los jackos

Hi All I've been hanging around this site for months, I have been making knives and swords for nearly 10 years now and in no way do I feel I know it all or that I'm any good at it. From what I've read on this thread, it is time to add my voice to the forum. I'm a licenced plumber and gas fitter, I have witnessed industrial accidents and automobile accidents. Please believe these chaps when they say there is an issue with the build. I have a press myself and saved up the money to buy a certified purpose built press, my wife and children are my most precious treasures, and I am responsible for their provision and support. If you do not heed the wisdom of professionals you will suffer. Sorry for being blunt or crushing your fragile ego, if 1 weld fails when your are using the press your will get hurt and it wont be a war scar you can brag about at your pub. Reefa4m all I can say is you have not given good advise the the chap, are you perhaps nursing some fault of your psyche that needs to be exorsised, facts and figures from a build you did is not a proving ground for someone else.