Arbor Press help.

[FortHansonleather83]

Good evening everyone 

 I'm switching to a set of stamps that require a arbor press and I'm looking for suggestions on what set up I should go with, I'll also be stamping with Tandy's alphabet sets 

[fredk]

From reading other peoples' discussion on this;

I believe there is company in the US called 'Harbor Freight' or something which sells a/p at a good price.

Also; I believe the 1 ton version has a hole in the press bar which matches the Tandy letter adapters for their press

[TacticallySharp]

I drilled my HP press hole. Not that hard to do.

[TacticallySharp]

[bikermutt07]

The hole is 3/8”. The .5 ton and 1 ton palmgren press on Amazon has a hole already drilled. You just have to drill and tap for a set screw.

Good luck

[Chief Filipino]

I have a press from Harbor Freight. It doesn't have a hole yet and it has served me well. I have a set of stamps from Tandy as well as others. If I end up using a stamp repetitively I will definitely want to drill a hole into it but for now I infrequently use stamps so haven't taken the time. If you do a search on youtube there are a bunch of vids showing you what others have done. For example: 

 

[WoodysWorkshop]

That is slick as all get out.

[ToddMaine]

Anyone use their drill press? Just received in a couple sets of letters yesterday and tried it and seems to work ok.