60 tons. 8'er.
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Blazer is really done. Last pictures while she is still mine.
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60 tons. 8'er.
wow, nice....
It gets the job done. It's pretty old school so it has a certain, i'm gona liver forever quality about it.
I would actually like to have a couple smaller ones that could be set up for dedicated jobs and left alone. Have thought about building them just haven't taken the plunge yet. Building a good press with some capacity isn't to hard to do, the tough part is the logistics of handling the heavy plate steel you'd need to build the columns out of. This Cincinnati has plates that are 4" thick or thicker. Just maneuvering a piece of steel like that brings along a whole set of challenges.
Hydraulic or mechanical? The only press break I spent significant time on was an old Niagra 90 ton mechanical break with a 12 foot bed. I enjoyed the hell out of that...
I bent everything from 14 ga 6061 to 1" MS with that dinosaur. We had about a dozen die sets, and I built every one of them except for the full length die for sheet gauge.
Cool tool storage, shock mounting looks killer too!
I bent everything from 14 ga 6061 to 1" MS with that dinosaur. We had about a dozen die sets, and I built every one of them except for the full length die for sheet gauge.
Cool tool storage, shock mounting looks killer too!
What your going to have to do, is hang one guy off a forklift, one guy on the pedals and one guy steering, then use an engine hoist that has been reenforced some, connected to your truck, plus the blazer being used as a counterweight of some sort, some one standing on the roof of the crew cab to make it all work together, a full set of 2 ways for everyone, a large pepperoni pizza 24 pack of orange mt. dew, 2 torches and a blow gun on the air compresser.
Wait I gotta see this, on my way
Wait I gotta see this, on my way
That's when an overhead crane is a Godsend. We had three, a 20 ton, a 7 ton, then a 120 ton monster in the assembly bay. I lost count of how many times i rigged up and moved our press break.
Hydraulic or mechanical? The only press break I spent significant time on was an old Niagra 90 ton mechanical break with a 12 foot bed. I enjoyed the hell out of that...
I bent everything from 14 ga 6061 to 1" MS with that dinosaur. We had about a dozen die sets, and I built every one of them except for the full length die for sheet gauge.
Cool tool storage, shock mounting looks killer too!
It's a mechanical. Very fast and unforgiving which I guess is the nature of the beast. I've only built a few die sets. Nothing very fancy. Modified the hell out of a couple more for specific purposes that blur into whatever it works for. You know how it works with custom stuff. Sometimes it even becomes advantagous to design a custom piece around what die sets you have.
Thanks! I think the tool storage turned out nicely. Had to really work to get it in. I don't think it'll come out again anytime in the near future. Not 100% sure I like my hold down devices yet. They hold the lid very well, just not hugely convenient.
What your going to have to do, is hang one guy off a forklift, one guy on the pedals and one guy steering, then use an engine hoist that has been reenforced some, connected to your truck, plus the blazer being used as a counterweight of some sort, some one standing on the roof of the crew cab to make it all work together, a full set of 2 ways for everyone, a large pepperoni pizza 24 pack of orange mt. dew, 2 torches and a blow gun on the air compresser.
Wait I gotta see this, on my way
I've been in enough of those situations to see the outcome ahead of time. Ya know, that feeling you get that says "this is a really bad idea." I recently started listening to those little voices. cwazy huh!
You need to listen to the "other" voices in your head Kert
I like the brute simplicity of the mechanical presses...but heaven forbid you jam it, or get a finger where it shouldn't ought to be.
I recall one job we got because the offset between bends on this one part were so tight they could not be done with a traditional die set. It wasn't a big part, but the bend was critical to it's function and the customer was desperate. We quoted accordingly...I spent 2 days building the die set, 10 minutes forming the 5 pieces they needed. Put the die set on the shelf never to be used again. Apparently we made some very good money on those parts. You can certainly make some crazy parts with a decent press break if you have an imagination and are willing to custom build die sets.
So mechanical, it has a brake function controlled by a foot lever?
I used to operate one in a shelving manufacturer plant once upon a time bout 35 years ago
You making tractor parts?
I used to operate one in a shelving manufacturer plant once upon a time bout 35 years ago
You making tractor parts?
TheBeast_88K5
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I take EVERYTHING.... 
My rig prolly weighs an extra 400lbs., when loaded...
My rig prolly weighs an extra 400lbs., when loaded...
Being a heavy equipment mechanic, I tend to pack LOTS of tools and parts....Trail truck weighs 6700ish.....
Yep, stopped at 10.125".
