Love it! I've been looking at different models but their about a grand to start with high shipping. This (in 2022) will be about 400 bucks! Bravo brother!
@@michaelmounts1269 it’s pretty handy. Had this on there a few years and I’d suggest using or building a foot pedal for the air so you have both hands to hold whatever you’re pressing. I did a second video of modifying this press you should check that out
Bought one of these tonight and it worked great for pushing in some big bushings on the control arms of my Land Rover. In your video you mentioned the two part handle and the jack base not being there on your model as though they had eliminated it. Well two years later here I am saying that the one I bought had a one piece handle and the plate to bolt the jack. I don't know if I found some old stock or they went back to this design. Either way I'm looking forward to the upgrades. The air over hydraulic needs to happen. While pumping it like a peasant was effective, it was lame! Thanks for sharing your mods.
Air over hydraulic jack is nice. I still use the jack handle for some things, like counting the number of pumps when I need to make more than one bend of the same angle. Anyone with a shop needs to learn how to sharpen twist drills. A better solution to press plate retention is to drill each one for four pins in a square. The pins go down into the press cross bar. Just make sure the features on the press plate is centered. You can even put the pins in far enough that they leave a lot of wiggle room. That way when not using the press plates, you still have a flat surface for other work without taking the press apart. I have this exact mode and age of press for 10 years now, and have never had the jack move around at all, even when rolling the press around in the shop, over hoses, etc. Agreed, everything in a shop under 400 lbs needs to be on wheels. Put your jack handle on the top of the press in the grove between the top two channel iron pieces. I didn't weld my two pieces of jack handle together. I made the big one captive in the jack and it stays in the jack all the time. I just twist the jack so the handle doesn't stick out, then twist it back when needed. (Another reason not to bold down the jack.) Then the other part of the jack handle slides into it easily for hard pulls. Drill your height adjustment pins for 3-point hitch pins. If you aren't a tractor guy, look it up. Cheap and easy in and out. If your hydraulic jack is like mine, it has a brass air valve. You can take it all apart, silver solder on a mounting tab with a propane torch, then put it all back together again. Then you can mount the air valve using that tab and a bolt or two. If it has an aluminum body, some very careful TIG welding could do the same thing. But you might destroy it. PS: no one wants to see you smoke. It does not make you look cool, just dumb.
Thanks for the ideas, i did another video (part 2) with another batch of mods to this thing more recently. Ive seen the arbor plate pin idea in other videos but I wanted to come up with my own solution so I did Not trying to look cool by smoking lmao but I have tried to not smoke in videos anymore. Honestly half the time I dont even think about it I just light one
A thought on retaining the anvil bar pins: put some o-rings on both sides of them. They wont be crushed or cut by the anvil bar since there is a bit of space between anvil bar ant the upright supports, and you wont be doing any destructive modification to the pins. Easy enough to slide one side off when you need to make a height adjustment.
Not a bad idea at all. Honestly its been over a year since i did this video and it never was a problem so I left it alone. but I still have another round of mods in mind
@@FlawedOffroad i just bought the 20 ton HF press yesterday. I have a bad wheel bearing in my 05 Sequoia and figured id spent the money on tools instead of giving it to someone else to do. I already had the air-over hydraulic bottle jack so my mod was pretty instantaneous. My first ‘’official” run of the press was to drive my old timing belt tensioners back to the retracted position. The air jack makes it so nice to use. I also drove out the useless little pin on the release valve and put in a 2”long roll pin so now there’s enough length to turn the release with just a push of my finger. Happy trails!
When you flip the base over it will be sitting on the aluminum angle that you bolted on. Looks like you'll need to trim it back and relocate the bolts used to mount it.
I have this same press. It works. I agree the handle blows. I did vice grips for the release valve. I like your ideas. Th only thing that really sucks is the bed is narrow but I can take the piece to work if I'm not able to work around it.
