Jim

What you will want to find is a two stage hydraulic pump with about 15 g.p.m. for fast approach to your work then about 5 g.p.m. for pressing at pressure this should yielid 2" a second ram speed for 6" bore hydraulic cylinder at 3000 psi. The low pressure is @650 psi and 15 g.p.m.. Also get a copy of Dr. James Batson book on build a hydraulic forging press will answer a lot of question, Blue Moon Books has his book for sale ask for Judy. Jim :rolleyes:

Are you looking for a signal phase motor? May have one at my shop soon from another purchase. Regards, Jim

Daniel, What size is your induction heater? Also what size air compressor are you using with KZ150? Regards, Jim

Nice story line on how to make a hot cut. Very nice work on the forging. :rolleyes:

Just from the looks of the frame it's going to be about 1 or 2 tons of force. We have three fly press's in are shop from one you can pick up by hand to the big one that needs a forklift to move around the shop this one has a 100# fly wheel. The flying weight will tell a lot about force it will produce. Hope this helps. Check out are web site we have tools for the fly press's Regards, Jim

Hello Rawtiron, The press looks like it was setup to break sheet metal. Look like a copy of a Norton fly press. Seams to be in good shape and good price at that. Check the condition of the screw thread also check the base of the column for cracks if any. Regards, Jim

Hello John, Very nice video, with a lot of good information on forging tools. Would be nice to see a little more on the beginning of forging the axe. Thanks Jim Riddle

Hello Iron Quake, Keep in mind that not all steels will work cold and have good results. In some cases warm forging will get the job done about 700 to 900 degrees F, with little scaling. In some cases you might have anneal the work before forging, this is case with cold rolled steel. Depend on your end product you can us header steel, this material will work cold with little problems. Hope this helps. Jim Riddle

Great Job on the punches Sam. Regards Jim

Cool press should do a nice job of making steel veneer, could make pertty thick steel bowels. Make sure you have it bolted to the floor or you will go dancing. Have a lot of fun with the new toy. Regards Jim

Hello Peter, Very nice hammer, when you get it up and running post a video of the hammer in action. Love the sun set the end of a great day. Regards Jim

Hello Forgemaster, Looks like the job went with out a problem, was wondering what type of equipment and what the tooling look like for this job. Would it be possible to post some picture? Thanks Jim

Well done on the tongs. Regards Jim

Hayden, When you take the toggle arm to the machine shop have them heat the area where the hard face rod is in the oil hole, maybe pack in lime or stove ash to cool. A good solid setup on vertical mill with a carbide ball mill about a medium speed (900 RPM) take little bites or short feed down. Use some good dark cutting oil, be careful not to break the cutter off in the oil hole then you've got a big problem. Another answer is to use a tap blaster or E.D.M. machine. FYI Electrical Discharge Machining kind a like arc weld instead of leaving material it removes small little beads, tap blaster are course version of the same machine. Hope this help. Jim Riddle

Hello John, Take a look at Old World Anvil and there KA-75 striking hammer there is a viedo for forging a knife blank this style die might work good on the Striker 55. This should be the link to the viedo http://www.ka75.com/video_3/video_3.php Regards Jim Riddle Mojave Southern Machine Works (951) 654-5660 wwww.msmw.com