- 1. Shop Presses (score: 1)
- Author: battmain@JUNO.COM (B A Lyn Fatt)
- Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 18:55:09 PST
- I'm looking for a press to use in my home workshop. I normally use a a friends shop, but it is a bit inconvenient. Browsing through the Harbor Freight catalog, I see a whole bunch of different rated
- /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00034.html (7,596 bytes)
- 2. Re: Shop Presses (score: 1)
- Author: GGORMAN@dsava.com (Gorman, George)
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 11:16 EST
- I've got one of the Harbor Freight A-frame units for use in restoring my '61 TBird. Believe mine is the 13 ton (?) one -- cost $99. Works great for general pressing, but I found two problems. (1) to
- /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00036.html (8,584 bytes)
- 3. Re: Shop Presses (score: 1)
- Author: LSAPEX@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 09:40:51 -0500
- << Do I need a 45 ton unit? Or can I get by with a 20 ton unit? What about the working range? Anyone have any problems with the lower end of the working range? (like the ones rated 8.5" Minimum.) I w
- /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00037.html (7,689 bytes)
- 4. Re: Shop Presses (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack L. Poller" <poller@chromatic.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 09:17:30 -0800
- Same thing here, except the bottom was the issue. Normally, when you press, the work piece rests on a heavy duty steel platform. The platform is supported by two pegs that go through the main legs of
- /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00038.html (8,497 bytes)
- 5. Re: Shop Presses (score: 1)
- Author: GGORMAN@dsava.com (Gorman, George)
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 12:53 EST
- It's nice to know I wasn't the only one to try removing rear axle bearings with the HF A-frame. I probably would have tried exactly your method (using platform on the bottom) but my axle was just ab
- /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00040.html (8,539 bytes)
- 6. Re: Shop Presses (score: 1)
- Author: "Jack L. Poller" <poller@chromatic.com>
- Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 09:41:04 -0800
- The lower working range can be taken up by purchasing additional arbor plates (each are 1" thick) or fabricating your own spacer/jig. jlp
- /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00041.html (7,729 bytes)
- 7. Re: Shop Presses (score: 1)
- Author: TATERRY@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 30 Oct 1996 00:54:29 -0500
- << Anyone willing to share their experience? >> I bought one of the smaller, bench mounted units from Harbor Frieght. The kind that uses an upside down hydraulic jack. It has worked find on wheel bea
- /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00051.html (7,206 bytes)
- 8. Re: Shop Presses (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Sloane" <msloane@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 07:18:31 -0500
- I have had one of the Harbor Freight 20-ton presses for several years and am very satisfied with it. While it is sometimes a little awkward to raise and lower the table, everything else works very we
- /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00053.html (8,193 bytes)
- 9. Re: Shop Presses (score: 1)
- Author: "Michael Sloane" <msloane@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Thu, 31 Oct 1996 07:18:31 -0500
- I have had one of the Harbor Freight 20-ton presses for several years and am very satisfied with it. While it is sometimes a little awkward to raise and lower the table, everything else works very we
- /html/shop-talk/1996-10/msg00055.html (8,007 bytes)
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