From: none@none.com99   
      
   On 4/11/2025 8:35 PM, Snag wrote:   
   >    Well , the point is moot now cuz I got one . We stopped at a yard   
   > sale this afternoon and there it was , in all it's green metal-flake   
   > glory . As best as I can determine it is identical to a 2 ton unit   
   > selling on eBay for around 250 bucks new . This one's almost like new   
   > and I got it for a measly 40 bucks . I almost passed on it since I have   
   > a nice 20 ton HF press with an air/hydraulic jack . I guess now I need   
   > to find jobs to use it on , like pushing broaches or sumpin' . I was   
   > told it came from the shop of a machinist who "built guns" . I was also   
   > told he's in jail now ...   
      
      
   I have three hydraulic shop presses, but for many small jobs my arbor   
   press is much faster and more convenient.  I easily use the arbor press   
   hundreds of times more often than all the hydraulic presses combined.   
      
   Then again I use the arbor press to set alignment pins in molds I make   
   everyday so...   
      
   Seriously if it has enough leverage to do the job its far faster than a   
   hydraulic press.  Even those with air over jacks on them.  Probably   
   faster than one with conventional hydraulics and an electric pump as well.   
      
   They just tend to have a lot lower max limit than a hydraulic press, and   
   don't have the kinetic mass energy of a fly press.   
      
      
      
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