Sweetcorn
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I've been on the lookout for a 50H or a 75H for a while, and this one came up a few weeks back. Price was great, about half of what I've been watching them sell for at machine auctions.
I'd planned on cleaning up and painting whatever I ended up buying, so it wasn't a big deal to me that it was bright red.
The press worked great and only had 1 leak, which put it far better than most of the ones I looked at. Leak was an easy fix, just replaced the packing on the release valve. There was a variety of other things that needed attention, so I took care of those and decided to paint it in the modern Dake grey paint instead of the original. I know it's a little sacrilegious to do this to such a nice older piece, but I like what I like. FYI, the press is a 1954 according to Dake. With the exception of the warning labels and decals, all the other components are same from then to now. I think that's pretty cool, and rare anymore...
I really didn't want to have this sticking out far away from the wall, and I kinda wanted to put it back in the one corner where I keep some other junk. I also didn't want to put it on big casters, either. I improvised and made these adjustable rollers from some rect. tubing, round bar, and flat stock I had around. I wanted the overall height of my rollers to be shorter than the 3" angle, so that is what I considered my max. No need to create any unnecessary trip hazards.
The rectangular tube was cut down the middle and tapped for a 1/2-13. A short bolt easily threads screws in and pushes down on the "arm" and gets the press up off the concrete. The design of these was just something I made up as I was machining them. The solid steel wheels roll surprisingly easy across the floor.
I wanted to be able to easily roll it away from the wall (and back) for those times I have to press something big, but like I said earlier, I don't want it way out in the way the rest of the time. It feels perfectly stable on the wheels, but a quick turn on the bolts has it sitting back flat on the floor.
I already had the Dake 1 3/4 arbor press, so I went ahead and mounted it on the side. For those that don't know, that model arbor press was made to be mounted like that. They both have the proper hole patterns already drilled in from the factory, whether you buy them together or not.
Anyways, here are some pics. Please ignore the clutter behind the press. Scrap wood comes in handy for a lot of things and I just hate to get rid of it all, lol.
I'd planned on cleaning up and painting whatever I ended up buying, so it wasn't a big deal to me that it was bright red.
The press worked great and only had 1 leak, which put it far better than most of the ones I looked at. Leak was an easy fix, just replaced the packing on the release valve. There was a variety of other things that needed attention, so I took care of those and decided to paint it in the modern Dake grey paint instead of the original. I know it's a little sacrilegious to do this to such a nice older piece, but I like what I like. FYI, the press is a 1954 according to Dake. With the exception of the warning labels and decals, all the other components are same from then to now. I think that's pretty cool, and rare anymore...
I really didn't want to have this sticking out far away from the wall, and I kinda wanted to put it back in the one corner where I keep some other junk. I also didn't want to put it on big casters, either. I improvised and made these adjustable rollers from some rect. tubing, round bar, and flat stock I had around. I wanted the overall height of my rollers to be shorter than the 3" angle, so that is what I considered my max. No need to create any unnecessary trip hazards.
The rectangular tube was cut down the middle and tapped for a 1/2-13. A short bolt easily threads screws in and pushes down on the "arm" and gets the press up off the concrete. The design of these was just something I made up as I was machining them. The solid steel wheels roll surprisingly easy across the floor.
I wanted to be able to easily roll it away from the wall (and back) for those times I have to press something big, but like I said earlier, I don't want it way out in the way the rest of the time. It feels perfectly stable on the wheels, but a quick turn on the bolts has it sitting back flat on the floor.
I already had the Dake 1 3/4 arbor press, so I went ahead and mounted it on the side. For those that don't know, that model arbor press was made to be mounted like that. They both have the proper hole patterns already drilled in from the factory, whether you buy them together or not.
Anyways, here are some pics. Please ignore the clutter behind the press. Scrap wood comes in handy for a lot of things and I just hate to get rid of it all, lol.
