formers and press tool to make steam lubricator body and lid

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Thank you for viewing and interest and I hope I have answered your questions
The Home Engineer

Hi there Home Engineer,
Thank you for such a comprehensive answer to my questions, and the additional info on metal flowing and the radiusing of dies etc. I am quite envious of your collecting that press, a place I worked at for nearly 18 years had a press I would love to have at home. It was an Australian made Servex, possibly with an English parent company, I don't know. That one was a 50 ton press, but I've seen similar looking Servex presses from 30 tonne to 100 tonne units. They had a 2 stage manual pump and a quick spin threaded ram to get you into position quickly before using the hydraulics. The only work I can remember being done to that press in the time I was there was the addition of safety screen doors to offer protection from shrapnel in the event of a part fracturing or flying at high speed due to mis-alignment when under considerable pressure.
Thanks once again for your response and of course for your uploading of the pictures and story behind the construction of your Foden part(s). All the very best,
Rob.