Re: Shop presses

[Simon Favre <simon@domain.elided>]

Oscar,

Don't bother with a 6 ton press. You'd be surprised how many things a 12
ton press fails to take off! The 12 ton is about the minimum I'd consider
useable. If I had it to do over again, I might go for a 25 ton, but they
do take up a lot more room, as well as cost more. The 12 ton Harbor
Freight unit should be around $125-150. Perhaps you can wait till they're
on sale. Post Tool has similar items, if there's one in your area.

Oscar Perez wrote:

>The last discussion on the digest about shop presses resulted in Harbor
>freight as a source for buying reasonably priced presses.  I'm looking for
>a 6 or 12 ton press- leaning toward the 6 ton.  Their web site had a good
>looking A-Frame model, but of course they don't have them in.  Does anyone
>know of another supplier?  My internet searches came up with industrial
>presses for $600.00 minimum.  I'm looking for a fairly simple manual bottle
>jack type press for about $100.00.  Any help is appreciated.

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