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There is a company named US plastics, they have every kind of plastic you can think of. search the website BUT Your much better off to give them a call

PLEASE VISIT US AT WWW.PRO-DIES.COM

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Patience is a virtue... I waited about a year and a half, but finally the auto parts shop at the end of my street put their 6 tonne shop press on special, just about 50% off.... was AUD$304 down to $160 with bonus $60 accessory pack... which is cool, just in case I ever need the dies.

Now I just need to find a bit of plate steel... good job the father in law is a steel fabricator :) maybe we can dig something out of the scrap bin. 

Given that a little clicker press with a smaller bed width is about $1300 here.... I should be able to deck out my shop with this shop press, steel plates, cutting mat, and a heap of dies for the same price as paying for one of those.

Sure, it won't be as quick as a clicker press, but it will certainly be quicker and more accurate than my scalpel for the repeatable things I make.

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Congrats on the score! I'm waiting for a similar bit of good fortune to find me.

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9 hours ago, battlemunky said:

Congrats on the score! I'm waiting for a similar bit of good fortune to find me.

The Harbor Freight presses are fairly inexpensive and go on sale often, not sure if there's one near you as i'm not sure about shipping one.  I simply just don't have the room to put one together yet.

Machines currently in use: Cowboy 3200, Adler 67-372, Singer 66, Singer 15-91

 

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We have one right up the road, actually.

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3 hours ago, battlemunky said:

We have one right up the road, actually.

cool, now just need some steel plate and a welder...or a buddy that can weld ( haven't tried and don't think i'm ready to undertake another artform)  and some dies and you'll be rocking and rollin

Machines currently in use: Cowboy 3200, Adler 67-372, Singer 66, Singer 15-91

 

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They aren't the lightest of things that's for sure... Even though mine is only a bench top mount, on the floor it stands about waist height I suppose, it is pretty solid!

Wouldn't want to put it in a space you intend to use for multiple purposes.

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