July 30, 200916 yr so i just got this from the scrap yard today... needs anew bottle jack and i have to make some dies for it... but once i do it's up for buisness:D:D
July 30, 200916 yr Author thanks... if anyone has any advice on dies it would be much apreciated... also debating putting an air ram on it... anybody done this? and were the results any good?
July 30, 200916 yr The air over hyd. jacks are good as long as it's warm weather, in the cold they tend to take forever and if it's really cold they don't move at all but I see your in FL so you shouldn't have any problems with the cold and in that case I would say go ahead with the air power. welder19
July 30, 200916 yr Author ok so i have to make some pretty good dies for it... because my dad has layed partial claim to it for his machine shop... so i need to make dies for smithing and for things like driving bearings any advice on die making?
July 31, 200916 yr Junker, get rid of the bent ram Weld a 4" dia 4" long bar in its place. Bore a 1" hole 2" deep. Cross drill and tap a 1/2" hole. Make your tooling with a 1" shank lock it in with the 1/2" bolt. Works great. Mine has a 20 ton air over jack. Unless you like to pump the handle about 100 strokes per inch go with the air. Ken
July 31, 200916 yr Author Ok so both the top and bottom rack are going to be re-made, stronger... the bottom rack is bent and the top rack has that bent bar... plus the whole top rack is flimsy, in my opinion... I'm gonna make a new one with square instead of C channel... and that way I can attach the dies the way I was thinkin which simpler than messing with rods just 2 pieces of angle welded so that they make a channel to slide dies into... but thanks 4 the advice.
August 1, 200916 yr Author So I finished the top and bottom racks... the bottom rack is now twice the size and really strong... drove my dad's big diesel truck over it to test ... and instead of using square tube on the top rack like I was planning, I used a section of I-beam... much stronger... overall I'm happy with them... just gotta get ahold of a jack and it'll be done... I'll post before and after pics as soon as I get the jack.
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