I was contacted by a gentleman a few days ago about information on making a hydraulic forge press. These machines are interesting and I thought I would post what is found with a few quick searches.

Build Your Own Hydraulic Forging Press. The movement of the ram die is controlled by a 4 way, 3 position hydraulic valve. The length of the ram stroke is 8'. The maximum speed of the ram is 1.1 inches per second. The ram speed can be doubled by using a 5 horsepower electric motot running at 3600 RPM.

What I hope is someone who has taken to task and has actually built one they use and wouldn't mind sharing the pros and cons of their experiences. This is the link.

This is a video from Dragonfly Forge on a neat press no plans so far. I can share with you a few ideas. Hotel giant 3 free download for windows 7. There are a number of ways to provide power to a hydraulic press. The video above shows a pump hooked to a 5 horse power 220 volt electric motor.

You could also use a lawn mower engine. Case and Ingersoll tractors used hydraulic pumps and motors to power their garden tractors. You could salvage one of these old tractors for parts to power your forging press.

I also found a build for a press on YouTube that rightly started with a warning. 'Don't follow my plans' No doubt CYA. I agree, you should be competent enough to know your design capabilities or hire an engineer to review your plans or design a press for your needs. On the other hand we don't blacksmith because it's a ______________. Keep the fires burning hot! 2020 ABANA Conference in Sarasota New York.

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