But aren't the hoses covered with a fire resistant material ? Yeah I agree definitely don't go cheap on the equipment. There's always a weak link somewhere that's gonna get you when you don't expect it. I've read through this thread back-and-forth front to back several several times and I just think the construction is well done on this one. The fella that built this press definitely put a lot of thought and time into the engineering of it. I have never seen an H frame style press built inside of an eye beam, so that itself is pretty cool too. Is the gentleman that built this press still following this post ? I'm just putting that question here in hopes that the gentleman that started this is still possibly following any updates on this thread.