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Posted by Karl Townsend on April 6, 2006, 6:26 pm
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Looks like a punch press similar to this http://tinyurl.com/f5yj4 is
following my son home tomorrow afternoon. I know little about these units.
Where do I go for beginner info on what all I can punch and what dies etc. I
need. How do capabilities compare to an iron worker, shear, press brake??
I got the unit for scrap weight value or less, I'm just hoping its not a
boat anchor for the shop. I've got enough of those already.
Karl
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Posted by Tom Gardner on April 6, 2006, 6:35 pm
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> Looks like a punch press similar to this http://tinyurl.com/f5yj4 is
> following my son home tomorrow afternoon. I know little about these units.
> Where do I go for beginner info on what all I can punch and what dies etc.
> I need. How do capabilities compare to an iron worker, shear, press
> brake??
>
> I got the unit for scrap weight value or less, I'm just hoping its not a
> boat anchor for the shop. I've got enough of those already.
>
>
> Karl
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Oh boy! Nice press! What do you want to know...specifically? It's not any
of those other tools but it is only limited by your imagination. First,
check the safety systems; then the bush in the flywheel and the crank
bearings. Make a die that punches out saleable parts and sell the parts for
a profit. Count fingers constantly!
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Posted by Koz on April 6, 2006, 6:37 pm
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Karl Townsend wrote:
>Looks like a punch press similar to this http://tinyurl.com/f5yj4 is
>following my son home tomorrow afternoon. I know little about these units.
>Where do I go for beginner info on what all I can punch and what dies etc. I
>need. How do capabilities compare to an iron worker, shear, press brake??
>
>I got the unit for scrap weight value or less, I'm just hoping its not a
>boat anchor for the shop. I've got enough of those already.
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>Karl
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The press is fine, the dies will kill you on cost.
Suggest checking out used book stores for punch and die books although
there are probably also some new ones on Amazon. Not much use for 1-off
type things although you could probably scab together a bar shear or
something. You might be able to angle shear also but again, the die
block starts getting expensive. It also has some potential to flatten
things without much investment in dies. Best to look into something
that you can sell 100,000 of on e-bay and invest in the die.
Koz
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Posted by Fred R on April 6, 2006, 6:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options Karl Townsend wrote:
> Looks like a punch press similar to this http://tinyurl.com/f5yj4 is
> following my son home tomorrow afternoon. I know little about these units.
> Where do I go for beginner info on what all I can punch and what dies etc. I
> need. How do capabilities compare to an iron worker, shear, press brake??
Oh that's way cool. One suggestion, at least semi-serious: make a simple
post and top pad and you have a really bad-a**ed planishing hammer.
Sneer at people with their wussy English wheels. Get all carried away
and make shrinking/expanding dies, start making ashtrays out of 1/4"
plate. Well, maybe not that last one.
--
Fred R
"It doesn't really take all kinds; there just *are* all kinds".
Drop TROU to email.
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Posted by Tom Gardner on April 6, 2006, 7:06 pm
Please log in for more thread options Oh, I forgot...I use one of my 60 ton to make schnitzel really, really fast!
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> following my son home tomorrow afternoon. I know little about these units.
> Where do I go for beginner info on what all I can punch and what dies etc.
> I need. How do capabilities compare to an iron worker, shear, press
> brake??
>
> I got the unit for scrap weight value or less, I'm just hoping its not a
> boat anchor for the shop. I've got enough of those already.
>
>
> Karl
>