the_fbi
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 posted on 28/8/09 at 10:11 AM |
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Fly Press or Arbor Press?
I'm looking at getting a small (1 Ton) press, whats the best type to get, arbor or fly?
Is there a reason to get one type for specific jobs or are they interchangeable?
Thanks
Chris
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sucksqueezebangblow
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| posted on 28/8/09 at 11:22 AM |
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For me it would have to be a fly-press for ease of use and ease to apply different pressures to the workpiece.
Better to Burnout than to Fade Away JET METAL ~ AndySparrow © 
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Phil.J
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| posted on 28/8/09 at 01:49 PM |
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Most fly presses have quite a small throat depth so no good for doing panels etc.
Hydraulic press is best if you can find one cheap enough, or even a locost frame with a bottle jack depending on what you want to do with it
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owelly
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| posted on 29/8/09 at 07:21 AM |
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As I see it, a fry-press and a mandrel press are two different beasts for doing different jobs! To ask the question is a bit like asking
"trolley jack or shopping trolley"?
If you want to press arbours into workpieces or gear sets etc, then use an arbour press. If you have some flies that need pressing.........or some
dies, punches, press tools etc, then use a fly-press.
For general workshop use (or mis-use as the case may be) use a mandrel press. Personally, I could find more uses for a hydraulic press. Pushing
bearings, flattening/bending bits etc....
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907
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| posted on 29/8/09 at 08:12 AM |
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It's surprising the power needed to move metal.
I turned a former for swaging 2" exhaust pipe in my home made hydraulic press.
The power unit, an 8 tonne bottle jack, wouldn't look at it.
A 12 tonne one does the job with ease.
Cheers
Paul G
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clbarclay
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| posted on 29/8/09 at 10:08 AM |
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We have a fairly large fly press at home which has achived most of our pressing requirements. Though straigthening tines made from solid 50*30 steel
the hard way on does make the sweat fly. It still has more than enough control for more delicate jobs, though like all tools there is no substitute
for operator experiance.
A hydraulic press would be nice, mainly because of most of them can have the throat set a lot wider. Though for us the cost for a suitable hydraulic
press isn't justified.
General jobs like pressing bushes hasn't been a problem. One of the main things with any press the supply of old bearing shells and steel blocks
to jig the work piece. With some scrap steel its also possible to make handy specialist tools such as crimping jaws for large battery cables.
A fly press can also be a got out let for frustration at times, kind of like a sledge hammer.
[Edited on 29/8/09 by clbarclay]
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