Imagination Xpress

I bought Jeff's personal press from him back in 2007, so there is no telling if he has made any for a while. I am not sure that Ron Claibborne is making his presses right now either which might have been an even better option. The press link on Tommy McNabb's website now takes you right back to the home page, so i also don't know if he is still making them. Uncle Al may be the only current source. at least in that price range
 
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no longer make the imagination express. you can contact Larry at quick and dirty tools in seattle wa. or Matt at Columbia basin machine in Moses lake Wa.
 
Dr. Jim Batson wrote a book on how to build a 22 ton press using a 5 inch cylinder. I should be available on the BAs website.
 
I'm pretty certain Tommy is still making presses. Talked to him a few months back and he didn't mention anything about not making them, and I know he was working on a rolling mill design also.


I'm pretty sure Ron is not making them anymore.


Tommy's prices may seem high, but he uses better components and has more rigidity and power in his design compared to what I've seen in comparable presses. If i were in the market for a pre-built press, I'd buy from him.
 
javand said:
I'm pretty certain Tommy is still making presses. Talked to him a few months back and he didn't mention anything about not making them, and I know he was working on a rolling mill design also.


I'm pretty sure Ron is not making them anymore.


Tommy's prices may seem high, but he uses better components and has more rigidity and power in his design compared to what I've seen in comparable presses. If i were in the market for a pre-built press, I'd buy from him.
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Thats good to know, especially about the mill. The last time that I saw some of his prices, they increase over a few years ago was not at all out of line with how much the popular air hammers have gone up in that same time frame.
 
jdm61 said:
Thats good to know, especially about the mill. The last time that I saw some of his prices, they increase over a few years ago was not at all out of line with how much the popular air hammers have gone up in that same time frame.
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Bill Wiggins and I taught a Damascus class last fall at the Montgomery Community College in Troy, NC (where the NC Custom Knifemaker's Guild meets and has courses in conjunction with the school), and we had 8 or 9 students using one of Tommy's 25 Ton presses all day each day, each student left with at least 2 billets, some with 4 or 5. It never hesitated, I was impressed with the rigidity, and having used all the other "retail" presses out there, I can say it had significantly more power for the same "supposed" tonnage.


I can only imagine how nice the 50 ton version is.


Edit: wrote Ron, meant Tommy.
 
javand said:
Bill Wiggins and I taught a Damascus class last fall at the Montgomery Community College in Troy, NC (where the NC Custom Knifemaker's Guild meets and has courses in conjunction with the school), and we had 8 or 9 students using one of Tommy's 25 Ton presses all day each day, each student left with at least 2 billets, some with 4 or 5. It never hesitated, I was impressed with the rigidity, and having used all the other "retail" presses out there, I can say it had significantly more power for the same "supposed" tonnage.


I can only imagine how nice the 50 ton version is.


Edit: wrote Ron, meant Tommy.
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Yeah, from the pictures I saw, the 50 ton model looks kind of scary. :D The problem that I have with my Imagination Xpress is that it is designed in a way that the fitting of the die carrier plates is kind of a pain.
 
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