It’s a testament to the quality of this channel that thousands of us enjoyed watching y’all pressing things. Good job, Keith.

I have a tremendous respect for pressure. Maintaining a constant state of mental discomfort around pressurized systems is a good way to prevent complacency. 10,000 PSI is an almost unfathomable fluid pressure. Stay vigilant, Keith!

It might be useful to put a jute bag of sand under the press instead of a wooden board. That will be able to absorb most of the parts that are squeezed out of something.

Your channel turned into “The Hydraulic Press Channel” for an instant when the V block broke. As always, great channel and great work. The shop and the equipment look great.

Watching that vee block explode in slow mo is scary! Keep the videos coming Keith, your channel is excellent.

Keith, Separate from your normal fix it up style video I don't know where else to send this comment. Mate, I follow your channel from Australia. Been a fan for a while. A long while. It's amazing to see your weight loss. It was rather concerning the last few years and you've spent a great deal of time working on yourself and I think that's amazing. I'm a huge gym junkie and it saved my life. I, like you, was pretty heavy and I have dropped the weight and it's changed my life. Long story short your weight loss has not been unnoticed and I think you might want to mention a few things about it. It's obviously very important and might help others. You should be proud. And you look really healthy and strong. Best of luck mate. Amazing job.

Get a couple of pieces of rail from the railroad (badly worn is ok), mill the tread area flat and bring them to equal height, and they will make ideal support bars for the press. We used these for everything where we needed support blocks.

I retired from a car factory. The paint booth cleaners used a high volume/high pressure water jet to clean the overspray off the walls of the paint booths. It was adjustable up to 10,000 psi. They normally opersated at about 7500 psi. The pipe was 1/2" ID but about 2" OD. Over time the water eroded the standard 90 degree ells and the pipefitters had to replace every standard ell with a long sweep ell to prevent it from happening again. It is amazing what high pressure fluid can do. Keith, please be careful around your press. I was thinking a Lexon screen might be a good idea. Hinge it from the top lip of the C channel at the top of the press. Use a rope and pulley to lower it into place if you ever feel at risk.

Very nice Keith. Be safe now.

The remote pendant is a great option for this press. The exploding V block is exactly the type of danger that presses are capable of. I worked in industry where we had a person killed because a tooling piece ejected from a press, causing blunt force trauma that caused instant death. Great video and great project!

After watching your struggles separating shafts from journals on century-old machinery, this beefy press will make life a lot easier! Worth every dime of quality material you can add to it. 👀 St Marys, GA 🇺🇸

Tim Taylor would be proud. More power!

Loved Jim in “The Edge” 😃👍

Not gonna lie! When that V block met its demise........I almost jumped off my chair. Having been around a press when gears would shatter (inside a proper scatter shield), the pucker factor is pretty strong whenever you are watching a pressing operation, even if it is a recorded video on a monitor screen.

Really good keith!! To be honest your work is normally ‘lets go slow and not mess anything up’ so i think that press is going to work well for you, thanks for taking us along

Juuuust about died when that v block went off lol. About a second after, a bug exploded on the mosquito lamp lol. Double shock!

Thank you Keith great machine

Another wonderful video! Thank you Keith!!

Thank you for sharing.👍

Great video thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing. Great work.

Very impressive! Well done!

Keith Man that was yet again a great video, Thanks for taking the time to video for all of us!!!

So much respect for you Keith keep it going

Thanks for sharing 👍

We had a 50 ton press in our automotive machine shop. My father was straightening a shaft that he was not aware had been hardened. It broke in two and a piece of it came out of the press and broke his hand. Being able to get a distance from the press while pressing is a good thing, That is a whole lot faster than a hand pump.

Nice job done. Happy that everything is work. Thanks for the video Keith. Always something great to watch.

Congratulations on getting your new press operating Keith!

Good Job. It was a pleasure to see that press working again.

sweet Keith. great series on this press. great fun watching you use it.

Thanks for ya help Jim.👍🇦🇺

Going to be a very useful addition to your shop Keith. Thanks for sharing.

Make yourself a V block that goes on the ram for straightening round shafts. Best accessory you can have for it.

Good morning Keith! 😊

Reminded me of the old plates that used to come with the Harbor Freight 20T press. They were cast and could shatter under load. They’ve since been replaced with flame-cut steel, thank goodness.

