WIP - Hydraulic Press Build

I was trying not to comment on this old thread but thought you would want to know that this press is still going strong. Thank you for all the nice comments. As Stacy said before I would be glad to take questions via PM rather than keeping this old thread resurfacing.

Best regards,

Eric Fleming
www.flemingknives.com
 
I don't understand the desire to kill an old but very informative thread? Old or not it helps the signal to noise ratio.
 
It is not a desire to kill a thread, it is that many posters do not look at the date of the last few posts on the thread and the start date. Asking a question or making a suggestion on a several year old thread is not useful to the forums. I often see someone post, "You can use XYZ to do ABC" on a My first knife" thread that is several years old. My guess is that the knife is long done with by then. On those type of necroposts, the mods usually close the thread.

Some threads are of universal value and contain basic information that is good for all time - these get resurrected regularly. This usually happens during the two-three week period after school lets out and during Christmas break. If the thread content is still current, then they usually get nothing more than a note from the mods that it is an old thread.
Posting new info on the subject is always of value. Posting "That's really a nice knife" on a six year old Nick Wheeler "How To" thread is pointless.

In some cases, the information in an older thread is not currently accurate, or the OP has changed his methods. In these cases, the mods ( often at the OP request) close the threads to keep conflicting information down. Years ago I may have said that I heat 10XX steel to 14XXF and hold for XXmin. I may now use different parameters, equipment, or have better grade steel. Thus, someone resurrecting a thread with the old numbers will give readers the impression that those are good numbers...which may not be the case anymore.

In cases like Eric's press build, these type threads get resurrected several times. Sometimes by the OP with updates, and sometimes by a new member doing a search. The person doing a search may not realize that Eric isn't following the thread like he was three years ago. If you know the thread is old and have a question, sending him an email will get a better and quicker response.



Advice to all users before posting, especially new ones, is to look at the OP date and the last few posts to see how old a thread is. This is especially important if you found the thread in a search.
 
I agree with most of your points Stacy, however in a case such as this a PM conversation benefits only the person pm'ing and kinda defeats the purpose of a discussion forum. Of course this probably comes from my only posting when I truly have something to add and understanding how the search function works.
 
The press has been running strong as confirmed by the op. Specific questions should end up in this thread for the value of future readers. Why does commenting "great press" become and issue? If this was a newly formed thread then " great press" would be ok?
 
Awesome Job on the press man! I'm actually about to start building my second press and I'm pretty much ready to start the build now that I got all my steel shipped to me today! But I have a couple questions I was hoping you could answer and help me with!? So I'm building it almost exactly like yours so is there anyway you can give me the measurements of the frame? How long are your I-Beams exactly, both sides and top n bottom?! Also man, I was curious to know what type of steel you went with making the dies?! And now that you've built it, would you change anything at all? Thanks a bunch! Keep up the great work!!!
 
efleming said:
Thanks for the nice comments. :)

Attached is a .zip file containing the Google SketchUp design for the press as well as an Excel spreadsheet I used for RAM, Pump, Motor calculations. I used it to run "what if" scenarios. Please keep in mind that this is just information I used for my design and there may be errors! Please do your own research before relying on any information that I have used.

I've made a few little changes to my press that may be a little different than what is attached in the SketchUp drawing. This drawing is what was used to prove out what needed to be done before wasting perfectly good metal. :thumbup:

Eric
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Valyrian FoRgE said:
Awesome Job on the press man! I'm actually about to start building my second press and I'm pretty much ready to start the build now that I got all my steel shipped to me today! But I have a couple questions I was hoping you could answer and help me with!? So I'm building it almost exactly like yours so is there anyway you can give me the measurements of the frame? How long are your I-Beams exactly, both sides and top n bottom?! Also man, I was curious to know what type of steel you went with making the dies?! And now that you've built it, would you change anything at all? Thanks a bunch! Keep up the great work!!!
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If you go back to that post I quoted

Link here

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/s...P-Hydraulic-Press-Build?p=6864788#post6864788


I believe that there are dimensions in those drawings.
 
Hi Fleming, it it possible to enter in more detail on the Auto system: how to wire the solenoid valve and limit switches?
 
Mauro Araujo said:
Hi Fleming, it it possible...
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Hello Mauro. Welcome to the forum.
I'm going to suggest that you do a little reading, especially the post above,
Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
It is not a desire to kill a thread, it is that many posters do not look at the date of the last few posts on the thread and the start date. Asking a question or making a suggestion on a several year old thread is not useful to the forums. I often see someone post, "You can use XYZ to do ABC" on a My first knife" thread that is several years old. My guess is that the knife is long done with by then. On those type of necroposts, the mods usually close the thread.

Some threads are of universal value and contain basic information that is good for all time - these get resurrected regularly. This usually happens during the two-three week period after school lets out and during Christmas break. If the thread content is still current, then they usually get nothing more than a note from the mods that it is an old thread.
Posting new info on the subject is always of value. Posting "That's really a nice knife" on a six year old Nick Wheeler "How To" thread is pointless.

In some cases, the information in an older thread is not currently accurate, or the OP has changed his methods. In these cases, the mods ( often at the OP request) close the threads to keep conflicting information down. Years ago I may have said that I heat 10XX steel to 14XXF and hold for XXmin. I may now use different parameters, equipment, or have better grade steel. Thus, someone resurrecting a thread with the old numbers will give readers the impression that those are good numbers...which may not be the case anymore.

In cases like Eric's press build, these type threads get resurrected several times. Sometimes by the OP with updates, and sometimes by a new member doing a search. The person doing a search may not realize that Eric isn't following the thread like he was three years ago. If you know the thread is old and have a question, sending him an email will get a better and quicker response.



Advice to all users before posting, especially new ones, is to look at the OP date and the last few posts to see how old a thread is. This is especially important if you found the thread in a search.
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seeing as how this thread is 11 years old, I'm not sure you should expect a response. Especially when you click on the original poster's name and see that the last time he logged onto this site was 4 years ago.
 
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