A brief introduction to fly press tooling: Forging a punch for bottle openers

[@caotropheus]

Greetings Oscar. If you look around the web, flypress' tooling should have a collar/stopper that contacts with the ram and avoids the bottom of the tooling to touch the inside of the ram and eventually get stuck after intense work. The bottom of the tooling can brake the cast iron ram, mushroom and become stuck or damage components that connect the ram to the screw. Nice restoration, flypress are very useful tools in the shop (not just for forging). I have an "A" frame 12 ton press I use almost every day, I wish I had a 22 ton ... or 32 ton or ...

[@oscarduck1920]

Thanks for the tip! Will deffo do that and yes I think I need a bigger press too!

[@idlehandsbrigade]

Been looking for a nice old Fly press for a long time! That’s will serve you well for a long time!

[@col925]

Just found your channel ,it’s good to see a young British blacksmith on KZbin , producing high quality work thanks for sharing, another sub btw

[@oscarduck1920]

Thank you so much! Means a lot!

[@col925]

Oscar Duck your welcome

[@thomasgray285]

great video, looking forward to the follow up video to see it being used!

[@oscarduck1920]

Thank you! Will get around to it at some point!

[@paulorchard7960]

Ohh, a fly press, nice, impossible to find here in Aus!

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Congratulations on ur new tool. Injoy it

[@oscarduck1920]

Thank you!

[@SchysCraftCo.]

@@oscarduck1920 ur very welcome sir

[@bigoldgrizzly]

You will probably have found out by now, but pot should have a layer of fairly thick oil in the bottom of the main hole under the base of the threaded rod. This not only serves as a lubrication layer, but also acts as a kind of hydraulic ram to transmit the force.

[@oscarduck1920]

Yes! Thank you for the tip.

[@machineshopatthebottomofth3213]

Looks great, enjoyed the video

[@oscarduck1920]

Thank you!

[@russellfeller2092]

I've seen people make a collar where it's the 2" stock and has a 1" hole. That way you can make tools out of 1" and it's much easier.

[@oscarduck1920]

Yes defiantly easier, need to make myself a collar.

[@hornetboy3694]

Awesome video thank you

[@randomgoat2272]

I thought I saw a press in the the background of the last video! You got a nice one!

[@oscarduck1920]

Yeah been working on it for a while. Think it’s a number 5 or 6 which may be a little light for what I need, I’ll have to see!

[@randomgoat2272]

Hahaha, I do not believe either of you. Seems like the one is an alt of the other to try and mess up your pc or steal your details :p

[@benperkins10]

Will there be an update video on how its turned out for bottle opener making?! As id love to see cus I've just got a fly press and would love to start making bottle openers on it and your take on it would be great to see! :)

[@oscarduck1920]

Hopefully at some point. I still haven’t got round to fixing the tooling as I really need to alter it. Don’t seem to find the time for these things at the moment, I want to get it done at some point though!

[@techronmattic5876]

Grandadz sent me over, like what your doing👍

[@oscarduck1920]

Great, glad your here!

[@rodbutler9864]

Excellent

[@rch317]

Nice job

[@oscarduck1920]

Thanks Rob!

[@FeatherForge]

Did you sort the slop from the main screw to the ram? I had to get a new split nut machined for my press.

[@oscarduck1920]

It improved as I took it all apart and then could fine tune the pressure from the guides on the ram, which made it run smoother, but there is still a bit of slop on it which I need to sort out.

[@techronmattic5876]

Hey Andy, havn't seen any content from you for a while are you just taking a break or not posting content anymore?

[@FeatherForge]

@@techronmattic5876 hey bud. The last couple of years has just been really busy and I’ve not had time for it. I bought a house which needed renovation and my business started doing quite well too, so there wasn’t much time. I keep meaning to get back to it at some point. I’ve been upgrading the workshop a lot recently and I’m planning a workshop tour vid at least. I’m quite active over on Instagram though. Feather forge All the best Andy

[@forjanatalense]

Awesome video mate!! How much force does that beauty put out?

[@oscarduck1920]

A decent amount not loads, think it’s only a number 5 or 6

[@forjanatalense]

@@oscarduck1920 thank you for the response!

[@harryhairo7272]

I need one

[@indianatone218]

that was some work there oscar ,i think i might of made a sleeve out of that 50 mm so that you can put 3/4 bar that would sleeve in to the 50mm bar which would be permanent in the fly press with a grub screw on that to take all your new adaptions at 3/4 round ,if that makes sense ,my fly press is a big heavy one but the hole for tools isent 50mm ,without a power hammer your gonna knock yourself out making tools for it lol ,im not a blacksmith im just a welder that likes to mess about doing a bit of blacksmithing ,please use safety boots in workshop if youve never had anything fall and break your toes you will only do it the once lol i did it when i was an apprentice ,im never comftable in workshop without me boots on ,you can see round my workshop on my channel if you would like ,take care Ant from Wales by the way where are you in Britain .?

[@oscarduck1920]

Thanks you the info Ant! I do need to get a collar made up for it, some of the others mentioned it. I’m up in Lancashire at the moment in one of the villages around Pendle hill.

[@traildust55]

I am too old and too brittle to do that by hand. And I'm sticking to that story...

[@oscarduck1920]

It was a bit tough!

[@georgegriffiths2235]

Make a bolster plate to suit the punch on a swivel then several others increasing in size (generally a dial type)

[@oscarduck1920]

Yes! that’s what I’ve done now.

[@andycamm6317]

You want to make a collar for the top of the punch where it goes into the rum to stop it from bottoming out in the top and mushrooming causing you not to be able to remove the punch

[@oscarduck1920]

Thanks for the advice, I’ll get to making a collar!

[@andycamm6317]

@@oscarduck1920 another video opportunity

[@oscarduck1920]

@@andycamm6317 yes!

[@rolandoacano1967]

what umber is that press?

[@oscarduck1920]

Thinks it’s a 5 or 6, really it wants to be a bit more heavy duty!

[@frankheger5185]

👍👍🍻

[@peterodda548]

No need for the gym after that workout the press come up smicko

[@opulodogatooficial7214]

The forging service could easily be replaced by a lathe service. Naive boy...

[@ericsprado4631]

If you've never used a fly press before why are you putting up a video????