Members Shorts Posted April 29, 2009 Members Report Posted April 29, 2009 Ray, is a hydraulic press overkill for what you're looking for? Quote
Contributing Member UKRay Posted April 29, 2009 Author Contributing Member Report Posted April 29, 2009 Ray, is a hydraulic press overkill for what you're looking for? Just overkill for my pocket, Monica. A good Hydraulic press will cost twenty times what i will pay for a flypress. Fortunately I have just found a warehouse in Birmingham full of all kinds of presses at the sort of prices we would all like to pay... I'll check them out and report back. The guy who owns the place said I can can bring my knives along and try out the toys... I wonder if he would let me do that once or twice a week? Then I wouldn't need to buy one! Quote "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps" Ray Hatley www.barefootleather.co.uk
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted April 30, 2009 Contributing Member Report Posted April 30, 2009 (edited) What about fabricating one Ray? I've seen hydraulic presses made with three steel cross beams, two uprights (and the "T"s for feet), four strong springs, and a bottle jack. Seems the easiest way to get one the size you want, and you can pick the pressure for the jack. Subsitute wood (legs, feet, top rail) for a lot of the steel and voila! Something like this, but scaled to your needs: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/disp...Itemnumber=4711 Edited April 30, 2009 by TwinOaks Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Contributing Member UKRay Posted April 30, 2009 Author Contributing Member Report Posted April 30, 2009 I'll certainly give that some thought, Mike. I wonder if anyone else has ever used one of those Harbour Freight presses for cutting leather? I guess you might have to weld on a hunk of steel top and bottom - and get it level or you would simply tear the thing apart when you pumped the jack... What about fabricating one Ray? I've seen hydraulic presses made with three steel cross beams, two uprights (and the "T"s for feet), four strong springs, and a bottle jack. Seems the easiest way to get one the size you want, and you can pick the pressure for the jack. Subsitute wood (legs, feet, top rail) for a lot of the steel and voila!Something like this, but scaled to your needs: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/disp...Itemnumber=4711 Quote "Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps" Ray Hatley www.barefootleather.co.uk
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