>>28198987
>I like that press
Thanks anon. It is actually a Harbor Freight 50 ton model that I modified some. I bought two of these presses back in the day when they were around $800 online and then used a 25% off coupon on both of them to bring them down to around $600 a piece. Well worth it at that price point! I built that press brake that is on it in that pic out of some old solid square toolbar off of farm implements The upper die is two leftover pieces of bucket cutting edge that I welded back to back. I have bent 6" wide 1/2" thick flat with it and 3/8" at full width.

I also have another press I bought at a farm auction and then pulled the leaking ram and pump off of it and put a 6" diameter ram on there and made my own electric over hydraulic pump out of a log splitter pump and a 5hp 220V motor. It'll do right at 42 tons with that setup. Pic rel is right after I got done putting it together and hitting it with some paint.

Fixing to make another electric over hydraulic pump unit and mount it to a 2 wheel dolly and have quick connects on it to run it as a portable hydraulic power pack. Will be making another small press here soon with a 5" diameter cylinder and a 1" stroke to run an ironworker shear.

Almost bought a 50 ton Dake at an auction a couple weeks back. But decided I didn't really need yet another press!

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