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My most recentproject was a 12 ton bench top press. I did more welding on this project thananything else so I thought I would post it in this section. I didn’t take anypictures of the process but here are some finished pictures.
I bought the jack a while ago with plans to build it out of 5"x2" rectanglebox tubing. After I checked on the steel prices I put the project on hold. Icould have bought a nice one for what I was going to have in it if I built itthe way I wanted to.
Well the front axle went bad on my daughter’s car and in the process ofchanging it I found out the wheel bearing was bad too. Now I am the type ofperson who doesn’t like taking stuff to the shop if I can help it so I thoughtwell this is a good time to build that press!
Instead of buying the steel and making it how I had planned I decided to usewhat I already had laying around, which was mostly 3"x 5/8" angle.This is heavy stuff but I knew it just wasn’t going to look as"pretty" as if I used the box, oh well!
I used a piece of 6"x5/8 thick "C" channel for the base, and theangle for the sides and top. For the bar that the jack is attached to I used4"x1 1/4" solid bar. The only things I bought for it was the bottlejack from harbor freight on sale for $17.99 and the two retracting springs forabout 5 bucks.
It took me about 6 hours to make it and I had the old bearing pressed out andthe new one in in about 5 minutes, worked like a charm and now I have a goodpress in my shop! (I must say here that before I decided to make the press Ihad pounded on the bearing using the "vise and big hammer" method forabout an hour first)
I also made a kit with various size rounds and flats for pressing bearings andsuch out of scrap pipe and round bar I had laying around.
And the finished product:
I bought the jack a while ago with plans to build it out of 5"x2" rectanglebox tubing. After I checked on the steel prices I put the project on hold. Icould have bought a nice one for what I was going to have in it if I built itthe way I wanted to.
Well the front axle went bad on my daughter’s car and in the process ofchanging it I found out the wheel bearing was bad too. Now I am the type ofperson who doesn’t like taking stuff to the shop if I can help it so I thoughtwell this is a good time to build that press!
Instead of buying the steel and making it how I had planned I decided to usewhat I already had laying around, which was mostly 3"x 5/8" angle.This is heavy stuff but I knew it just wasn’t going to look as"pretty" as if I used the box, oh well!
I used a piece of 6"x5/8 thick "C" channel for the base, and theangle for the sides and top. For the bar that the jack is attached to I used4"x1 1/4" solid bar. The only things I bought for it was the bottlejack from harbor freight on sale for $17.99 and the two retracting springs forabout 5 bucks.
It took me about 6 hours to make it and I had the old bearing pressed out andthe new one in in about 5 minutes, worked like a charm and now I have a goodpress in my shop! (I must say here that before I decided to make the press Ihad pounded on the bearing using the "vise and big hammer" method forabout an hour first)
I also made a kit with various size rounds and flats for pressing bearings andsuch out of scrap pipe and round bar I had laying around.
And the finished product:
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