The Hydraulic Forging Press for the Blacksmith by Randy McDaniels • 200 pages, Full Color, Hardcover, 8.75' x 11.25' The hydraulic forging press is becoming increasingly important to the forging shop. This relatively small machine, which is often hand made, allows smiths to do many of the same operations as a power hammer while adding more control and expanding what one can do with hot metal. Over forty years ago a spark ignited Randy McDaniel's passion for forging hot metal. This has been a passion that continually grows.

Build Your Own Hydraulic Forging Press. The movement of the ram die is controlled by a 4 way, 3 position hydraulic valve. The length of the ram stroke is 8'. The maximum speed of the ram is 1.1 inches per second. The ram speed can be doubled by using a 5 horsepower electric motot running at 3600 RPM. Feb 2, 2016 - PDF In an attempt to alleviate the problem of the dearth of. Schematic diagram of the hydraulic press. Volume flow rate. (D-S) models were deduced to estimate approximate time in hours for a particular strength development. Forging tests were carried out on both a 2000 kN mechanical press.

Seven years ago his exploration of hot metal evolved and he began specializing in work done with the hydraulic forging press. Randy now creates all of his own tooling and dies which he uses to produce a line of unique items.

He loves how the power of his sixty ton press pushes hot metal as if it were clay in his hands. This blacksmithing book covers the history, the how to, and especially the versatility of the hydraulic forging press for the blacksmith and the knife maker. It provides a comparison between the press and other machinery, the different types of presses, which type of press is right for your application, should you build one or buy one, focuses on tooling that you can make to get the most out of your press and much, much more. Large, full-color drawings and photographs of presses, items made on the press, and the tooling used is featured through out the blacksmithing book and in the gallery section. Award-winning author and blacksmith, Randy McDaniel has brought together an international group of collaborators to make Hydraulic Forge Press for the Blacksmith a useful and inspirational resource for anyone forging hot metal.

An industrial sized hydraulic press is extremely heavy and expensive, but a smaller version can be made using a standard —the same type used to change a car tire.Two heavy duty metal braces, threaded rod, and a few nuts are all it takes to assemble your own hydraulic press. A blast shield and safety glasses should always be used when crushing anything, especially if it's hard. You can modify this press and set it inside a larger frame behind a blast shield, and use an extension on the jack to raise it from in front of the shield. Vista unlock 800x480 resolution.