I find most things that need pressed fit. now I have the swag press brake attachment and theres been several things I wanted to bend that was too wide for that
Super old comment I know but call harbor freight parts hotline. Give them the model of the press I bet they sell the springs for $10 or something. Lot of people don’t know that HF supplies lots of parts for lots of their shop equipment. Got new seals for my floor jack like this. Good luck
Guys I did another round of awesome mods to the press here!! th-cam.com/video/GTZmAe9kOMY/w-d-xo.html And a SWAG Press Brake: th-cam.com/video/bHmzts6efiQ/w-d-xo.html
I just put together the same press. Only thing I was inquiring about when assembling it was how much do I thread in the nuts on the eyelit bolts for the springs. Obviously the tighter the spring pull down but don’t want to loose as well. Love the mods your doing. I’ll probably stay with the current bottle Jack for a while bc I probably won’t use it as often as I use to. Use to do alot of pwc work n now it’s just my personal stuff. Definitely like the knob idea. I’m probably going to weld the 2 piece Jack pipe together. Also for the 2 pins to raise and lower the base i wantbto drill holes on each end so I can put some type of cotter pin through so they can’t be easily pushed through the holes by accident. Then the 2 metal plates. I want to drill a hole in each one all lined up with each other so when I’m done I can move them to the bottom n use the small V side on the bottom angle piece the put a bolt through with a wing nut to hold them down. Kinda like a weight rack storage. The top has a dip to put the Jack pipe to store but I’ll probably find some type of magnet to have on the side do when I’m done with that I’ll just stick it to it. Like the coaster idea. I might have to look into that.
I have a 3 yr old that likes to come out into the garage with me so keeping safety in mind was the idea for some of those ideas. Don’t want those plates to fall on him or even on my foot when storing n I don’t need the him to push the metal rods through and have the base cone crashing down
This video is almost 2 years old, I did a second press video this year and hard mounted the air trigger into the press, plus a few more mods. there should be a link on this video to the newer one.
Wow, I guess I got lucky. Bought the 20 ton press 10/2022 and I had a plate welded on the bottle jack cross bar that you can bolt the jack to, also got the 1 piece handle. Lucky me I live in small town Cedar City in Southern Utah. I'm making some mods to my press: 1. AR-15 rifle shooting rest 2. Spotting scope mount for target search and destroy confirm 3. Front shield plate to protect rifle, rifleman and my beer from enemy shots. 4. Shell casing reload die holder 5. Laser and radar brackets for target acquisition. Betcha no one else has these.........just say'in
So I just bought my Press today 03/24 from Harbor Freight and It would appear that they are still clearing some old stock or maybe they have reverted back to the older model because My press still has the plate that the bottle jack bolts to. Also the piece that you bolted the Angled aluminum to, on mine has a metal strap on both ends that wrap around the legs so you couldn't remove that piece to flip it without completely disassembling the top of the press. I guess you could take an angle grinder to those straps though if you wanted the ability to flip it.
There's are youtuber that shows how to make the "SWAG OFF ROAD" bander - he does a real good job and is less $ than the kit. Look for him somewhere out there! Great video! I pan on getting one of these for the same reason and making the same mods. Good Stauu! And you got a new Sub just cuz you said down Ubu - how the Hell do you know that one? Re-runs I presume.
Awesome job! Thank you I have always wanted one of these. Love the air upgrade and that hacksaw, I need one of those. Where can I get that finger press to bend, that fit's?
This is a really helpful video - THANKS! One thing maybe you know, is what is the problem when the air pump just stops working? What could the problem be -- I've tried the small valves and check the lines - all good, but admittedly have not used mine in a couple years on finding only the manual lever still works. Any clues? I can't find anything addressing this on YT or the internet.
Well I work with pneumatics a lot at work and what I can tell you is if you hadn’t used it for a long time the seals might be dry and stuck,, I would try disconnecting the air supply, squeeze the lever so that it opens up and dump some thin air tool oil down the hose and let it work its way into the cylinder and then keep trying it. If that doesn’t work you can take the thing apart it’s rebuildable
Sorry for the delayed reply. Complete line checkout, cleanout, lube (it was not stuck), and rebuild of the pump yielded zip. Root cause for failure not found. Paperweight city. I'd be happy to replace the pump, but it is not available without including a new bottle/total assembly, so more $$ than I can afford. Links, comments, clues welcome!
Exactly all the mods I wanted to do . Where did you get your vice soft clamps ? Did you make them ? A bracket for the new swag you will prob want when not in use . Good job! Todd
I don’t know they came with that vice which came with my house but I have since put a bigger one in its place and I’m gonna put that one on a different bench.
