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Matt, thanks for the input. We did just the test cut so far so we haven´t thought about limiting the depth yet but we probably should I guess. Everything has been total nightmare so far, we have been cutting everything by hand and we wanted to speed everything up so we got the dies first and then the first version of the press which bent like crazy so we were left with just bent metal shelf, kind of expensive one, now we got this one which doesn´t flex but it would need two times more power I guess since the longest die is roughly 8 linear meters of cutting are. And the double power would mean that the press would bent because it´s calculated just for 40 tons of pressure, just a perfect situation...

Thanks for the quick replies yes we have polyethylene clicker block under leather. So the only solution is to divide the dies to make cutting area smaller, that is what I was afraid of.

Hi, we made diy press with car jacks for cutting leather with dies, but the die isn´t cutting all the way through the leather. Can someone guess what might be the issue just by looking at the photos? We have two 20 ton car jacks. The working are of the press is 30 x 15 inches. The longest die is 4 x 28 inches. The small V shape is 12 x 15 inches. The large V shape is 12 x 26 inches. I hope someone could help us solve the issue, thanks for any comment.