StevieAchilles

Ah problem solved ! Tandy emailed me back with this video. Thanks everyone ! Ah p

How did you remove the pin? Its attached to the screw and also kind of trapped in the body of the thing and doesn't seem to want to move. Appreciate the advice !

I'm assuming this is user error at this point. The pin doesn't seem to want to move at all and im worried about bending the spring too much if I force it somehow but I'm assuming that's going to be the solution? Just emailed tandys customer service so hopefully they will get back to me.

Thanks for the suggestions. Just screwed down the screw as much as possible, doesn't seem to have changed anything. It looks like the pin above the spring should be able to come out and go into a higher hole which would solve the problem BUT as far as I can tell the spring is connected to the pin, they are not two separate pieces so I'm not sure how to remove the pin. Was your pin attached to the spring?

Hey sorry if this has been posted and answerd, I'm new to the forum and having a hard time navigating but figured i'd ask. I have the Craftool hand press (the red cast iron one). I've only used it to set rivets but i just saved up and bought the hole punch die. One problem, after shilling out $120 for the die it doesn't actually come far enough down to hit the anvil, theres a gap so it doesn't actually cut! I'm curious if this has happened to anyone. I'm going to try and return it but my machine slightly scratched it and I'm worried it won't be returnable. I can't believe it costs $120 to have something so poorly designed its not the correct length... I'm wondering if this is just a random fluke or if others have encountered this problem? I could probably jerry rig some kind of platform to raise up the anvil and make it work but i don't feel like i should have to... is the press adjustable in some way that I'm missing? Attached a pic of the Tandy press i have (from their website, not my actual press)