@@FlawedOffroad awesome, I was serious about all the mods , I just bought one 2 weeks ago. My HarborFreight doesn’t have the air jack in 20k yet so I’m waiting on that
I subscribed for this. Very awesome. What is that tool you used to cut the angle iron? I don't know how to weld tho lol. Awesome mods. How are the plate that they use? I saw someone make some out of blocks of aluminum or solid steel. The ones that come with it are cast steel?
portable bandsaw. the plates are cast yes, ive heard stories of people cracking them. SWAG offroad makes some really beefy steel plates as a replacement. I also bought and built the SWAG press brake kit that allows me to bend up to 3/8 plate in this press, check my channel for that video, thanks for watchin and the sub!
Not really. It already wants you to regulate it down to like maybe 90 or 110 psi but most of the time I give it the full 150 that my compressor makes lol
@@moejr14 I had to build a little tab and drill a few holes, turns out hf had 2 different frames on the 20t press. The one at work would have. Bolted right in but the one at home was different. I think I covered that in my second press video. Maybe not. Also did a swag press brake video. There should be links from this vid to those
My take on removing the ram slop from the cheap HF 20-ton press. After a couple of years of using it with the SWAG Off-Road bending break and such, the gibs really make it a precision implement: th-cam.com/video/X6zGj9avKIQ/w-d-xo.html
I did watch your video and plan on doing something similar but I have a different idea on how to do it, stick around to see. My next vid is putting together the swag finger brake, and I will be doing a press mods part 2 video in the near future!
@@moejr14 I’ve never adjusted anything other that swapped the belts to lower speeds as I mostly drill steel. The bigger holes get slowest speed which generally isn’t slow enough. If I’m doing a bunch of smaller holes I moves the belts up a few hundred rpm. But no video about it. Honestly I hate the thing, it’s my girlfriends believe it or not. I want a big floor stand drill press that’s sturdy and runs true. The hf one has a wobble in chuck which is more notable when using large bits over 1/2”
I'd think keeping the aluminum retaining angle in place by magnets would be better. I'd just epoxy short lengths of angle on to keep the jack from rotating. The bottom area of the press just begs for a storage shelf - just watch how fast it fills up.
@@FlawedOffroad I'll check it out in 2 minutes. Yesterday I bought a 20 ton air over hydraulic jack and am now posting an ad on Craig's List for my old / Slow jack.
so far I'm loving it! I smashed some random stuff just to use it after I put that jack on there haha, just I've already used it 3 times for real reasons in a month
The quality of these presses has gone way down. I have one much older and the bottom stand has much more reinforcements and had the holes already on the bottom. Just now got around to putting it on wheels as my shop tools expands but sadly my shop stays the same size 😂😂 I do need to get an air jack but currently changing the base structure to allow for rear axles to be more easily fitting.
Either way its done everything I have asked it to so I have no complaints other than finding an air jack that doesnt leak...The HF jack leaked right away, bought a Torin big red and it made it 6 months before it started leaking
Been awhile since I made this video, I dont recall using a hammer at all haha. Maybe with a punch to mark my holes for drilling? Now im gonna have to watch it to even see what part you are talking about
One worthwhile mod I'd like to do to mine is drill more holes for the pins. In needs another set on top and then I'd split the 2nd and 3rd holes for more pin locations. If you don't want the pins to fall out, drill, tap one side and install bolt and fat ass fender washer on the end.... Then when you shove them in from the front, they cant go out the back.
I still get the occasional coupons in my email along with I have a friend that works there so I get to use their employee discount from time to time. I have already done like four more mods to the press I just haven’t made the second video yet
Use the original jack to open the space, put in a long piece of 2X4, let the origianl jack down, set the new one in the spot. You work too hard. Also, the smallest vice grips make a handle in 5 seconds
@@Siskiyous6 we all do things the stupid way sometimes. Especially when trying to make a video sometimes you just go with it and don’t put a lot of thought into it.
That is too expensive for a home use shop press because you still need a compressor. Too many stuff to buy. unlike the original one all you need is your hand and a handle.
What "home shop" doesnt have a compressor, but has a press? at that rate its not a shop, its just a garage lmao. It doesnt take a high end compressor to run the air ram
For your air switch I’ve seen people use a foot pedal. Seems like a good idea so then you can keep the hands on the project and keep it steady
yeah that would be helpful, I was just using what I had and making it better
Love it! I've been looking at different models but their about a grand to start with high shipping. This (in 2022) will be about 400 bucks! Bravo brother!
Make sure you check out the second video I did to it, managed to get all the slop out of it for about 12 bucks
Great video dude! Nicely put together
Thanks Bill!
