8 or 9 years ago I started building a Batson style press. I never finished. Now I am back to it and have to get it done for the Hammer In.
I have all the parts I need except hoses. Peter Martin told me to go to a local NAPA store and they can make them for me.
I'll take any and all suggestions on this.
I'm going to mount the switch on the right side about belly button high.
The motor and pump will be mounted on a frame I'll build above the 20 gallon oil tank -- which will be on wheels. The press is also on wheels.
I plan to use quick connects on the hoses so the two big pieces (the press and the tank/pump/motor) can be wheeled around independently.
Here are some terrible pictures. I'll take new ones when I get further along.
This is a 20 gallon tank. The large outlet and smaller inlets are visible on the lower right side. There are two flange tabs on the bottom of the tank. I will build a frame of 2x2" tube for the tank to sit on and weld some heavy duty wheels on the bottom of the frame. Then I'll build a cage (kinda) to mount the motor and pump on top of the oil tank along with the oil filter plumbed in there somewhere. I'll make this cage so we can remove the tank if we need to but we never should have to.
Here is a5hp motor, 2 stage pump, lovejoy coupler, valve, oil filter and wheels. A lovejoy coupler is used to join two shafts (like a motor and pump) that might not be exactly in line with each other. These are basically 3 parts. One coupler goes to one shaft and the other to the other shaft. You can order each side to match the shaft sizes. In this case, the motor shaft is different than the pump shaft so they each have a different size arbor hole. Then there is a rubber thing (technical talk) that mates the two parts together. I'll show that better later.
The Batson press design (plans are on ABS, we'll see if we can pick up some copies to have available) is pretty clever. The cylinder is on the bottom and pushes the ram up. This keeps the center of gravity lower which is what I wanted since I knew this would be wheeled around. I will mount the valve switch on the right side. Pressure hoses will come out on the back side and have a sheet metal roof over them to minimize contact from hot slag falling off a billet being pressed.
Once I get it all plumbed and working, I'll have to fab up some dies. Basically a flat die and then a box die (angles to squeeze a square billet) and maybe a fuller die I suppose.
Post pictures of your press here if you can. More later as we move this along.
I have all the parts I need except hoses. Peter Martin told me to go to a local NAPA store and they can make them for me.
I'll take any and all suggestions on this.
I'm going to mount the switch on the right side about belly button high.
The motor and pump will be mounted on a frame I'll build above the 20 gallon oil tank -- which will be on wheels. The press is also on wheels.
I plan to use quick connects on the hoses so the two big pieces (the press and the tank/pump/motor) can be wheeled around independently.
Here are some terrible pictures. I'll take new ones when I get further along.
This is a 20 gallon tank. The large outlet and smaller inlets are visible on the lower right side. There are two flange tabs on the bottom of the tank. I will build a frame of 2x2" tube for the tank to sit on and weld some heavy duty wheels on the bottom of the frame. Then I'll build a cage (kinda) to mount the motor and pump on top of the oil tank along with the oil filter plumbed in there somewhere. I'll make this cage so we can remove the tank if we need to but we never should have to.
Here is a5hp motor, 2 stage pump, lovejoy coupler, valve, oil filter and wheels. A lovejoy coupler is used to join two shafts (like a motor and pump) that might not be exactly in line with each other. These are basically 3 parts. One coupler goes to one shaft and the other to the other shaft. You can order each side to match the shaft sizes. In this case, the motor shaft is different than the pump shaft so they each have a different size arbor hole. Then there is a rubber thing (technical talk) that mates the two parts together. I'll show that better later.
The Batson press design (plans are on ABS, we'll see if we can pick up some copies to have available) is pretty clever. The cylinder is on the bottom and pushes the ram up. This keeps the center of gravity lower which is what I wanted since I knew this would be wheeled around. I will mount the valve switch on the right side. Pressure hoses will come out on the back side and have a sheet metal roof over them to minimize contact from hot slag falling off a billet being pressed.
Once I get it all plumbed and working, I'll have to fab up some dies. Basically a flat die and then a box die (angles to squeeze a square billet) and maybe a fuller die I suppose.
Post pictures of your press here if you can. More later as we move this along.
