JonDoh

No its 12v so I'm guessing far too wimpy, are you ever about weekends, being a 9-5er I don't get out much

Thanks for the replies, In answer to the safety questions, not enough and terrible Really I am asking as I can get the hardware cheap "right now", its a long term plan for me, I'm not a must have it right now person and I certainly wouldn't weld it myself. Being a hobby guy with not much money I have learnt that making a plan, then waiting for the right pieces to fall into place nets me the best results. Mr Dwarf, I will take you up on that some day, we did speak before about making me a hood but I found a friend of a friend to do it for beer money, though they are not the kind of welder I would ask to take this job on.

Hi all, Beginner here from Cambridge UK. Lurked for a good while, but thought it polite to sign up and say hello. Thank you to everyone for a great site.

Hi all, Quick question, I can get hold of a full working set (cheap) of hydraulics from a large delivery vans tail lift, not the weedy little ones, the type you wheel a pallet on to. Any good for a small forge press? I don't do massive billets of pattern welded steel and only have the tinyest of workshops, but would like to reduce some of my anvil time to appease neighbors noise wise.