cliffrod |
06-21-2017 08:51 PM |
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Originally Posted by bobadame
(Post 137637)
Looks to me like it would be very handy for motorcycle tins.
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use a plain arbor press for the bike fenders, tank parts to weld, etc and save a ton of money over the Bonny Doon. I think there's any number of quality machines available through AMS members/companies here that would be a much, much better investment...
I got into the arbor press stuff specifically to do bike parts. It's really easy to be too aggressive with it. A 2 or 3 ton press will often have a throat of 10"-12" and usually only cost up to $300 or lots cheaper if you look around. It doesn't take much effort to move the metal- the only reason to buy a bigger tonnage press is for the increase in throat depth. A little 1/2 ton press will easily shape alloy or crs panel. That's what I mean by how deceptive this process is.
Before I bought the Bonny Doon, I would get a regular shop press with much greater dimensional capacity (and maybe air over hydraulic and more... $1k-$2k will buy a LOT of used shop press) and make some tooling for it. Some are doing it with a regular shop press instead of an arbor press.
Another one of the lingering projects here- I've been watching for both another cheap arbor press (to cut up) and a shop press frame. i want to be able to replace the hydraulic Jack with an arbor press ram and actuating lever as a better approach than working the Jack. Turning the ram and lever sideways would probably make it even easier to use a foot pedal to run the ram and free up you hands.
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