Anybody in California have a 30 ton jack they want to swap something for?

That's OK. You also don't have any 32" diameter prop shafts to straighten on that press at the moment, so methinks it'll work on everything else you throw at it.
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I don't have a 30 ton jack either. I will add my own tangent however. I've got a 12 ton press, and when I misplaced the jack for it I bought a 12 ton air over hydraulic for it. I have since found the original jack. Its has sat in the corner gathering dust for 4 or 5 years now. Air over is awesome when you have work to do, and when I need a little more precise control I can still put a jack handle in it.

But Larry...yah just never know when someone will bring one in!!!
Gunner
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Yah..I was thinking about that. Going through the Harbor Freight website and pondering.
But..and I have one..several in fact...but Id need the air compressor running to do anything serious with the press. And with the economy being the way it is...that power bill....cringe. The press will be there after the economy comes back. The power bill comes every month.
I guess Ill simply kick it around, check all the yard sales and whatnot and maybe Ill find an American made big jack for little money.
12 ton will get me by, I reckon.
Gunner
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Know someone who works for the railroad ? Oilfield ?
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Yeah, in TAFT, of all places. ;)
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Geez louise. If he has people bringing him work, then how does he have so much time for yakking here? And considering that he claims to charge $75 an hour, then why is he broke and wasting multiple hours *talking* about getting a cheap jack, instead of working for a single hour and buying a new one? Even more to the point - if one can create an alternate reality by posting to Usenet, then why not create a better one?
Wayne

Lots of oil fields here. Lots of heavy machinery running 24/7
Lots of Heavy Stuff.
Maybe something will turn up
Gunner
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Gunner Asch on Sun, 22 Aug 2010 14:29:45 -0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following: Drill collars - I made a few of them in my day. Okay, I did the preliminary work, which let the next guy bore the 2.5 hole down the centre of the 34 foot shaft. Al Hopper had the joy of turning them OD to ID. All on manual machines, mind you. From your mouth to God's ear.