[Ian]

I now own a Denbeigh No 6 flypress (recently aquired) after using a No 3 for nearly a year as work required for my old 'boss' I had to have one. Flypresses are brilliant tools, especially from a noise point of view, and with the right tooling can do a HECK of a lot of work. Last job I used the No 3 on was a set of 8ft by 5ft flatbar gates (thats 8ft x 5ft each side, style wise think portcullis) we made dies to sink the verticals into the horizontals prior to hand riveting. Also made all the rivets with it too (hundreds) The No 3 had no major problems sinking 5mm x 50mm flatbar at a yellow heat, two or three fast heavy bumps. I'd go as big as you can afford or have space for as you can use a light touch on a bigger press but would have to use lever bars to get more torque on a smaller unit (NOT ADVISED AT ALL).