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Benchtop Hyrdaulic Press

Hello all.

I'm looking to add a small footprint press to help with my automotive transmission work. I've used the taller floor presses before, but simply don't have the space in my 1-car garage. I actually considered getting a benchtop press made from angle steel and a bottle jack and keeping it in the storage loft above the garage.

Link to the press:

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I saw this item yesterday for the first time. I can keep it in my loft, and it will work for my needs. Has anyone ever used one of these benchtop types? Aside from being limited to 19" under the press, does it have any drawbacks compared to the normal h-frame with bottle jack?

Thanks,

Dave

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David Geesaman
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It also is limited to 7" depth so you could press to the center of a 14" diameter circle. Normal press is 24" to 28" in the 12 ton size.

This press uses a "porta power" type cyl> Hello all.

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RoyJ

That's not a big concern - I'm mostly going to be pressing suspension bushings and transmission bearings. So the load will be probably less than 5ton. 7" depth also is ok for me.

Do these porta-power cylinders not last as long? If it pukes out, do you think I could get another (better) cylinder as a replacement?

Dave

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David Geesaman

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RoyJ

I grabbed an old article from Popular Mechanics once. It's such a clever design I always wanted to build it even though I already have a 20 ton floor press and a nice Dake 5 ton arbor press. I bet you could make it in a day and a half if you have a little welder. Have a look (biggish 6Mb+ download):

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Grant

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Grant Erwin

They seem decently made, and depending on your skills and equipment, repairable. You can certainly get the Enerpac original (which is what the clever Chinese have cloned here) cylinder from grainger.com, if you want to pay more than a whole nuther Chinee press.

Dunno about this unit, but one should generally derate HF hydraulics as much as half the force promised.

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Richard J Kinch

Hi Grant,

I grabbed your file awhile back and ended up tweaking the images a bit before printing (by the way,Thanks). If I remember right it was just two pages in your original pdf. If you want to grab/use these instead (they turned out pretty well and should load in any browser) you're welcome to. I'll leave them posted for a week or two. See:

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Leon Fisk

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