Just got a norton flypress and am going to set it up.  I wondered if anyone has suggestions for the table size to set it on, how much larger the table should be than the press?  Any photos of others set up would be helpful.   

Thanks,  Glenn

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Whatever size table you will want to bolt it down, there is a tremendous amount of lateral torsion.. Here is the one I made for a Karachi #5.

Base plate is 1.75" plate drilled and tapped to bolt the press down. Legs are 3" x.25" wall square tubing @ 18 degrees. I'm going to add some diagonals as even with it bolted you can see the table twisting when using the press with gusto.

The more weight you can add the better. I agree with trinculo with a bolt down but I'm holding out until I really need to do that. So far I've not pushed my press to the limit just yet and find the weight alone is a big help.

 

Here's a pic of a press I've recently purchased where I've stripped it down and rebuilt with a good clean down and finished up with new oil & a lick of paint. I have a 30mm spacer plate fitted between the press & the base where I've welded two outside flanges to this plate that act as supporting plates for jigging and so on. The base is bolted to the press through this spacer with no welding to the cast.

 

I don't know what make this old girl is, maybe someone could help out here. It'd be interesting to know. Thanks.

 

Greetings,

 

Glenn ... The biggest and as heavy as you can make it...  Mine weighs 350 pounds and is locked to the floor....

 

Highsider...    That's a sweet press..   You are going to have to hold that on down to the floor and maybe even the wall...   Excellent job of restoring..

 

 Press on and make beautiful things

Jim

Many thanks Jim,

 

I'm very pleased with the outcome and looking forward to setting her up good and proper will a good set of tooling. There's a good thread on this topic already set up with some really neat ideas.  

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In this topic, post #14, you can see my press' table/stand. It came with the press and it was made in angle iron. I had to reinforce it with some diagonal flat stock. If I would plan from the beginning a table for the press, I think I would use slant legs in a design similar to those shown by HIGHSIDER and trinculo. "U" channel 100 mm could be a nice choice of steel to build the table frame.

I think that stiff is more important than weight. I the right direction of course, opposing the clockwise forces. Pinned to the floor goes without saying.

Hey Glenn,

Congrats on the fly press. I have mine set up on an old cast iron type setting table I had. I think it is about 30x 36 I put a shelf underneath too. The upside of the bigger table is you can keep the required tooling on it so its easier to get. The downside of the bigger table is you keep all your tooling on it so its in the way sometimes.... I do like the bigger table because I can stage tooling and use it to support bigger work. 

 

I have included a not so good picture of it in my new shop in Summerville, Or. Sue and I bought an old farm out here...

Peter

 

 

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I went and took a better picture. This table was not made for the press, note the lack of latteral support. It will get bolted to the wall at some point. I do like the size of it though and also the hight as it is easy to see the work w/o having to bend over to much. I also don't have to worry about getting clocked by the arm...

 

Have fun with your new press!!!

Peter,
congrats on the new place. I like your table, I know what you mean about tools around the press. Maybe I will make a rolling cart to have close to the press table. Hi to Sue.


Glenn

I have a dirt floor in the shop; my fly press settled itself into place and doesn't walk around when in use. Concrete is obviously flat and slippery so rubber footed mounts might help if you don't want to bolt it down.