October 26, 201015 yr 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.
October 26, 201015 yr 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.
October 26, 201015 yr 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.
March 21, 201115 yr 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.
April 22, 201115 yr Why use the stop blocks ? Just curious, is it faster or more accurate or easier ? Thanks !
April 22, 201115 yr 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 :)
April 25, 201115 yr at welding temps your billets can get pretty soft and you generally want to control the width anyway.
April 26, 201115 yr 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.
April 28, 201115 yr Sorry Steve, I was wondering why you would use stop blocks instead of the stop nut.
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