Quote Originally Posted by owen moore View Post
I'm not sure how you broke that but I know things do happen. I have a young neighbor who could destroy a crowbar in a sand pile. He has broken almost all of his heavy equipment. I tell him that no matter how big and heavy an item is, it still has it's limits. You need to treat all machinery like two porcupines making love. Slow and easy!
I was pushing the 2’ long cheater bar slowly when the casting broke. This is a bottom of the line press so the cast iron could have defects in it. I’d rather learn something from trying to repair the press rather than learn nothing by throwing it away. With enough heat, I believe I could braze the straps to the casting and have a superior repair. I did try my MAPP touch but it was a joke.