Unusual uses for a press?

[kenc184]

I have a small Dake hydraulic press (unfortunately chicom not REAL Dake) and of course I use it for pressing bearings etc in or out or for straightening bars, plate etc.

Here's one thing I made which is kinda foo-foo but it does solve a problem. The problem of throwing away that last tiny bit of soap on every damn bar!
I made a simple cylinder with a piston, save the old bits of soap up till I have a half dozen, then using parchment paper as a release agent I compress to about two tons and there you have it - a fancy round bar of soap.









What offbeat uses do you have?

 

[Handyfarmer]

would not have thought of doing that,

I have considered making some kind of attachment to my log splitter for pipe bending, or making another system for the pipe bending and use the power pack on the log splitter for a power supply, I use the power pack to power my fence wire roller,

 

[dr_clyde]

Huh. And here I just was putting the last bit of soap on top of the new bar all these years.

Neat.

 

[kenc184]

Huh. And here I just was putting the last bit of soap on top of the new bar all these years.

Neat.

Nah, it never sticks properly unless you get it mushy then it's horrible.

 

[purplezr2]

Thought of doing something similar for beer cans, make aluminum "ingots" per se. Easier to transport then 30 or 40 bags if I were to save them. I recycles them because it is easier at this point.

Cool idea none the less, if only I could do the same with that little bit of body washer in the jug.

 

[Strouty]

That is pretty slick........

 

[2ndGearRubber]

Neat concept - I just pitch that soap. It has lost its "soap-ness" and never seems to clean as well, nor integrate back into the new bar. Maybe use those discs for hand washing soap?

 

[redwrench60]

Rocking the Irish Spring are we me laddy.. very nice.

 

[zkling]

I'm cheap, but damn.

 

[ChrisLS8]

Man I don't even know anyone that uses bar soap. I hate it myself

 

[Finky198]

You do now

Rocking the Irish Spring are we me laddy.. very nice.

I use that at home and work in bar form great stuff. As well as Zep TKO.

I get quite filthy on a daily basis whether it chainsaw dust, concrete dust , or oil and grease. Those two soaps and the occasional squirt of dawn, keep me clean enough you would never guess what I do day in day out...

 

[kenc184]

I'm cheap, but damn.

Like all cheap people say "it's not the money, it's the principle"

 

[Aquamoose]

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[Prybar]

Huh. And here I just was putting the last bit of soap on top of the new bar all these years.

Neat.

Me too! And I thought I was cheap!

 

[930dreamer]

I make fire starter like that but with sawdust and wax.

 

[redwrench60]

You do now



I use that at home and work in bar form great stuff. As well as Zep TKO.

I get quite filthy on a daily basis whether it chainsaw dust, concrete dust , or oil and grease. Those two soaps and the occasional squirt of dawn, keep me clean enough you would never guess what I do day in day out...

Yeah I use it too lol, I’m like you and get pretty nasty most days. It’s the only thing that really gets me that “squeaky clean” feeling. It’s not expensive or prissy so I always throw the “chip” away when it gets that small.

 

[Ign]

I keep swearing I'll build a crusher for old aerosol cans, complete with a pin to poke 'em and a catch underneath for whatever drains out...

...but let's be honest, I'll never make the time

 

[kenc184]

Google Swag and you’ll get a few more examples.


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I've seen their press brake kits - pretty neat.

 

[Jim C.]

I have a small Dake hydraulic press (unfortunately chicom not REAL Dake) and of course I use it for pressing bearings etc in or out or for straightening bars, plate etc.

Here's one thing I made which is kinda foo-foo but it does solve a problem. The problem of throwing away that last tiny bit of soap on every damn bar!
I made a simple cylinder with a piston, save the old bits of soap up till I have a half dozen, then using parchment paper as a release agent I compress to about two tons and there you have it - a fancy round bar of soap.









What offbeat uses do you have?

Not a bad idea.......

 

[FakeNewsRealHP]

No picture right now but left over candle wax from the ladies scented obsession and dryer lint pressed into small discs make GREAT fire starters! Throw one in the pit under the small stuff and cover in split logs and light it and walk away.


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[2oolhound]

I'm not sure how unusual this is but I know it's easier to just buy them
...but you'd have to have been thinking ahead in order to have them on hand when you need them so I just cut a small 3" length of pipe and chamfered the inside a bit then cut some 1/8" thick discs to press and used the round ball of a ball peen hammer to press the round shape to create some end caps for a hand rail I was making.

 

[anndel]

I have a small Dake hydraulic press (unfortunately chicom not REAL Dake) and of course I use it for pressing bearings etc in or out or for straightening bars, plate etc.

Here's one thing I made which is kinda foo-foo but it does solve a problem. The problem of throwing away that last tiny bit of soap on every damn bar!
I made a simple cylinder with a piston, save the old bits of soap up till I have a half dozen, then using parchment paper as a release agent I compress to about two tons and there you have it - a fancy round bar of soap.









What offbeat uses do you have?

I heard Hilton is going to start recycling bar soaps when people leave the rooms and make new soaps.

 

[kenc184]

I'm not sure how unusual this is but I know it's easier to just buy them
...but you'd have to have been thinking ahead in order to have them on hand when you need them so I just cut a small 3" length of pipe and chamfered the inside a bit then cut some 1/8" thick discs to press and used the round ball of a ball peen hammer to press the round shape to create some end caps for a hand rail I was making.

Great idea, I wonder if it would be easy to extend this idea to making end caps for Wilton vises? Just have to shrink a flange around the edge. Hmmmm......

 

[2oolhound]

It may be easiest to weld it onto a short length of the right sized pipe and then cut off just enough to fit in the vise.

 

[kenc184]

That looks great, nice job. And I think you're right, that would be an easier approach on the endcap.

 

[Copymutt]

Last fall we had an abundance of apples. I used my 12 ton press to extract juice for applejack. It was still labor intensive. The press did leave the pulp very dry however, so it worked well.

 

[ZRX61]

Great idea, I wonder if it would be easy to extend this idea to making end caps for Wilton vises? Just have to shrink a flange around the edge. Hmmmm......

Freeze plugs...

 

[HenryAZ]

Battery cable crimper:

 

[mike93lx]

This may be cheating...


This press is used to make 5'+ diameter grinding wheels. 6,000 tons

 

[ndnchf]

Not efficient, but I've split a few pieces of firewood with mine.

 

[mfewtrail]

I have a small Dake hydraulic press (unfortunately chicom not REAL Dake) and of course I use it for pressing bearings etc in or out or for straightening bars, plate etc.

Here's one thing I made which is kinda foo-foo but it does solve a problem. The problem of throwing away that last tiny bit of soap on every damn bar!
I made a simple cylinder with a piston, save the old bits of soap up till I have a half dozen, then using parchment paper as a release agent I compress to about two tons and there you have it - a fancy round bar of soap.


What offbeat uses do you have?

Give it a name and sell it on infomercials. . "The Soap Consolidator 5000."

 

[tool_scrounge]

As a kid we had a 1 ton Dake arbor press with a ships wheel handle. It was great for cracking macadamia nuts. Just flick the ships wheel and the arbor would come crashing down on the nut, breaking the shell.

 

[BFBOB]

HF 20T (HHUS)
used it to straightn a vise drawbar. Worked fine, primitive fixturing.