December 12, 20205 yr I have a good start on collecting parts for a Batson press, but the big build projects for this year are all either finished or pushed back to January. The idea hit me recently, after moving my bearing press out of my work area. I am looking at putting a frame together for a 12 ton jack. If I cant make it work for forging perhaps I can build shear dies for it and use it to cut stock... I got side tracked today cutting material for such a press
December 13, 20205 yr Author Welding is for tomorrow. I ran the saw for 10+ hours today. I figure if the jack is garbage, this can be adapted to a 2-3"×8 cylinder and run off electric.
January 1, 20215 yr Author Picked up the jack today. I got sidetracked on assembly but it needs to come together tomorrow as real work is looming. I dont expect much from it, but do hope it will be up to punching holes.
January 29, 20224 yr My wife is a quilter and she said your dry layout is just like when you layout the quilt block so you don't sew it backward.
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