Lovin the way you are casually chatting away with your arm between the dies of a powered up press.

This really puts the big Mesta Fifties in perspective. Your press does 50,000 pounds. Those do 50,000 TONS. Hard to imagine.

Shocked and almost disappointed he didn't work in a Square space ad when he was talking about the dies helping keep things square. That was a golden opportunity.

I have the Coal Iron Works 12 ton press. If there is any doubt about getting one, put it out of your mind. These presses are quality machines and will take you smithing to that next level. I dont have the controller but i don't do production work. The value for me is in the fact that i can press Damascus in a couple of passes without a bunch of heats and loss of material.

Can’t imagine having all you bada$$es in one shop. Lots of knowledge being shared

Brother I don't have notifications on for you, in fact, haven't been recommended a video of yours in months. For some reason I looked you up and you posted this 1 minute ago. Glad to see you're still hammering.

I added a blacksmith NPC to my D&D game. His name is Still Welter, he's a half orc and has a gnome forge helper named Stalec Eele. His gear is expensive, but worth the coin. (Be careful around Stalec, he'll stab you for looking at him wrong or mentioning how small he is. Great hair though.).

There are many quality comments for this video, along with 1-2 that are not. Good work Will.

Told Alec years ago to use his press when he got one after moving from the shed to the current shop in England. He used it like once to punch a hammer. A good press is just about all you need, you can get by without even having an anvil if your press has good control. Glad to see you putting yours through it's paces and hope to see you start making new dies for it. Want to forge in bevels? Bevel dies make short work of it even with single bevels, just need a step on the spine to keep the bevel from pushing the piece back.

Thanks for this, Will. Getting ready to start some blacksmithing/blade smithing hobby stuff, really looking at presses. I do a lot of automotive stuff too so wondered about some thing that could dual purpose; press bearings. I have looked at these Coal Iron’s, also looking at Big Blue and Gilmore

So many videos from Will lately. Liking it

Have you seen hand tool rescues fractal vice? It's awesome. Love antique tools myself

I agree wit Will the only draw back now is chasing the foot pedal they fixed the other with the full width dies that said i love my Coal Iron press. Do your self a favor get the digital controller ❤❤❤❤❤

Thanks Will. 👍😁

Omg that press is out of this world with that percise springy mode, really cool

Thanks for the video - I'd love to have a Coal Ironworks press sitting in my shop someday! I especially like their die setup.

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What a dope machine! Thanks for being so transparent and showing us the neat things your friends have put together. I like to brag about my friends too...haha!

Great review Will. They do look like nice machines, maybe some day.

Great content thanks for sharing

Will, you have to paint the housing of the controller.. it interrupts the marvelous antique vive

makes me want to get my 16ton press built even more, just need to figure out the power situation of single to 3 phase when it has a neutral wire going into the solenoids

Weld a t handle on a set screw and use that for die changes

Good one Man!

I really hope, given the recent video you discovered snacks in, that you got the chambersburg

Great video. I am looking forward to seeing the restoration of your little beaudry.

Because of the way it is? Neat.

Great information. I’ve often wondered when I get to the point of needing to move more metal, should I get a hammer or a press. Looking at their website, Coal’s smaller hammers run on 110V. They don’t say if the smaller machines can use a digital controller.

Was I the only one expecting an add for square space with every square stock mention?

Love the content Will KEEP IT UP!!!! Hey let's invest in a lavalier microphone. It will take your audio up a notch. So we don't have to hear the echo in your shop. Thanks.

10 : 40 at night. Should be sleeping, but now I’m watching this. Cool video.

For the pedal, I recommend simply welding or bolting a vertical square bar or something similar to the pedal frame, that extends up to hand height with a hand grip. That way you can quickly move it to whatever location you want as you are moving around the equipment.

Will’s hair is crazier than Alec’s these days

That's nice and all, but crush some stuff.

Interesting- I do like watching power hammers in action, but this looks like a more versatile machine. I don't remember if it was Kyle Royer, or someone else who made the point that presses suck heat out of metal faster than power hammers do. And whacking on metal with a power hammer is just so cool. But I'm sure that press comes in quite handy.

free stuff!

Seems like they should have named it COOL iron works

Where do you get one? I’ve looked on a lot of websites to try and find it. With No luck😫 please let me know where I can find one

Guess I need to put in the overtime to afford one.

New to are always fun.

Your Baudry power hammers, a cranky toddler

Micrometer? Macrometer.

Hey Will, Love the Press. just wondering how the controller knows the position of the ram while you are pressing? I ask because I cant for the life of me see anything that would measure position travelled? I realize that they could be calculating based on fluid displacement over time, but that could introduce a lot of errors that doesn't seem to happen.

Wil, you really have to stop sticking your finger in the 240V socket. Your hair can't take much more of the shock. LOL

really nice machine, unfortunately, they do not sell it in Europe :-(

I’d give up my anvil before I’d give up my 12 ton

Does the controller have a creep mode that allows you to slow the pump down and use it as a traditional shop press to press in bearings or stuff of that sort?

Its great, but when I'm from europe it costs as much as two used cars. Even their 12ton is far out of financial reach for most.

He said square so many times...yet no sponsor add 😅

Nice man!

👍 thanks

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This episode of The Hydraulic Press channel feels different somehow...

the MOST useful?😏

Great video as always, but I can't help but cringe when you stick your arm in the jaws of the press.

Watched a 12 minute commercial for a tool I'll never buy or even use 👍

cool ad!

gday mate?

So this tool helped you guys keep the damascus nice and square? Good angles and all that? Really... Square? Kinda like todays sponsor, Squarespace? You missed an opportunity, Will, for another painfully corny segue into a sponsor spot, and honestly..... *sniffle* I'm kind of disappointed. Great video as always, Will.

Hey will, I live in idaho next door that practically makes us related (shhh it makes sense hear me out) so since we’re cousins o think you should let me be friends with your friends… I’m not wrong… right?

Please stop putting your arm in there.

When are you actually going to do a knife???

How precise control? It's not really important, it's just that whenever i hear phrases like "very precise" i get curious. Do a test!

Soooooooo much talking 😂

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