Members bylinesupplyco Posted April 19, 2015 Members Report Posted April 19, 2015 As far as using a shop press from harbor freight or anywhere else, how did you guys go about attaching your steel plate to the ram? Quote
Members chrstn53 Posted April 19, 2015 Members Report Posted April 19, 2015 bylinesupplyco, I cut the ram off and welded a 1/2" 10 x 20 Steel plate to the top and bottom cross bar. I welded some nuts to the top cross bar/attached two eyelet bolts and drilled/added two bolts to the top of the frame to add two extra springs to the top cross arm to help support the added weight. It has worked wonderfully for me over the past two years, but it has it limits. Unless your working with scraps you have to precut a lot of your leather to get it to fit under the press, so you will have quite a bit more waste compared to a traditional clicker press. As far as the minimal investment you can't beat it, I picked my press up for $150 on sale at harbor freight. Too bad your so far away, I finally decided to purchase the weaver 8 ton press due to the volume of work I have been doing lately and will be selling my press shortly. Quote
Members bylinesupplyco Posted April 20, 2015 Members Report Posted April 20, 2015 where are you located? Quote
Members wmartin636 Posted April 21, 2015 Members Report Posted April 21, 2015 I have to come clean on this deal too, under threat from another member who knows this. My wife uses this a LOT more to click out stuff than I do. She started out making coasters a couple years ago. Simple stamped, but mostly hair on hide scraps glued to scrap skirting and then clicked and edge sewn. She was hand cutting them to start with, and got the attendant oddballs from handcutting anything. I ordered her some dies, and they arrived just before Feb 14th. Guys, clicker dies for your wife are not the most appreciated Valentine's Day gift. Any gift you give her later seems like an afterthought. Seemed like it would be funny at the time..... They say it's the thought that counts, but... I once asked my ex what she wanted for Valentine's Day - she said "anything gold". The golden retriever puppy wasn't exactly what she had in mind. Quote
Members DV8DUG Posted March 15, 2019 Members Report Posted March 15, 2019 On 9/25/2007 at 9:49 PM, bruce johnson said: I ordered her some dies, and they arrived just before Feb 14th. Guys, clicker dies for your wife are not the most appreciated Valentine's Day gift. Any gift you give her later seems like an afterthought. Seemed like it would be funny at the time..... I think it's hella funny.... Quote I think of Chinese food when I think of life; That's sweet and sour. My life is sweet as saccharin. Ye Scurvy Dog. Swords, Weapons, Dungeon Furniture, Custom Leather Work, and More...
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