Bought a homemade shop press.

[riggs1117]

I bought this 12v hydraulic shop press for 100 bucks. Works great.. except I can't figure out how to get the ram to retract back into the bottle jack. TTher's no relief on the jack itself. Any ideas?

 

[rustyzman]

Usually the electro hydraulic units I have seen have a relief on the pump itself. Hard to see clearly but is that a small spring loaded button canted at a 45° angle in the second picture? It should be somewhere around there.

 

[riggs1117]

Usually the electro hydraulic units I have seen have a relief on the pump itself. Hard to see clearly but is that a small spring loaded button canted at a 45° angle in the second picture? It should be somewhere around there.

I found the relief, small button behind the activation switch.

 

[rustyzman]

Excellent. That should be a really useful press.