Hydraulic Forging Press: Part 1

Randy McDaniel shows the workings of his home made, 60 ton, 2 cylinder, hydraulic forging press, some tooling and how it can be used to expedite hot forging. Need something made on my press? Let me know what it is and we'll see how we can work it out for you.

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• hydraulic
• forging
• press
• blacksmith
• bladesmith
• knife
• sword
• sculpture
• wrought
• iron

[nlightened2]

What would be the minimum tonnage rating for a good press. Would one 3 or 4 inch cylider be enough pressure to be effective? Did you have any binding problems using the 2 cylinder setup?

[drgnfly4g]

@nlightened2 A lot of the bladesmiths use a 24 ton with good success. It all depends on what you're making. For how wide some of my projects are I find times when I wish it was a little bit bigger. Get Batson's book to see what you need. I have no problems with binding as the pressure equalizes.

[TheGreatFishFillet]

Please tell me you sell those cats! Thats very cool!!!!!!!

[drgnfly4g]

@TheGreatFishFillet Yes, I do sell them. I have also created a line of bronze belt buckles and I am designing more of them. Soon I'll sell them on line. You can email me through my website for more info.

[senftpotatochips]

What is the high and low GPM of your pump? Is it a 2 stage one?

[drgnfly4g]

It's a 16 GPM, 2 stage pump. 2,500 psi/ max 3,000 psi.

[truggeri]

This would be good for forging wootz, where it is very hard, but can break from the shock of the hammers. A slow but strong press would make the job quicker and reduce the risk of cracking.

[MegaHari1989]

good work



[AnthoFlex]

Wow....simply wow. Now THAT sounds like something that would help me out with my latest project

[dennyk1024]

WELL DONE!!!

[fuyukodochi]

this was so cool! wow, i don't even know what to say except thanks for a great video on a very interesting and well documented subject!