Arbor Press for general use 1/2 ton or 1 ton?

[Hawk45]

Need to order a few things from Enco and they have their arbor presses on sale a little cheaper than HF. Was going to grab the 1/2 ton to do eyelets for kydex, but wondering if stepping up to the 1 ton would be a better investment for who knows what for down the road that may come up. Thoughts?

 

[peter r]

one ton for sure if you need to torque down les youll get more control over what you want to do.

 

[Drew Riley]

I bought the 1/2 ton press from Enco, and in my opinion it is more than adequate for pressing eyelets and other "press" type fasteners. In fact, sometimes I press a little too hard with it and leave imprints from the dies in the kydex. If I had the money to spend on a 1 ton, I'd personally find more use out of spending a little more for two 1/2 ton presses so that I could reduce setup time when pressing different sized eyelets and other fasteners.

YMMV.