Following on from another thread about hydraulic press, opening this new thread for a member’s pledge drive!
Instead of acquiring the most basic press available, the discussion moved towards buying a more capable and compact solution and set on the one by SGS which is 37% off these days, at £190! It comes with a pressure gauge which might be interesting for some projects. https://www.sgs-engineering.com/sgs-10t-hydraulic-press-with-welding-pump
While we’re at it, we have existing (small, 20 ton) hydraulic press (this one) being looked into.
Also we might have a source for a bigger press, but no promises here.
They’re frequent on eBay for reasonable prices as well.
Consensus from metaltechs is we want to have a nice one, reason being it is easy to damage press with itself.
I have this exact SGS model at home, it’s great for small-medium jobs, but large car wishbones won’t fit into the frame, for those you’d need a floor standing version.
@RonR > in your case it wss for large parts right? What was the limiting factor then, the height?
I would say that the height can easily be modified (so long that we have somewhere in the space to fit it). The width is a hint more tricky.
Overall I thinj the true valuable components from this press is the fact that the cylinder is fitted with a pressure gauge.
This is the part that wouldn’t fit in, it’s around 50cm and it fouled on the bottom foot. Otherwise I can’t fault the press, I’ve had it up to 10+ tons without problems.
