Well...here she is!

J. Neilson

J. Neilson

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It took about a week once we finally started to make this big b**ch. Pardon my french. Yes, Tess built this thing, I just did the cutting, welding and other grunt work. I've gotta say I'm happy. It normally takes me about a day to forge out a good sized billet and get one or two blades out of it. I made 9 blades between 5-10" (3 each-cannister, 250 layer & 400 layer) in less than a day and a half...that includes making a big frontier can. This almost feels like cheating. The press itself is 40 ton (haven't cranked it up that far yet) since Tess got a deal on two cylinders as opposed to one big one. The unit is all self contained motor/pump/tank and all. I made flat and drawing dies so far. I'm also planning on a set of the fullering dies Bill Buxton mentioned on an earlier post (got questions Bill). Now I just have to figure out some of the others. Still don't get he patterning dies...hoping to figure those out still. Plan on seeing more big damascus blades coming from our way. :D
 
Wow :eek: , that looks like one kick A@@ machine J.

Larry T

Member of NECKA & NCCA
 
So how many beer cans will it crush at once? Come on now we all know thats the first thing you tried ;)

Thats a heck of an addition to the shop, looks like it turned out great. I hope you had something other than a hacksaw to cut with :eek: :D
 
Tess must have gotten tired of hearing the hammer all day :eek: :D
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J what keeps the pistons in sink?
you know keeping one side from squatting thinner than the other side? :confused:
 
Don't even think about it Mark. ;)

Actually, the first thing we crushed was a cement block. As far as keeping them together, the 1 1/2" plate the die attaches to keeps them pretty even. Though the plate can tilt if your not careful, since this moves much slower than a hammer that's no sweat. Believe it or no we are already talking about making a second smaller press with one cylinder. Now that we've made one, the second won't be nearly so bad. This thing came from modified Bob Warner plans. Cut the sucker with a torch and welded it all back together with my MIG welder Matt. I haven't done that much cutting/welding since I worked in a fab. shop. No name yet, I just call it my Tess Press.

Thanks guys.
 
You two are something else! Good going, great looking press. This will really open up your artistic abilities, and cut way down on the time needed to do certian things. "Tess Press", I like that.
 
Sweany said:
Tess does good work! :D :D :D
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Sweany gotcha, J.! Congratulations on your new HD toy, folks. We are going to see some great stuff come out of the new press. I like the name, too.
 
awwwww . . . what a beautiful press. You guys must be proud parents. :D
 
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