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My new (for me) arbor press
Maybe 8 or 10 years ago I bought this cast iron base (used for who knows what ?) at the Thompson, CT. race track swap meet for $30. I brought it home where it was was stored outside and had become partially buried from dumping snow mixed with dirt on it during winter clean ups. Then by chance some 3 or 4 years ago I was at the same meet when I ran into this 12” deep throat arbor press for $150. I drug it home where it just lay, another project growing dust and in the way at times. A month ago I had a aha moment when I realized the forgotten base was a nearly perfect fit for the arbor press.
We aluminum oxide blasted the base but the paint on the press was good enough to paint over. The mid adapter is 3 pieces of two by twelves glued together with all of the mounting bolts going completely thru all 3 pieces. The handle hole in drive pinion was egg shaped from wear so I machined a bushing and used silicon bronze to braze it in as well as brazing a nut on to hold a detent-pin to center the handle. I also used a plasma cutter to make 6 slots on the base edge so I can now use a pry bar to move it around the shop. After that was just the normal clean-up & paint. Then I machined some adapters so I can use my Pullmax tooling and Chicago Pneumatic hammer dies as well as made a mount for my shot-bag. I was very lucky, the throat was just high enough so my tooling fit. I’m curious to see how much I will use this press in the future, I’ve managed to get by without it for so many years. ~ John Buchtenkirch arbor1.jpg arbor2.jpg arbor6.jpg arbor7.JPG arbor3.JPG arbor4.JPG arbor5.JPG
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One thing I forgot to cover in my previous post on the arbor press was the modification I did to the round plate with the 4 different sized slots. It pivots on a short pin, I pressed that out and used silicon bronze to braze in a longer bolt with the head cut off. Then I used ¾” hex stock to make an extra-long nut I could use to lock that round plate from rotating. I also made a second not as quite long nut to lock down my Pullmax tooling holder so I can now lock down either with just a ¾” combination wrench………. that is what you are seeing in my final photo in the previous post . ~ John Buchtenkirch
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Great idea with the pullmax tooling out of curiosity do you think plasma cut edge on cast iron will be more prone to fracture?
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