Need a New Arbor Press

[darkzero]

Well I ended up getting the 3 ton ratcheting.....

I bought a stand for it from HF. Hopefully it will work out, I'll mess with it next week & will post another pic.

I forgot to update this thread. So I did buy one of those universal stands from HF & mounted it on it, also added a HF mobile base to it. It was working fine but I was just never happy with it.

So off & on I kept looking at arbor press specific stands. The Dake ones are well over $1K. Grizzly used to sell one but discontinued it. Palmgren has one for $280. Even that was way more than I was willing to spend on one. Found a few places with slightly lower prices on them but shipping cost always kills it. I could have built one but didn't want to go through the hassle during this time of year & going down to my buddy's shop to have it all welded it up.

Grainger sells their Dayton branded one for $272. Lucky for me Zoro sells the Dayton one for $225. On Cyber Monday I took advantage of Zoro's 30% sale. Now for $158 + tax & free shipping (came by freight also), now that was a deal!


Here's how it sat on the HF stand & HF mobile base. For the mobile base HF suggests you to use wood for the frame. I used square tubing. You can see the Dayton one will sit higher which I like.


Here's the crate, it arrived by truck the very next day after I ordered it!


I shortened the mobile base to fit the new stand. Since the base was tapered I need something for it to sit on. Found some rem 1/8" alum plate at the local metal supply. It's just barely fit my bandsaw too so it worked out perfectly.



Here's the finished mobile base. Made some spacers to mount the base. I also had to mill some new slots so I could place the arbor press where I wanted. The slots that lined up with my arbor press were too far back.





All in all I'm pretty happy with the new stand. I was worried it would be top heavy but it's fine. Takes up less space & is much more sturdy. Also has a shelf in the middle for storage. It now sits out the way on the left side of the bandsaw. Took this pic before I moved it there.

 

[Uglydog]

When I visited DavidH. I noticed he had a shop made Arbor Press. You might ask his how he did it. I don't know if he will catch this thread.

I'm just about done with the complete rebuild of the 1930s? Atlas 5ton ratcheting that I got from DaveSmith.
I'll expect be posting pics next week.

Daryl
MN

 

[rmack898]

That's a nice stand Will, I may have to copy the design and make one like it.

 

[chips&more]

Nice job darkzero! I too cringed at the cost of a dedicated arbor press base. But gave in when I found one on Amazon with free shipping for I think $175. I did the attaching a little different. I got a piece of bar stock and threaded two holes in it. Kinda like one big nut under the base and covers a lot more holding area and no machining needed on the base. I hope the pic explains it…Good Luck, Dave.

 

[darkzero]

Nice job darkzero! I too cringed at the cost of a dedicated arbor press base. But gave in when I found one on Amazon with free shipping for I think $175. I did the attaching a little different. I got a piece of bar stock and threaded two holes in it. Kinda like one big nut under the base and covers a lot more holding area and no machining needed on the base. I hope the pic explains it…Good Luck, Dave.

Thanks. That is a good idea and I like that it covers more area. My reasoning for adding new slots is cause I wanted to change the placement of where the press would sit. The stand is designed so the press locates on the front pins but I wanted mine further back. The mounting holes ended up in the area between 2 sets of existing slots. I could have just drilled 2 holes & had been done with it but I always have to make things more complicated!

 

[mrbreezeet1]

l think I showed this one before, but it's a # 2 Greenard,
The guy made the stand, I think he did a very nice job.
It's the same guy I brought my Unisaw off of.

 

[soundguy.paul]

I forgot to update this thread. So I did buy one of those universal stands from HF & mounted it on it, also added a HF mobile base to it. It was working fine but I was just never happy with it.

So off & on I kept looking at arbor press specific stands. The Dake ones are well over $1K. Grizzly used to sell one but discontinued it. Palmgren has one for $280. Even that was way more than I was willing to spend on one. Found a few places with slightly lower prices on them but shipping cost always kills it. I could have built one but didn't want to go through the hassle during this time of year & going down to my buddy's shop to have it all welded it up.

Grainger sells their Dayton branded one for $272. Lucky for me Zoro sells the Dayton one for $225. On Cyber Monday I took advantage of Zoro's 30% sale. Now for $158 + tax & free shipping (came by freight also), now that was a deal!


Here's how it sat on the HF stand & HF mobile base. For the mobile base HF suggests you to use wood for the frame. I used square tubing. You can see the Dayton one will sit higher which I like.
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Here's the crate, it arrived by truck the very next day after I ordered it!
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I shortened the mobile base to fit the new stand. Since the base was tapered I need something for it to sit on. Found some rem 1/8" alum plate at the local metal supply. It's just barely fit my bandsaw too so it worked out perfectly.
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Here's the finished mobile base. Made some spacers to mount the base. I also had to mill some new slots so I could place the arbor press where I wanted. The slots that lined up with my arbor press were too far back.
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All in all I'm pretty happy with the new stand. I was worried it would be top heavy but it's fine. Takes up less space & is much more sturdy. Also has a shelf in the middle for storage. It now sits out the way on the left side of the bandsaw. Took this pic before I moved it there.
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Great job and a great deal as well