Fly Press?

[stevomiller]

Have any of you guys used a fly press? I've been wanting to get back into forging, but I have two problems now that I didn't before 1) I can't pound quite as much as I used to because of a wrist injury, and 2) I live in a residential neighborhood so I can't use a power hammer due to noise. What do you think of using a fly press for fullering, setting welds, cutting, etc?

Thanks,
Steve

 

[bullet101]

Hi Steve,

here are a few links on the topic of flywheel presses for forging.

http://home.comcast.net/~jeshern/garage.htm

http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showtopic=3047&hl=flywheel

Here I just did a search for flywheel on bladesmithforums.com, it's quite a good resource for forging issues and related questions.

http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index.php?showtopic=3047&hl=flywheel

I hope that helped you a little bit .

Regards,
Marcus

 

[stevomiller]

Thanks for the links, I will chase them down and read them!

 

[Raymond Richard]

I've only used one for just a few minutes but it was enough for me to decide to go with a hydralic press. If you have a bad wrist I don't think it would be the way to go.