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deker said:
Dangit Darren! Now you've gone and reminded me how much I want one of Ron's presses! I need to start knocking over liquor stores or something....this day job isn't cutting it ;)

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LOL, don't do that, we want to keep you around here for a while, not in some cell with a guy that looks like Indian George who wants to call you sweetie! :eek: :D
 
cden & JCaswell,

I'm talking about a harbor freight 20ton air/hydraulic bottle jack on sale for 69.99. I already have a 20 ton pneumatic press and was thinking if I ever get around to trying damascus again I could just switch out the bottle jacks and hook it up to an air compressor- sounds like what you first built, JCaswell. I'd love to have one of Ron's presses but no money like that right now...
 
That Other Guy said:
cden & JCaswell,

I'm talking about a harbor freight 20ton air/hydraulic bottle jack on sale for 69.99. I already have a 20 ton pneumatic press and was thinking if I ever get around to trying damascus again I could just switch out the bottle jacks and hook it up to an air compressor- sounds like what you first built, JCaswell. I'd love to have one of Ron's presses but no money like that right now...
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Yes, that would be like my first one. It was fine for welding, but way, way too slow for drawing (about 20 seconds per inch). I keep it around for insertion and other similar duties.
If you build a hydraulic press for bladesmithing, you really should set up a 'real' hydraulic system--something that can move about 1 inch per second is fast enough for me.
 
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