50 Ton Electric Hydraulic Shop Press Update, Bandsaw setup, Shop Air Filtration and More

[@stanstocker8858]

You might check out combat abrasives for belts. Excellent quality, good range of materials, much lower cost than most of the industrial suppliers. They're a big name in the knife making world. Glad to see another video!

[@craigsmachineshop2040]

Wow, thanks Stan! Great prices! They even have the non-woven.

[@x_ph1l]

Such an awesome progress! I love small and compact production workshops. Thanks for posting these updates!

[@craigsmachineshop2040]

Thanks Phil. Yeah, trying to fit it all in a small shop is challenging. Lol.

[@twestgard2]

Just found your channel today, really like your videos. Just my speed.

[@joell439]

Great progress Craig

[@craigsmachineshop2040]

Thanks Joel. How is the notcher working out?

[@joell439]

@@craigsmachineshop2040 - The notcher is really nice. I played around with it a little when I got home, showing off on everything I threw at it. Very smooth and I will put it to good productive use soon. Thanks for helping me add another classic tool to the collection. And thanks Craig for the shop tour.

[@craigsmachineshop2040]

@@joell439 Great to hear it’s working out! Great meeting you, was fun showing off the toys. Lol.

[@piccilos]

The shop is looking good. It looks like the floor to the shed is pavers. If those are just sitting on sand/gravel a 1500lb mill would be a pain to level and keep level. May be worth it to see if you can get some scrap steel sheet to put under it.

[@craigsmachineshop2040]

Sorry, just saw this. Yeah, I might have to pour concrete for it.

[@hippie-io7225]

It is great watching your shop and your machine/skill-set grow! Nice How have you liked the Pierson work holding tools?

[@craigsmachineshop2040]

Thanks! The Pierson system is great. You just have to me mindful of the hold down mechanism and the pins when designing the pallet.

[@GregsGarage]

Room for another Tormach!!! That will be cool.

[@craigsmachineshop2040]

Hey Greg! Yeah, sales permitting. 🤞. How is it going?

[@craigsmachineshop2040]

Wow, I didn’t realize you had an 1100. Sweet! I guess I’ve kind of been out of it for a while or I forgot. Lol.

[@tomtrantham6604]

Use a chop saw for those bars and grind the ends. We used bar stock like that for chip hooks.

[@craigsmachineshop2040]

I usually cut 20-30 at a time on the bandsaw. Not sure the chop saw cam handle that. We go through about 12,000 a year.

[@duramaxmak]

Whenever I cut multiple round pieces in horizontal saw I just weld the ends all together

[@craigsmachineshop2040]

Yeah, I need to get a welder and learn how to use it one of these days.

[@Daniel-vq9zb]

you should realy consider a Syil its worlds better than a tormach, unless you just need travel

[@craigsmachineshop2040]

They look really nice. I do need a large work envelope though. I tried to look up the specs but the specs page on the website wasn’t working. Do you know the work envelope and HP?

[@Daniel-vq9zb]

@@craigsmachineshop2040 the x7 is roughly 16x12x15 travels and 7.5hp on the spindle, its also a linear rail machine vs gibs