January 19, 200818 yr Found this big fella hiding in the corner of the shop, he was jumping up and down wagging his tail and i couldn't resist:D. It is a 20 ton hydraulic press, used for bending(see the bending jig) in the welding shop, and the new owner does not use it, so i think i will thorw a set of forging dies in it it and see what these things are all about. That is a pack of cigs for scale.
January 19, 200818 yr Author Larry, they are the same shop:D. I rent a space in the shop from the owner of the business and building, and run my business seperate from his but in the same building. Valentin, i hope they are good a tool as people say they are, or if i will feel myself wanting a power hammer instead.
January 20, 200818 yr Nice little unit, the porta power cylinder has a spring inside it for the return, might be a bit slow on the up stroke.
January 20, 200818 yr Firstly, if you just found it .. I'd love to see the thing it was hiding behind .. .i mean how can you work in a shop and miss something like that? And second . .the short bus is for cool people cuz every seat is the back seat.
January 20, 200818 yr Author It was actually in plain site! I have been informed of STOOPID i was by not realising what I had! And yes, the short bus is MUCH better, also because ours had deep black tinted windows, we rode in the gangsta pimped out bus:cool:.
January 20, 200818 yr I heer that playah!:cool: ridin' thru tha hood with tha smoke commin' out them windows . .u kno . .fishbowlin. . sippin on gin and juice... slowin' down traffic . . and ev'body stopped and stared when you got out . ..You know them wankstaz wuz jealous. They knew you were loc'd out! Fo Shizzle!
January 20, 200818 yr Author Tha' BUZIZZLE was crunk'd out, FO SHO. The girliez was like "Heeeeeeeeeeey!", and we was like "yo".
January 20, 200818 yr Wait to see how possessive he is about it once you show him how handy it is! Folks I *OWN* the short bus, we keep our camping and garden stuff in it. A friend got it dumped on them when the band that was touring in it couldn't get it started the next day and had to leave it to make their shows. 10 years later my friend had to move and the landlord said the bus had to go as well. So I got a free garden shed, 1964 Thomas built 17' bus in non-working condition. Gas engine. Should be easy to get a salvage title for it and has lots of small rock band decals in the inside---offers of a decent garden shed accepted! Note that a press is not a powerhammer and depending on what you want to be doing you may need either or both. Our local smithing group once toured a steel casting company and they had one building that was so large and packed with junk that my train crazy friend missed seeing that they had a switching locomotive *inside* the building lost in the clutter.
January 21, 200818 yr Author Note that a press is not a powerhammer and depending on what you want to be doing you may need either or both. Our local smithing group once toured a steel casting company and they had one building that was so large and packed with junk that my train crazy friend missed seeing that they had a switching locomotive *inside* the building lost in the clutter. Yeah, having a shop with blacksmithing and bladesmithing i think a powerhammer woud be more used for both ends, but this press should be NICE for both as well. WHAT A SCRAP PILE THAT SOUNDS LIKE!
January 21, 200818 yr Tha' BUZIZZLE was crunk'd out, FO SHO. The girliez was like "Heeeeeeeeeeey!", and we was like "yo". LOLOL, i love it, thats some good jive...
January 21, 200818 yr Hi Apprenticeman, if you want to see what you can do with a press look at Metal Pig Forge click on portfolio, then go the the bottom of that page and click on stoves. Rumour has it that the stove had to be compressed to fit into the back of the station wagon (I think its 1/4 plate that was used) Cool huh?stove page
January 22, 200818 yr Author WOW John those are amazing:o, i cannot beleive that! Very very cool:cool:.
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