Shop Press To Clicker Press

[mattsh]

Shorts - do you have pics of the press in action? And maybe a pic of the dies?

[Shorts]

Shorts - do you have pics of the press in action? And maybe a pic of the dies?

No pics. But its fairly simple. You put the leather on the board there, put the die on top and pump the jack handle. I'll see if I can get a pic sometime today.

Looks just like the first pic (put a piece of leather under the die):

Edited November 21, 2010 by Shorts

[jimmybaby]

Wish I had thought of the heavier plates but, in ignorance of what I was doing, I had no idea there would be a problem in that area. My 12T press came from Harbor Freight, the plates from Weaver for their 6T press. In cutting canteen covers with circular dies, both top and bottom plates are sway-backed. If I had had this place to look to, I might have avoided this particular problem. JimB

[K-Man]

Wish I had thought of the heavier plates but, in ignorance of what I was doing, I had no idea there would be a problem in that area. My 12T press came from Harbor Freight, the plates from Weaver for their 6T press. In cutting canteen covers with circular dies, both top and bottom plates are sway-backed. If I had had this place to look to, I might have avoided this particular problem. JimB

How thick are your plates from the Weaver 6T bench top? Mine are 1/2 inch.

Edited November 22, 2010 by K-Man

[Shorts]

Yeah, I originally though of using 1/2" but the guys on another forum convinced me the 1" would be the best bet to avoid much deflection.

My drawing shows 1/2" because I did it prior to the build. I never edited the sketch. I am using 1" plates on my press.

Edited November 22, 2010 by Shorts

[Northmount]

Yeah, I originally though of using 1/2" but the guys on another forum convinced me the 1" would be the best bet to avoid much deflection.

My drawing shows 1/2" because I did it prior to the build. I never edited the sketch. I am using 1" plates on my press.

I know this is an old thread, but is there any chance of getting the pictures replaced or links fixed?

Thanks,

Tom

[15mules]

I would be interested in seeing the pics also. I intend am planning a trip to Springfield Mo. this next weekend. I go to pick up my new sewing machine at SL. I am planning on going to the Grizzly store and getting one of their hydraulic Presses. I think they run a couple hundred dollars and they have a pressure guage built in. I am hopng with the pressure guage (assuming I get my leather close to the same moisture each time?) I can get a more consistent depth of stamp, if using for logo stamps and of course if cutting with a die, it will make little difference. I do plan on using 1" plates. I am still a little up in the air as to how big I really need the plates to be?? 12" x 12" would probably do for most things I guess?? I will try to post some info and pics when I get mine done. Thanks for the info posted thus far, it has been helpful in my planning.

[Northmount]

I would be interested in seeing the pics also. I intend am planning a trip to Springfield Mo. this next weekend. I go to pick up my new sewing machine at SL. I am planning on going to the Grizzly store and getting one of their hydraulic Presses. I think they run a couple hundred dollars and they have a pressure guage built in. I am hopng with the pressure guage (assuming I get my leather close to the same moisture each time?) I can get a more consistent depth of stamp, if using for logo stamps and of course if cutting with a die, it will make little difference. I do plan on using 1" plates. I am still a little up in the air as to how big I really need the plates to be?? 12" x 12" would probably do for most things I guess?? I will try to post some info and pics when I get mine done. Thanks for the info posted thus far, it has been helpful in my planning.

Another thread said they should have used wider plates because some of the cutting dies were too long so they had to do part, then move over for the next bite. I'm thinking of something like 12 x 18" wide. There is lots of bottom support. Might need something to stiffen the top plate somewhat. It will be good to hear your feedback too.

Tom

[King's X]

I recently completed my manual clicker press using a Harbor Freight seal press model. I ended up using two 3/8" steel plates that measured 12" x 15" as my base. I then purchased a 1.5" plastic clicker plate from Tandy Leather Factory. Here is a picture of the PDF instructions that I used. I believe I got them off of LW. I tried to post a picture of the clicker, but for some reason, I am not too savvy with this new format. You can see it on my Facebook page or my BlogSpot in about a week.

Hydraulic_Cutting_Press_ShoeSchool.pdf

[Shorts]

I don't have the build pics anymore. Lost them when photobucket bandwidth topped out and I switched photo host.

Just have this pic:

My plates are 12"x12". As you can see there is a little more width to play with. IIRC I had 16" total. You will be limited by the width/size of your press frame, just a fact. Do like King's X did and use a slightly wider plate - 12x__. That offers flexibility for putting larger punches under there.

Any questions just ask

Edited October 17, 2012 by Shorts