Shop Press Modifications

[@CALDues]

Awesome upgrades that were well done. Thanks for the video!

[@1970chevelle396]

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[@mftmachining]

Excellent job, you brought it into beast mode....cool

[@1970chevelle396]

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[@rayeddy528]

You did some really nice upgrades Ken ! And great fab work ! It will be much more user friendly now ! Thank you for sharing !!! Stay safe my friend and God bless you and yours !!!! Eddy

[@1970chevelle396]

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[@johnburcks7390]

Great job, i like your ideas and will copy them for mine!!

[@1970chevelle396]

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[@jimpritz4169]

Really nice mods. You have turned that press from a light weight to a beast.

[@1970chevelle396]

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[@sandwon]

Great improvements 👍

[@1970chevelle396]

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[@CruiserMac]

You really got that thing modified now Ken ! The only thing with having the air over hydraulic is I like the hand feel when you are trying to press something. Pumping the handle I start to question whether it should be this hard and I should double check the part.

[@1970chevelle396]

Thanks. With the air over hydraulic your right you don’t know how hard your pushing on something

[@freeidaho-videos]

Agreed, and I often count pumps on the handle when making the same bend on several parts, especially where it isn't possible to use an angle finder.

[@1mean1]

But understand that even with the air over hydraulic, you can always use the air to get it close and finish with the hydraulic hand pump.

[@CruiserMac]

@@1mean1 good point !

[@howder1951]

Nice video Ken, and a very good job of beefing up that channel section. This answers a lot of questions I had about those light presses as I have been considering getting one. Anyhow, thanks and cheers!

[@1970chevelle396]

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[@shakdidagalimal]

Great job excellent video editing.

[@1970chevelle396]

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[@wyattoneable]

Oh man, you'll be able to set up much faster now. Nicely done.

[@1970chevelle396]

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[@TheAyrCaveShop]

Nice upgrade Ken! The double spool on the winch sure simplifies the setup. Good thinking on all the mods! ATB....Dean

[@1970chevelle396]

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[@JoseGomez-xk3yx]

Beautiful, now it's ready for a 30 ton jack. LL : )

[@1970chevelle396]

When I originally bought that press I should have bought a 50 ton press.

[@jamesharless5357]

Very nice, great job!👍🏻

[@1970chevelle396]

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[@janbill79]

wow, you really improved that. So the original jack mount cross over piece you beefed up hope you got some use out of that before you switched to the channel you bought on line.

[@jjgag601]

I liked what you did. You might also think about welding washers on to the ends of the pins that hold the table up. By having a oversized washer you wont accidentally push the pin clean through and it stops up against your new top.

[@1970chevelle396]

That’s a good idea.

[@lowrider9367]

Nice Job.

[@1970chevelle396]

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[@frrapp2366]

i made my press out of 3/8 thick 5x5 angle riveted together (old bridge girder) for the sided and 3x8 channel for the table and top i made my jack plate able to slide side to side (dont think i ever used it tho) need to add the winch for mine too that table is "HEAVY" found a 2in thick plate 8x10 to press on great add ons!!!

[@1970chevelle396]

The winch really makes it so much easier to use.

[@frrapp2366]

@@1970chevelle396 cool i have an old winch that i think i will use with something along your design

[@southern_merican]

Lol, funny how 80% of the edits start with "Yeah",.... Nice mods tho

[@1970chevelle396]

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[@tobygathergood4990]

Great video of the mods. What you could do now is install a couple of LED work lights in the pockets underneath, on each side of the jack table. With the amount of mods guys do on their harbor freight 20 ton presses, I think it would, (although initially more expensive), be better to build a 50 ton press right from scratch using a hydraulic foot operate ram. A 50 ton press is usually in the nature of $2,000. so to build one would be somewhat cheaper to do. Now you have a 50 ton capability.

[@1970chevelle396]

Thanks. I wished I would have bought a 50 ton press.

[@tobygathergood4990]

@@1970chevelle396 You could still make one. I made a 100 ton press using two 50 ton rams. All metal was between 1 inch and half inch thick. It's a very heavy piece of equipment. All moving operations are done by hydraulics.

[@lelearmi6186]

Is it possible to make changes so that the stem drops instantly and immediately touches the point to be pressed at maximum pressure?

[@bobrossi1185]

Nice at first why were you dealing with the bent up crappie cross bar well ok.. fix not bad . but then you decided to redo whole thing Nice i don't have same press my is harbor freight 20 ton but some nice mods I will be stealing for mine thanks for your video a

[@1970chevelle396]

Thanks. After I straightened the cross bar , I still wasn’t happy with it. So I decided to make a new one.

[@bobrossi1185]

@@1970chevelle396 yep the right move .

[@silverdragontaylir8252]

I made new ones out thicher metal(bottom bed ),cable pulley (genius)

[@choryswiat5944]

would be easier and cheaper to buy better press

[@1970chevelle396]

But I already had that press and I have the time.

[@freeidaho-videos]

Good project. However I note this is a fabrication video that shows no fabrication. The video is just quick jumps in time showing things are done. No fabrication. We can tell from your hands that you are doing work though, just not showing it.

[@1970chevelle396]

If I film every detail the video would be to long.

[@benjamenwitaker5437]

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