Moderator Registered: Posts: 971 Posted I was contacted by a gentleman a few days ago about information on making a hydraulic forge press. These machines are interesting and I thought I would post what is found with a few quick searches. What I hope is someone who has taken to task and has actually built one they use and wouldn't mind sharing the pros and cons of their experiences. This is the link. This is a video from Dragonfly Forge on a neat press no plans so far. I can share with you a few ideas. Hi guys and Im sure a few Ladys, I am at the very BEGINNING, of the process, of building a Hydraulic Forging Press. As with most everyone money is tight, because of that, and the realization that I do enjoy and get satisfaction out of building my own equipment, I decided to build my own Hydraulic. According to Build Your Own Hydraulic Forging Press by James L. Batson, a 5″ cylinder operating at 2,500 psi will generate 24.5 tons of hydraulic force. The power pack includes a 16 gpm two-stage pump and a 7.0 HP motor running at 3450 rpm. Building A Forging PressThere are a number of ways to provide power to a hydraulic press. The video above shows a pump hooked to a 5 horse power 220 volt electric motor. You could also use a lawn mower engine. Case and Ingersoll tractors used hydraulic pumps and motors to power their garden tractors. You could salvage one of these old tractors for parts to power your forging press. I also found a build for a press on YouTube that rightly started with a warning. 'Don't follow my plans' No doubt CYA. I agree, you should be competent enough to know your design capabilities or hire an engineer to review your plans or design a press for your needs. On the other hand we don't blacksmith because it's a ______________. __________________ Keep the fires burning hot! Swageing Member Registered: Posts: 151 Posted I've always wanted to build a hydraulic press. Mine would have to be for multiple use. Build Your Own Hydraulic Forging PressForging, pressing apples for cider. And a press for homemade paper. I have too many hobbies. If I can control the amount of pressure I could use it to press the greensand for my castings. I've worked a lot with hydraulics, from big injection molding machines to simple wood splitters. There's not much to it. ![]() Blacksmith Hydraulic Forging Press PlansThe main thing is a framework that can hold up to the maximum pressure. Forums Power hammer/press info rmation: _______________________________________ Power Hammer: - Forging Hammer References for Chinese made hammers - I Forge Iron Blueprints; Subject - Hammers Site having problems as of 1-22-2007 - Magic Hammer Forge - Power Hammer Page Beaudry, Fairbanks and Nazel hammers Sold in the U.S. Exclusively by anvilfire.com Self contained pneumatic forging hammers. Book Review Little Giant Specifications and prices for all models in 1976 Little Giant Motor selection graph (reverse engineering) Little Giant and Meyer Brothers hammer images and commentary. Anvilfire NEWS coverage of the construction of the EC-JYH by Richard Furrer written primarily for the China Power Hammer (STC88), but should be useful to all. Site having problems as of 1-22-2007: Site having problems as of 1-22-2007 Old site's photos are gone, but you can see what one looks like: from Bob Warner Press: from Bob Warner:: (,pdf) by D, Fogg by D.
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