Gave up on making a flypress last year but still needed a press of some sort. Gathered the motor,pump and ram from various sources over a few months and finally got it all together. The original 2 inch ram was too small but I had the good luck to find a 4 inch ram just before it went to the scrap heap. Had to cut 10 inches off the ram and cylinder and then weld the cap back on the cylinder, pretty pleased all my welds have held so far and no oil leaks.I estimate the press capacity at somewhere between 15 and 20 ton .It'll bend 1 inch flat bar cold fairly easily and 3/4 into a right angle with no effort.I'll see if I can get a photo in here and there are more in the gallery.

Homemade Hydraulic Press - Blacksmith Photo Gallery

Edited August 13, 200817 yr by brian
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I wonder if it may be an idea to fit some form of solid guard or sleeve over your ram?
If any of your weld fails under pressure it is going to go big time...

I'm in the process of collecting the parts/building one very similar to that, nice job.

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