Bottle jack press, a quick one:D

[ApprenticeMan]

Here is some cool pictures of a homemade press, with a bottle jack. Everyone is always saying how cool and easy it would be to be able to make one from a bottle jack due to they're availability and realtive cheapness, and cheapness-to-high wuality ratio. Well here is one a guy made from alot of junk parts and scrap, an outmatic no hand pumping bottle jack press, made relatively cheaply, thinking about building one after the power hammer build, or to support funds for the power hammer. Enjoy!



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the design could almost not be simpler!

[case]

thats awesome,ive been wondering about using a big bottle jack for making damascus and that answers my question.thanks a lot.the belt grinder with the drive shaft is a beauty too.so simple.
its a bit off subject but have a look at this link,its all about knifemaking,but plenty of heattreating and other info.
Information on making knives

[ApprenticeMan]

Originally Posted by case

thats awesome,ive been wondering about using a big bottle jack for making damascus and that answers my question.thanks a lot.the belt grinder with the drive shaft is a beauty too.so simple.
its a bit off subject but have a look at this link,its all about knifemaking,but plenty of heattreating and other info.
Information on making knives

COOl Case, glad you liked it, yeah that belt ginder is pretty cool.

[the_sandy_creek_forge]

Hm.....I'd been looking into building a hydraulic press, and that one is even simpler than some of my ideas.....now to find someone to R&D how many strokes per minute a bottle jack can handle before catastrophic failure ensues
-Aaron @ the SCF

[skunkriv]

Know a guy who has been real happy with one he built using one of these. I've been thinking of getting one. No $$ today and here they are on sale.

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