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My Flypress weighs about 300kgs and I built a large table weighing about 200kgs for it- when you start "really" using one of these tools you find that the rotational forces are tremendous. My set up is secured with four M12 (1/2 inch) bolts through plates welded to the feet entering drop in wedge anchors. Drop in wedge anchors are stronger that normal loxins or dynabolts. You drill a 16mm hole into the concrete, blow out the dust with a lenghth of tube, drop in the anchor and hit it hard with a punch to create the wedge. If you ever see a core driller with his rig bolted to a concrete wall drilling a 150mm diameter hole - that is how he is holding the unit on the wall. Users of flypresses soon need a separate cabinet to contain all the tooling you need to get the maximum out of the machine. regards Steve

If you want to get up and running quickly then contact a local ornamental blacksmith and get him to make a set of jigs for you. In my opinion the commercial sets of jigs such as from

I'm like you in that I cannot afford to lock up with a hot forge inside. I pull the fire apart like others have suggested and if it is not dead cold ( test with hand above coals) before I flip the main electrical disconnect switch to the whole workshop, I scoop up the embers into a steel bucket and leave it outside. Before final exit from shop I do this check 1.Fire cold 2.Gas to 2nd forge off 3. Gas to all other bottles, 3 of them - oxy, acetylene, argon- off 4.mains elect off. best wishes Steve

This is what I have done to secure my bender to the middle of my shop floor. Here in Oz these things are called wedge anchors and the ones I use are made by ramset They are 50mm long, reqire a 16mm dia hole and you insert a m12 bolt into it after you have driven the wedge home with a punch. Core drillers use exactly the same anchor to mount their rig on the side of a wall to drill holes up to 200mm Dia through reinforced concrete. Larger than 200mm dia we use two anchors or go the next size up. I have used four to mount my bender to the floor and when I need to remove it I put rag or paper in the hole. As this is my first post, just want to say this forum is a great resource. Steve in Oz