropbox.com/dropbox/shop_press.jpg

Thanks for all the help.


Looks great! I have a 20 ton H press frame for sale. (no jack).

rec.crafts.metalworking price is $100.

Hmm ... potentially interested. Drop me an e-mail so I don't
have to dig for yours. (Oh yes -- fix the spam-proofing in my e-mail
above. Instructions in the .sig below, just in case your newsreader
normally hides the .sig.)

Enjoy,
DoN.

On 2012-06-05, wrote:
Don,

I am trying to get back on RCM but none of my posts go through - or at least
no one has responded. I read RCM on Giganews. your advice please.

I've see other postings by you as well as this.

And I've just composed a private e-mail to send to you in case
you don't see this on the newsreader.

Good Luck,
DoN.

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