September 24, 20187 yr From putting the pencil to paper until the day of completion was about 2.5 years Here is the link to the video with more details
September 24, 20187 yr You designed and built this? What I saw in the video looks like ONLY useful bells and whistles! Nice unit, fast and strong. Makes me wish I could afford one. <sigh> Frosty The Lucky.
September 24, 20187 yr Author On 9/24/2018 at 3:17 PM, Frosty said: You designed and built this? Yes, I designed and built this. I hired mechanical engineers to take my designs and model them and run FEA with adaptive mesh refinement so I could modify and further refine the design before actually building it. I designed the controller, modes, features, and hired a electrical engineer to do the hardware and coding. I knew the controller would be the perfect opportunity to make a mode that might help persons with physical challenges enjoy blacksmithing; the bite switch mode is so incredibly intuitive and very accurate and all you need to do is hold your tongs and bite the switch.
September 25, 20187 yr SWEET! Watching the video I got the feeling it was designed by one person who did the work, understood the what and how of it and brought it to life. Bite switch, great idea, I never thought of it and it's almost obvious. I can see it now, keeping the power hammer/forge press controller in a jar of sterile solution. Everybody gets their own rubber bite cover. Hmmmmm, Vanilla, coconut, maybe berry. Cajun for the boys in the Bayou and Jalapeno for Thomas P. I'm dying for a little alone time with one. Expect a call if Deb and I get to S Cal. again while I can still play with fire. Can you tell us the price without getting you in trouble with site rules? Frosty The Lucky.
September 25, 20187 yr Very NICE! A high-tech forge press - bite switch! Wow! Wishing you success with it.
September 26, 20187 yr Wow, those modes are brilliant. I desire this. It’s seems the website doesn’t exist yet...
September 26, 20187 yr I'm really sorry to ask such a simple question ... but ... what does "bite switch" mean?
September 26, 20187 yr Author 58 minutes ago, Lou L said: Wow, those modes are brilliant. I desire this. It’s seems the website doesn’t exist yet... Sorry, the crainpress.com domain takes 48 hours to be transferred so it should be live by the end of the day tomorrow. The website has more details of the press and controller that I think most will find interesting. I appreciate any feedback on the website content.
September 26, 20187 yr Is this something that will be available to the public or is this a one off? With such a robust design, would you be able to pack more tonnage into the same frame?
September 26, 20187 yr Author 19 minutes ago, Ranchmanben said: Is this something that will be available to the public or is this a one off? With such a robust design, would you be able to pack more tonnage into the same frame? Yes, I will be completing 3 presses and putting them on the website and emailing the list of people who want to know when they are available. The tonnage may be upped a bit but the working pressure limit of the cylinder is 3000 psi which would put the tonnage around 30, but the engineering specs are at 25 tons with a FOS @ ~2.18 51 minutes ago, c.baum said: I'm really sorry to ask such a simple question ... but ... what does "bite switch" mean? http://www.paragear.com/skydiving/10000115/L1331/CONCEPTUS-BITE-SWITCH-2-5MM-PLUG this is the one I am using but I have some designs of my own that will have a greater operating life using FDA approved flexible filament 3D printed design
October 4, 20187 yr sometimes it's quite easier than you can think i thought "bite switch" is an operational mode ... now i know it's just a switch you use by biting on it. Thanks!!! EDIT: can you make some more videos of it? i love how the hot steel looks like some kind of candy being chewed. It looks so delicious and hypnotizing ... Edited October 4, 20187 yr by c.baum
December 26, 20187 yr Nice press.. Looks extremely well thought out.. Electronic controls was smart way to go.. Be nice to see some other videos of the various functions..
February 21, 20224 yr I just saw this. It looks like what would result when Hephaestus looks at Zeus and says "hold my beer". That is amazing
May 29, 20224 yr Yep, it's amazing - but looks like crainpress.com is now for sale. That is one fancy control panel for a press.
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