Shop Press.

Here is a shop press project i started way too long ago, finished and reworked again. It sat in my garage unwelded for more than 15 years. Then i needed it real bad. So i welded it up with a 6T bottle jack. Then i wanted a little more push so i upgraded to a 12T jack. I also designed it to make the bottom brace, bed plate and jack removeable so i can slip in a 1/2T chainfall and use the frame for a grantry crane to lift my collection of South Bend lathes on and off their legs...Bob

Thanks aametalmaster! This one has been added to our Brakes and Presses category, and to your homemade tools page: aametalmaster's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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I needed to break down my lawn tractor tire to add a tube and i couldn't get the bead broke. So i made an attachment to slip over my 1" tooling of my shop press. It worked great and just took 10 minutes to dream up and build. Made from 3/8" flat stock and a piece of pipe to fit over my 1" bar. It worked great...Bob

Thanks aametalmaster! I've added your Bead Breaker Attachment to our Metalworking category, as well as to your builder page: aametalmaster's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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Looking at that frame,I bet you could use a 20 ton jack safely. We have a chinese made press in my work ashop with a 20T jack and the frame is smaller than yours. It's interesting to watch the frame twist when the pressure really goes on... :-(