Jeffersonville, OH | dieselfume1 - 12/9/2023 09:34
Looking for some homemade hyd press ideas. I need to break down and buy a press, but was hoping for a powered one instead of a hyd jack type.
An old tech told me you can build one with a Chevy power steering pump, log splitter valve and a hyd cyl. With hydraulic pump pressure being around 1200, it would take a cylinder up near 4 inches to be able to get 7 tons of power, which isn’t enough.
What are some homebrew setups you guys have made?
I know you asked for Homebrew, but we've had those, and they are trash if you actually need a press to work.
https://www.harborfreight.com/50-ton-hydraulic-shop-press-96188.html
We had something similar in the shop for 10 years, and it held up fine, but I wanted a nicer one. We got 2/3rds of our money back, and got a 75 ton unit that is REALLY nice. For a farm shop, I wouldn't hesitate to tell you the cheap Chinese 50 ton units like that will last a LONG TIME on farm duty. We use our press daily around here most of the year, but at least a few times a week even when we aren't busy. I pushed 50 tons on it quite a few times, and never broke the press or anything on it. Broke some parts we were pushing on that's for sure.
If $1500 is too much to spend for a 20 year purchase, I understand, but I see folks spend more on something that won't pay back on jobs. If you have to take something to get pressed apart, most shops other than mine don't just do it for free for you. Some press jobs take an hour to get apart or break, at $150 shop rate, that's not a lot of trips to town over 20 years.
We replaced ours with this one... https://www.redlinestands.com/catalog/shop-equipment-c-327/hydraulic... Price has changed a lot, I paid $3800
Chris
Edited by c_mayer 12/9/2023 09:49
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