Homemade 40ton Forging press

Congratulations KarlMetalworks - your Forging Press is the Homemade Tool of the Week!

Another big week around here with many excellent tools (and now our 7th-in-a-row record-breaking forum pageviews week :)).

We see a lot of presses; this is a good example of a winning one, especially with all of the attachments.

Check out KarlMetalworks's YouTube channel for more excellent homemade tools. Click below to take a look:

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Some more nice picks from this week:

Drill Centering Jig by liberal
Concrete Chimney Demolishing Tool by Frank S
Lathe Drive Center by Dimitris Polychronis
Bandsaw Blade Guides by Nomad Boatbuilding
House and Car Key Chain by Paul Jones
Long Reach Clamp by jason andrews
Manual Press by liberal
Adjustable Soldering Pick by Dimitris Polychronis
Pry Bar by Frontier Forge
Cape Cloak Closure by rendoman
Axle Grinding Tool by liberal
Benchtop Hydraulic Press by kess
Lathe Modification by -Q-
Bladed Implements and Tools by TwigsNJigs
Volcanic Rock and Steel Chisel by Make Things
Power Hammer by KarlMetalworks
Pipe Center Finder by jason andrews
Steady Rest by threesixesinarow
Tuyere by Philip Davies
Splash Guard by Tuomas
Automatic Water Tap by Lahis


KarlMetalworks - we've added your tool entry to our All Homemade Tool of the Week winners post. And, you'll now notice the wrench-on-pedestal award in the awards showcase in your postbit, visible beneath your username:

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You'll be receiving a $25 online gift card, in your choice of Amazon, PayPal, or bitcoin. Please PM me your current email address and gift card choice and I'll get it sent over right away.

Nice work! :thumbsup:

Congratulations on your win

Doug

Thank you all, this is amazing. :rocker: It is an honor. I put so much work into this press, and it just keeps giving back on so many levels :) You guys rock.

As many presses are there are here getting tool of the week on one just shows how special your's really is.
Congratulations.

Hi, I found some pictures from the build. You can clearly see how naive I was when building a frame. I had to weld loads of braces onto that thing to keep it from twisting.
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I made another set of tools to use with my pres:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3j7Y2AXuzYE

Hello Karl, I spent 26 years in a factory that built hydraulic pumps so I have been involved with hydraulics for a while. You have built a very nice machine. Very nice upper and lower mechanical limits.

Very impressive, especially how rapidly the piston retracts.

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Thanks KarlMetalworks! We've added your Press Accessories to our Forging and Casting category,
as well as to your builder page: KarlMetalworks's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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Thank you for this, thank you for all the work you put in it. :)