Enjoyed thanks for sharing

Nice press! Glad its working!

Thanks for the video. Jon

That is a nice press. Might be able to make it return faster with a second return line to the tank that is larger than the supply line with a valve that is opened for return. The spring is having to overcome quite a bit of restriction in the supply line and valve body.

Looks great! You need a milk crate with old inner tube laying in the bottom underneath to catch stuff 😁

That is a great press!

Yes, Good Job

I think slow is better on a big press , you can break a lot of stuff getting in, ram it through , it’l go mode ! It’s better to keep the pressure on and use finesse like heat or cold and a few shocking taps with a hammer or air tool . I like it!

Why the fittings didn’t seal is because the swivel end of the fitting is made for a machined fit, like the inside of a hydraulic hose, where as a pipe seals through the tapered threads

Great job. That’s a really nice looking press and works well PS fantastic job on your weight loss you are looking great yourself

Nice job. Have a great weekend.

A few years ago, I was at a friend's shop attempting to straighten out some metal target stands on his press. I had them mounted on spacers and was applying pressure when all of a sudden there was a loud bang. When I looked at the press, the metal plate, approximately 3' long was gone! It had apparently sprung, gone down between my legs, bounced off the floor and hit the exhaust on a dragster that was behind me. The "what could have happened to me" thought was off the charts! Standing off to the side when pressing is not a bad idea!

Great video,impressive work.just keep doing what your d.kudos 👍👍👍😎😎😎

Really complex hydraulic system. Lucky you got an expert to help out.

yes we never used thread tape on hydraulic fittings only used liquid ptfe

Nice- maybe a roll up chain curtain of sorts to contain cast iron, etc.

That is the hydraulic press version of "one more quarter turn." 😂 Work safe, especially with big tools! ⚠️

Might want to put some sort of cup on the end of the ram, Keith, to keep it from mushrooming over again. And a couple of sandbags like someone below offered is also a great idea. Great videos, thanks!

I'm glad no one had to change their underwire! It startled me!

I blew up a little Brown & Sharpe v-block on my 25 ton press a few months ago. It was WAY too exciting.

Have fun tomorrow you guys. Maybe I can make it next time.

Back in my earlier years in life I helped design hydraulic presses that would take the kinks out of 11" steel bars. The presses would develop up to 500 tons of force! We installed dump valves that would dump the volume of fluid in the cylinder when retracted. Thanks for sharing. Ken

Wow. Big boy toys. Fun video.

Holy Smokes...that cast iron v-block expoloding made me jump and I'm behind the camera!!!!!!!!! Wooo.... If that stub shaft you pressed out is waste...save it...turn it flat on the ends and use that as an extension Keep em coming!!!!

Good Excuse to make a really nice set of tool steel v blocks

Keith, considering that your pump has a double pressure valve, you can consider a hydraulic/ cable lift for the bottom assembly. You might need an additional cut off valve to maintain the pressure for the lift assembly.

good to know dont put pressure on cast iron V blocks 😆 Stay safe out there 👍

Hello Keith. I noticed that when you tightened up your tail peace chuck on a thread tap, that you only used one position on the chuck to tighten the thread tap and it slipped when you tried to run it in to cut threads. If you will use all 3 positions to tighten the chuck. It will hold much better.

Oh yeah, nice to see it finally working What I noticed, it would propably help to tighten the clamp bolts on each side of the carriage with the cylinder so it doesn't tend to wobble when it starts building up force

I'm glad you're making sure all your components are rated for the pressure your unit is capable of producing. 10,000 psi is no joke. I worked for a hydraulics specialty company for quite a few years, then worked as a maintenance mechanic in a production plant. It was not uncommon to find standard water pipe fittings being used in hydraulic pressure applications. Fortunately, the pressures were relatively low (1100 psi). The potential for a tremendous mess was high. My right index finger got injected with hydraulic oil at 3,000 psi and it's not really a functional finger anymore. High pressure leaks can be extremely dangerous.

Looking good, Keith! Glad you've got the extra long cord for the pendant. You would still have been safe operating from the power pack since the separation of your v-blocks was perpendicular to where you would be standing, but that's still a little too close for comfort. Your shop, your shop practices. No criticism, just want to see you not get hurt. I agree with a previous comment that the bracket for the bigger gauge would be a great place to hang some hearing protection when you're not using the press. As loud as it was on the video, I can only imagine what it was like in person. Still working on my plans for a workshop for when I retire. Out of my price range right now, but I retire in ten years, so it's something to save up for. Still have a little shop envy, though. My little 8 by 24 woodworking shop would fit inside yours several times.

