firefarm39 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Has anyone tryed welding pattern welded billets under a fly press? Does it work OK? Any tips or tricks to know about? I know the fly press is not the best choice for drawing out the billet, but it seems like it might be a good choice for the initial weld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imagedude Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 It can work well but you need to work fast. Size 5 or 6 presses seem to offer the best combination of speed and power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Except that those sizes are manufacturer specific---I have an old US made number two that is twice as big as one of the recently imported from India number 5's....(it is an H frame with a 42" flywheel) Giving numbers without the manufacturer is like giving dimensions without saying if they are english or metric. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drq Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I use my number six from Kayne and son for welding, seems to work just fine. Need to work fast at first to get things set and then I like to used the depth nut to get a nice even thickness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 I use stop blocks on mine to get uniform thicknesses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drq Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Why use the stop blocks ? Just curious, is it faster or more accurate or easier ? Thanks ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Why use the stop blocks ? Just curious, is it faster or more accurate or easier ? Thanks ! Stops over pressing so you end up with a billet, rather than a pancake :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 at welding temps your billets can get pretty soft and you generally want to control the width anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratel10mm Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 What Imagedude said. A mutual friend of ours has a number 6 (yes, I know it doesn't mean anything without the maker's name but I can't remember it) which many of us used with great success for welding billets until Jack got a Blacker PH. Come to think of it, the press still gets used for that at Jack's hammerins as there's too many making billets at once to all use the Blacker. I haven't tried it on My no. 2 press yet, but I figure it'll probably do it with a smaller radius fuller. The main thing to remember is to think of it as a human powered mechanical hammer instead of a press. As Imagedude says, go fast & firm-to-hard, not slow and squishy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drq Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Sorry Steve, I was wondering why you would use stop blocks instead of the stop nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Because many fly presses don't have a stop nut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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