Arbor Press Modification Help

[777Leathers]

I know people have have used arbor presses when using embossing plates. Does any one have pictures of theirs and the modification made to make it work? I would love to see them! Any suggestions or ideas are grateful. Thank you

[Nuttish]

This takes (20 minutes in) a machine shop. Detailed instructions if you wish. Sorry, every single thing in my shop is covered in plaster dust because I'm a dummy.

Edited April 3, 2015 by Nuttish

[Tree Reaper]

My press will use a chuck or an adapter for stamps.

[Half Goat]

My press will use a chuck or an adapter for stamps.

Did your press come with the chuck, or did you modify this yourself?

[Tree Reaper]

I removed the ram and had a machine shop drill and tap it.

[Nuttish]

Someone asked me for more info privately, so here it is.

Famco Model S 2 ton press with 35:1 leverage.

Ram modified to take a sleeve and more manageable ram extension. I turned the extension from a short length of steel rod and bored it for tapping on an engine lathe. The sleeve is just a smaller diameter rod bored out to accommodate the rod threaded into the extension. The ram is drilled and tapped for a set screw that holds the sleeve and extension rod in place. The sleeve has a hole drilled in the side to accommodate the set screw.

One end of Famco rams is usually tapped for a tool, but you can flip them over and use the other end for this mod. Chuck it up on the lathe in a 4 jaw chuck so you can get it dead center and bore it slightly oversize to the extension sleeve.

Now you can much more easily align your die to your work.

You can also use the sleeve without extension to set rivets. The set screw holds it in place.