![]() it weighs only 165 lbs or so and is made of relatively light channel and angle iron. he said the more expensive presses that were of the same class as his were not built substantially different. He postulated that there should be no difference from a manual hydraulic press, to a motor driven hydraulic pump powered press of the same capacity. He walked me over to his Harbor Freight 20 ton hydraulic press and showed me how lightly it was built. He wondered why I wanted to use such chunky large I beams if that was all of the capacity I would be using. I told him 18 to 20 tons in an H frame configuration. My friend asked me what size press I wanted to build. I was talking with a friend recently and mentioned that I was planning this build and looking for a place to source some steel I beams sized per Mr Baston's recommendations, and what I see others using for their presses, found in my research. I have Jim Batson's book and I have looked at several builds posted here and elsewhere. ![]() I am in the planning phase for building my hydraulic powered forging press still.
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