), on here with the search. Anyone got owt on the fly press front, or a link to a thread containing such? I know a few folks that have them, actually one was listed the other day for sale locally. If you want to see some pics of people fly presses, get on the Dfogg site or a blacksmithing forum. Over here that is about the only place you see them.
Those don't float across the pond too easily.
Search turns up nowt though. That's a fair size press too, by the looks of it. Good to see some of you have proper taste in tools. Practically a quintessential workshop and fabrication tool across here, (a|we)ren't they.Been trying to resist asking, but not been able to find much of owt, (shortened form of 'anything', just incase anyone wonders what owt means
no name, body is 2 pc! ugly joint, most likely American. legs are nice!
bought it off ebay for 25$ drove 6hrs to pick it up. The guys there helped me load it so I bought them lunch and a round of beers.
Those legs really are amazing. The amount of weight there, you'd think they were way to slender to cope, to look at them, yet they obviously cope easily. Like how the ram is enclosed by the plate at the front too. Always been my preference. I spent ages keeping an eye out for one with that design quirk, as the norm over here appears for it to just be clamped at the sides, with the very front open.I know that some old timers at the shop call the die presses a "fly press". These are the large presses with the flywheel on the side.
Is that handwheel on the top for releasing it manually if it loses power?