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Kev walker

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do you have a suitable power pack?

that is often harder to get and then get a cylinder to suit.

for forging you want speed more than pressure because as soon as the tool touches the work it get hot fast and the work gets cold fast so you need to work out the best size from the flow / pressure of your power pack.

if working with metal cold rather than hot then you need pressure more than speed

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Wow! Those bike frames are stunning! Big in to my bikes. Looking forward to your press build. If its anything like that hammer you built, it will be stunning.

That cylinder is a good start.

Thanks I just got the steel and all the   Templates have gone off to the laser should  get them back in five days so should be starting the build next week with any look cheers 

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I can breath a little easier now Kev. If you don't do heavy welding I'd recommend reading up on it, you obviously run good beads so it's just adapting technique. I look forward to your work in progress pics and seeing it in action.

Frosty The Lucky.

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I can breath a little easier now Kev. If you don't do heavy welding I'd recommend reading up on it, you obviously run good beads so it's just adapting technique. I look forward to your work in progress pics and seeing it in action.

Frosty The Lucky.

I can weld thicker steel, take a look 2 -1/2" to 1” 

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Well ive started my build 8”x5” h girders still waiting for the laser cutting should have all the main welding done today 

i think I’ll do three welds on all the 20mm parts that should hold it together 

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It Will add a 20 mm top plate and underneath the top H girder there will be a 60mm striking anvil block should be very strong 

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Well got a bit more done on my press almost done the frame and ram parts tig weld first to get a good bite then 2 passes with the mig welder

Should be enough to hold it I can’t see it going anywhere should only have about 24 ton should  have it painted before the end of the week 

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23 hours ago, BeaverNZ said:

Nice not too many people have a partly tig welded press frame

Its the only way to go Beaver when i weld mine ill be goin over it with stick 7018 a1 with a little preheat just enough to sweat out the moisture.

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47 minutes ago, bubba682 said:

Its the only way to go Beaver when i weld mine ill be goin over it with stick 7018 a1 with a little preheat just enough to sweat out the moisture.

The Low hydrogen rod run correctly would be just as effective and alot faster as the tig weld but thats up to you, The mosture that you see when preheating is just water condensing from the flame fuel gas hydrocarbons burning and turned into water and Co2 

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