Think of it this way... If you want to play and make a rod, go for it. The potential failure could be minimal, or could damage the rest of the assembly. You might succeed, you might fail and have to replace the saw. You likely won't save yourself the cost of oem replacement parts, but the experience itself may be educational.
Ok, Will do!
I have a quick autocad drawing I did to check the proportions & will post some images & a note in drop box. The camera batteries are on the charger now so will post tomorrow or Tues.
I will modify the subject line to include "arbor press" so you don't have to wade thru all the rod posts to locate.
MikeB
State a brand and model. Ten guys here may have one for you.
--Andy Asberry--
------Texas-----
MikeB wrote: ...
I recently bought the HF one. Shipping was $11.99 & the 20T air-over jack was in that. It was not considered a freight/truck item although a freight company did deliver it. I bought my mill from a guy who lives near a large fabricator & gets big cut-offs for free. However, I do not have a source where I could buy the steel to make a press for anywhere near $60. HF was a no-brainer for me.
Bob
The small end is reciprocating weight while the big end in rotating weight.
C'mon guys! - Burt Munro & The Worlds Fastest Indian! A great true story movie with metalwork content!
I remember having seen Elvis on a motorcycle last week. Bet it was Munro's newest creation.
Nick
But the load / force goes up with the square of RPM and that old Indian was nothing next to the saw.
Ok, the images are in the drop box
Images are titled arbor_p1 thru arbor_p6
The overall dims are 6' tall & 24" wide. The uprights are made from 2" X
7Ga (.120 wall) square tubing & the cross pieces that see force are 3" X 4.1 pound structural channel.arbor_p1.jpg and arbor_p1a.jpg are overall views
arbor_p2.jpg shows how the table can be raised up one side at a time so you don't have to lift the full weight of it at once.
arbor_p3.jpg shows how 2 pieces of 1" angle iron traps & guides the piece of tubing the jack pushes down on & the 1/2 link of chain that attaches the return spring.
arbor_p4.jpg is a closer view of how the jack fits in. I have a 6 ton jack in now but I think this can go up to a 20 ton per the guy at the steel store.
arbor_p5.jpg is a side view of the adjustable table & the big u-bolt I had laying around & cut up for handles. (the rest of the u-bolt I used as the pin for the table)
arbor_p6.jpg is the underside of the table showing the 1" X 2" chunk of tubing I used as a spacer & also prevents the table from sliding sideways enough to fall off the pins.
It took 14' of the 2" X 7Ga and 8' of the 3" X 4.1 pound structural channel. The angle iron legs & bottom horizontal member (functions a a good shoe scraper also) were scrap I had kicking around, as were some of the other tidbits.
Now I just need to paint it, I am torn between machine gray or Ahh-Soo orange like the HF ones.
MikeB
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