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One piece of advice, that style of hydraulic ram you are using can, on occasion, stretch the retaining bolts. What we did was wrap a piece of safety wire in thread root as close to the ram as possible.
Just once around, so if there is any deformation of the retaining bolts a visual inspection will hopefully keep you from have a relatively lively failure. Acum 3 ani +Matt Taimuty Hello Matt, Mechanical, Pneumatic (self contained), and utility hammers do not work the same. All three are hammers but function differently. A Hydraulic press a a different tool then a hammer.
One operation a hammer can do that a press cannot (efficiently) is to taper stock. While a press can break it down, a hammer imparts heat into the piece as it is being work, whereas a press will suck out heat. From my limited experience I think a hydraulic press is a great tool for using tooling (fullers, punches, ect).
The control on a press is very good. If I did not want to spend much money, I would make both a mechanical hammer, and a press. Both can be made rather cheaply (Press around 2k, hammer 1-2k), especially the hammer if you can buy steel for scrap price. The only experience i have with power hammers is with my 60kg self contained Sahinler.
That being said, I would first make myself a good mechanical hammer.
Build your own Hydraulic Forging Press This book provides a step by step description of how to build an hydraulic forging press by Dr. James Batson, ABS Master Smith.
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