I'm about to move forward on a manually operated hydraulic press projectand was wondering some of the things that can be performed with such abeast?Hole punching? metal bending?Know of any information out there that would be helpful?What about making your own dies? Thanks.

Tonight I used mine to straighten a (fixed) caster which had been overloaded so the forks had bent over to one side. Easy as pie.I also have recently used mine to press things together and also apart.My father-in-law brought over a piece of his tractor mower guard which is bent badly. It's made of quite heavy gauge sheet metal, and I'll use the press to straighten it.I envision using it to straighten out warpage when butt welding two flat bars which I want to stay flat. If the weld warps, I'll straighten it using the press.Some guys make press brakes and punches from hydraulic presses. I might do that too.GWE

Uses for a hydraulic press?

Aug 02, 2005 23 Replies

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Ron Bean 20 years ago

The 500 gallon lawn roller is interesting...

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Martin H. Eastburn 20 years ago

I looked at the 210 welding cart made - didn't understand the empty floor issue :-)

Martin

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afdr9lk 20 years ago

That was the inside of my garage not my shop!

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Martin H. Eastburn 20 years ago

Understand - this is our first house that doesn't have a shop in the Garage. Now the Garage is listed as a game room. - We never got used to using it as a cover for a car. :-)

Martin [ who had a larger shop - but it is filling faster than I can work with ].

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