Hydraulic presses

[longbowman]

Do any of you use a manual hydraulic press for knife making?

[bjansen]

 Yes indeed.  They are pretty nice to have.

[longbowman]

What type do you use or recommend?

[bjansen]

I have a homemade "C" type press (open on one side, built with big I beam).  A good buddy welded it up for me and I assembled the parts after consulting Batson's Hydraulic Press Book - which is very helpful if you are going to build your own.  If you are going to buy one, check out Coal Iron presses - I have been following those guys for a while and they do very good work. 

[Benjy]

I built a 24 Ton "H" press using Batson's book. I have been using it for a few months. I can take any size stock and turn it is to usable size in minutes. What an eye opener!

[bjansen]

Nice build Ben - I would be interested to see how you fit dies on the unit.  Very clean

[longbowman]

Benjy,  Very nice, thanks!

[Benjy]

Nice build Ben - I would be interested to see how you fit dies on the unit.  Very clean

Oops, sorry, posted the wrong picture... Here you go.

[burg]

oh nice benjy