Recent content by mikeJay

It is for forging hot steel.I actually, returned the cylinder and ordered another with a larger rod.I am now using a 4.5 bore with a 2" rod at 1700 PSI for aprox 27,000 lbs force.This new cylinder has a threaded rod 1.875"-12 TPI 3inces long and I am going to redesign the guide system which...

Do you mean push down with opposite end,I like it.Man I need a new pencil,I think I am going to skip bearings and go for just a slide.

I looked at images of a piston in cylinder and get the higher than wider thoughts.I am surely complicating the design.I can add rollers later,if I want

I couldn't figure how to rotate the doodles,sorry

I have more details ,so much more I think I should have added"doodler" in my profile! I was thinking that with good alignment there should not be much pressure on the bearings,and other makers of presses like this all use an 'H" section of steel sort of almost clamped to the frame and accept...

Hello,I am building a press that will squeeze hot steel ,back off .5"push hot steel in further and repeat.The cylinder is 4" bore , 1.375"rod and travel is 8" (the majority of squeeze will be at 5"of extension)at a max of 2500PSI. my question is when putting @15 tons straight down what will the...

I am a tinkerer/knife maker/ blacksmith.I have built belt grinders,forges,heat treating oven and am working on a hydraulic press now.I made these things for myself from other things I find and disassemble.I only usually buy what I can't make or made before and now know better! I often have...