This press is a great addition to your shop! When you add the bottom adjuster, please do me and every other red blooded American a favor and flip the bottom bar so everyone can read the "MADE IN uSE" on it. Hey I'd love it if you got a lil crazy and painted the letters red or some other color that would stand out!!!

Great work I need to do a video on my 3 stall 100T press brake build I call OBB (The Odd Ball Bender)

I would rethink your gauge position. I have a 60 ton press myself with the gauge centered in the front of the press over the ram. I watch the gauge all the time to follow what is going on which you will not be able to do with the gauge and work at the same time. This will keep you out of trouble and allow you repeatability on projects that have repeated operations. My two cents. You will love the press!

With that much power, that remote control is a real good idea. Set it up and go stand behind a brick wall lol

He will also need a holder for the push rods atached to the press

Nice work fellas! ✌🇦🇺

Wow, that was fun to watch! Good job, you two. I have two "physics nerd" comments; probably not worth the time in a job shop, but perhaps instructive. First, could you find, or even calculate, the stiffness of your parallels? Put an unloaded straight edge on the top and you will get an independent measure of the pressing force. Second, wouldn't you ordinarily want to heat the bent shaft up while or after straightening it? This would anneal the stresses caused by the bending and probably reduce spring-back. I realize that welding on a new layer before cutting the shaft to its original diameter would likely do your annealing anyway.

Keith all I have to say about being slow. Take your time we work with a 100 and a 150 ton they will make a mess of stuff if not controlled . Stay safe and stay classy .

I like it. I think you should rig a strap to your ram to lift and lower your bed rails.

A month from acquisition to first press! Necessity strikes. Thanks for the video. (Be safe - this thing is scary with its possibility of producing shrapnel.)

great press. I worked on systems that made up to 100,000 PSI. Pipe was about .750 OD with about .125 ID. Stainless steel.

Need to make or buy some press brake dies Keith. That would be a great addition to the press.

One other addition would be a spiral wrap for the hose to eliminate abrasion.

When I have needed to straighten or bend things in my press, I fit a dial indicator so I know how much I have deflected the part. When I take off the pressre to see how much more I need to move, I can then easily get back to the point where I left off.

Use the valve to stop the up travel. It dosent need to go all the way to the top, cutting down on your cycle time.

Atv winch, love your videos😊

Keith, on your press.... might I suggest a screw cylinder attachment (like on Abom79's press) that will decrease the time to move the cylinder

I had an Aluminum vee block split like that in a press too. I think the sharp corner in the bottom of the vee didn't help either. If you consider the loads, a shaft is trying to pull the block apart. Maybe a shallower vee block angle would be better.

@ 17.52 the shaft actually looks like it moved inside the pulley,right before the press slipped.

Hi Jim

I was setting here wondering if you would break those cast Vblocks. Need some machined from some 4140 or other good alloy steel or even heavy fabricated ones. Leave plenty of thickness between the bottom of the V and the bottom of the block. Thank God no one was hurt.

FYI, 10kpsi is right at the limits for NPT threads. Past 11k, you'll need to go to Autoclave type fittings.

really nice . how about a wedge for bending attachment 😄

Put a winch and cable on the press to make raising and lowering the press bed a lot easier.

0:24 - Looks like the name-plate has been squared to the world!

It is a classic case of getting a bigger hammer. We'll show those stubborn shafts! :)

You can add springs to the ram when you make the tips just flat bar about 5'' x 3/8" two holes on the ends plus the mount to the shaft spring ends hooked on the roller carriage.. Be quicker returns and hardly any cost ..

Hey, it will also be an excellent Brazil nut cracker.

I think the speed is about right and everything seems to be operating up to snuff. The only thing I might suggest is not to run with the ram extended quite so much as it could bind the piston at a long extension.

Holly cow that's a loud press pump

For the lift system, I would utilize a HF 12v wench. Thanks.

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it make a lot of noise for slow result for the return you can set up an out side set of springs for faster return also may need to look at the return valve might be a bit small not allowing the oil to return to tank fast enough Cheers on a nice build

New project, Machine some big steel V blocks (with hardened faces) for the press..