What exactly is an Arbor Press used for?

[Nealcrenshaw]

I know it mentions pressing small parts and assembly but i can't figure out what small parts or what kind of assemby.I see them in different sizes from 12" to 36" in height.

Its not like you can press control arm bushings or gears with it,or can you?

Someone instruct me in the course of knowledge.

 

[furbis]

I have always wondered the same thing.

 

[loganp]

I have one at home and at work that I use for broaching key ways, pressing bushings, bearings into parts and pressing shafts and gear assemblies together.

 

[ZRX61]

I use mind for installing bearings.

 

[Uncle Buck]

I have one at home and at work that I use for broaching key ways, pressing bushings, bearings into parts and pressing shafts and gear assemblies together.

Exactly, generally I use mine for smaller work, not minerature mind you, but stuff on the smaller side.

 

[LoneGunman]

bearing races, gears, shaft bushings, ETC. I use it for anything that is a little too small to put on my 20 ton "H", you have a lot more feel when using the arbor press over a large hydraulic press.

 

[loganp]

bearing races, gears, shaft bushings, ETC. I use it for anything that is a little too small to put on my 20 ton "H", you have a lot more feel when using the arbor press over a large hydraulic press.

I also have a bending jig made up for mine. Great for brackets and other small items.

 

[Merkava_4]

I need one right now to install a pressed in governor shaft inside the lower case half of a Kawasaki 5HP I'm restoring. Might end up using a hammer of some sort.

 

[Kevin54]

I know it mentions pressing small parts and assembly but i can't figure out what small parts or assemby.I see them in different sizes from 12" to 36" in height.

Its not like you can press out control arm bushings or gears.

Some instruct me in the course of knowledge

All depends on the size of the arbor press. We have one at work that I use to run sample parts off of dies that I build or rebuild. I've pressed many a gear and bushing with it too. The smaller arbor presses are good for pressing out/in dowel pins, roll pins, small gears on shafts, etc. I've also made small tooling that is used for production assemblies that is used in conjunction with arbor presses.

 

[jkeyser14]

I don't see much of a use for automotive applications. I use them for pressing in small bearings, installing pem nuts, pressing gears onto shafts, or things along those lines where feel and alignment are more important than tonnage. Things like automotive wheel bearings and bushings you really need a hydraulic press for.

 

[isr2kba]

Besides general purpose stuff, I mostly use mine for differential work and drive shaft u-joint replacements. An arbor press is much more controllable than a hydraulic press and they are good for finesse work because you "feel" the force you are applying.

I actually have two arbor presses, 30" model I use for the aforementioned tasks and an 8" one that I never use for anything.

 

[rsanter]

I need one right now to install a pressed in governor shaft inside the lower case half of a Kawasaki 5HP I'm restoring. Might end up using a hammer of some sort.

Merk
I have one
I live in visalia, but the press is in fresno

bob

 

[rsanter]

mostly used for general purpose stuff. I used to use them all the time for rebuilding power tools and similar stuff

you use them for some of the same stuff you would use a hydrolic press for but when you dont need as much force

bob

 

[MotoDave]

I use them to help assemble sway-bar endlinks that I make. It makes pressing in the polyurethane bushings and stainless sleeves a lot easier. The black and light gray parts here: http://www.stormracetech.com/rear_iso.PNG/rear_iso-full.PNG

 

[billymade]

Here are some, by a company called "Dake"; they are made in the good old USA! Are they any good?
http://www.dakecorp.com/products-group-arbor-presses.asp

 

[LoneGunman]

duplicate post

 

[LoneGunman]

Here are some, bay a company called "Dake"; they are made in the good old USA! Are they any good?
http://www.dakecorp.com/products-group-arbor-presses.asp

Yup, someone had a small one for sale, I can't remember who.

Edit: Rickster had a small Famco, I forgot how much he wanted but it was very reasonable.

http://www.famcomachine.com/arbor.htm

 

[Uncle Buck]

Here are some, by a company called "Dake"; they are made in the good old USA! Are they any good?
http://www.dakecorp.com/products-group-arbor-presses.asp

DAKE are the best. None better

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

Ok, I understand now, its apress that is used for smaller parts when you need precision or alignment. I see them for sale every now and then,I'm now going to pick one up.

The one i seen was a smaller model but the taller one probably wouldn't hurt to grab one of those also.

LoganP do you have a pic.of the bending jig you made for it.

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

Yes, I heard of Dake,they make the heavy duty Hydraulic presses.

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

Heres a nice one in Elkhorn,WI
http://cgi.ebay.com/MANUAL-ARBOR-PR...in_0?hash=item35a2902c16&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

 

[jamesemery728]

If the job is too much pressure for your bench vise and and not enough pressure for your hydraulic press, then you need an arbor press. Saves a lot of vises from getting broken from being used as a press also.

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

I'm definitely going to pick up one now that i understand their use.

 

[Brad54]

I picked up a decent sized one from a swap meet... it had been beaten. The handle was bent, and the top of the ram was VERY mushroomed. But for $15, I figured two things: I had to have it, and I'd use it for something.

I cleaned it up, repaired it, and then converted it to a valve spring tester for blueprinting valve springs. I extended the handle, added a counter weight, a locking ring to set a repeatable height, and a valve spring pressure gauge from COMP Cams.

-Brad

 

[Uncle Buck]

If the job is too much pressure for your bench vise and and not enough pressure for your hydraulic press, then you need an arbor press. Saves a lot of vises from getting broken from being used as a press also.

Actually, I see mine as more of a convenience for many press issues that I cannot easily adapt to the confines of the jaws of my vise, but readily adapt to setup in the arbor press. So, not so much a pressure issue, but more of a fit issue.

 

[jsaw]

My Granddad had a big old arbor press mounted to a big timber in an old barn. The top of the rack was battered up & mushroomed over. He told me that most every old press of that style was that way. The reason was that back in the days before hydraulics, if you had a guy swinging a sledge hammer & hitting the top of the rack while you had another guy pulling on the handle, you could exert a lot of force on what ever you were pressing.

 

[Kevin54]

I'm definitely going to pick up one now that i understand their use.

When you look at some, make sure the ram is fairly tight (no front to back or side to side slop) Some of them with time wears out. front to back slop can be fixed rather easily, side to side cannot.

Is it a correct assumption that you have been going to HRB (?) and checking it out of a regular basis? I get a flyer from them in the mail monthly and have been thinking of going up there myself. I'd love to pick up a Bridgeport or lathe. If I get up that way Neal, I'll look you up.

 

[Nealcrenshaw]

Is it a correct assumption that you have been going to HRB (?) and checking it out of a regular basis? I get a flyer from them in the mail monthly and have been thinking of going up there myself. I'd love to pick up a Bridgeport or lathe. If I get up that way Neal, I'll look you up.[/QUOTE]

Definitely look me up if you come to town.But yes HGR is the place i'm about 10 minutes west of HGR off euclid. That have alot of good items you just have to do some searching.

 

[Enloe]

I am fortunate that i just got a 3 ton dayton benchtop press. It had been a storage closet as long as i have been working here. It had not been used and during the last big cleaning frenzy they were throwing stuff away to make things look neat. I said "no one has used that thing in at least 5 years why not let me haul it off that would free up that corner and it would not look like an eyesore" they said ok now it is in my garage...