This is a great press. I've seen it in some other fab shops. Adding the air is the way to go. Great upgrade video !
🙏 thanks
great video…adding the air over hydraulic this weekend
@@michaelmounts1269 it’s pretty handy. Had this on there a few years and I’d suggest using or building a foot pedal for the air so you have both hands to hold whatever you’re pressing. I did a second video of modifying this press you should check that out
Nice ideas man! Im planning on buying one of these soon, this is really useful info. Thanks!
Ready to see what you come up with for mods on yours!
New subscriber and peasant. You are funny AF. I am buying this press and will be implementing your upgrades. Thanks for the video.
Make sure you check out the other 2 videos I did on the press🤘
Bought one of these tonight and it worked great for pushing in some big bushings on the control arms of my Land Rover. In your video you mentioned the two part handle and the jack base not being there on your model as though they had eliminated it. Well two years later here I am saying that the one I bought had a one piece handle and the plate to bolt the jack. I don't know if I found some old stock or they went back to this design. Either way I'm looking forward to the upgrades. The air over hydraulic needs to happen. While pumping it like a peasant was effective, it was lame! Thanks for sharing your mods.
It’s a great tool. I did another video with more modifications I think it’s linked somewhere on this page
Air over hydraulic jack is nice. I still use the jack handle for some things, like counting the number of pumps when I need to make more than one bend of the same angle.
Anyone with a shop needs to learn how to sharpen twist drills.
A better solution to press plate retention is to drill each one for four pins in a square. The pins go down into the press cross bar. Just make sure the features on the press plate is centered. You can even put the pins in far enough that they leave a lot of wiggle room. That way when not using the press plates, you still have a flat surface for other work without taking the press apart.
I have this exact mode and age of press for 10 years now, and have never had the jack move around at all, even when rolling the press around in the shop, over hoses, etc.
Agreed, everything in a shop under 400 lbs needs to be on wheels.
Put your jack handle on the top of the press in the grove between the top two channel iron pieces. I didn't weld my two pieces of jack handle together. I made the big one captive in the jack and it stays in the jack all the time. I just twist the jack so the handle doesn't stick out, then twist it back when needed. (Another reason not to bold down the jack.) Then the other part of the jack handle slides into it easily for hard pulls.
Drill your height adjustment pins for 3-point hitch pins. If you aren't a tractor guy, look it up. Cheap and easy in and out.
If your hydraulic jack is like mine, it has a brass air valve. You can take it all apart, silver solder on a mounting tab with a propane torch, then put it all back together again. Then you can mount the air valve using that tab and a bolt or two. If it has an aluminum body, some very careful TIG welding could do the same thing. But you might destroy it.
PS: no one wants to see you smoke. It does not make you look cool, just dumb.
Thanks for the ideas, i did another video (part 2) with another batch of mods to this thing more recently.
Ive seen the arbor plate pin idea in other videos but I wanted to come up with my own solution so I did
Not trying to look cool by smoking lmao but I have tried to not smoke in videos anymore. Honestly half the time I dont even think about it I just light one
A thought on retaining the anvil bar pins: put some o-rings on both sides of them. They wont be crushed or cut by the anvil bar since there is a bit of space between anvil bar ant the upright supports, and you wont be doing any destructive modification to the pins. Easy enough to slide one side off when you need to make a height adjustment.
Not a bad idea at all. Honestly its been over a year since i did this video and it never was a problem so I left it alone. but I still have another round of mods in mind
@@FlawedOffroad i just bought the 20 ton HF press yesterday. I have a bad wheel bearing in my 05 Sequoia and figured id spent the money on tools instead of giving it to someone else to do. I already had the air-over hydraulic bottle jack so my mod was pretty instantaneous. My first ‘’official” run of the press was to drive my old timing belt tensioners back to the retracted position. The air jack makes it so nice to use. I also drove out the useless little pin on the release valve and put in a 2”long roll pin so now there’s enough length to turn the release with just a push of my finger. Happy trails!
When you flip the base over it will be sitting on the aluminum angle that you bolted on. Looks like you'll need to trim it back and relocate the bolts used to mount it.
it was an off the cuff comment I made haha, luckily I havent had the need to flip it as of yet. I could always notch it to fit
“This guy will return home like a NASA Rocket.”😂😂😂😂
I have this same press. It works. I agree the handle blows. I did vice grips for the release valve. I like your ideas. Th only thing that really sucks is the bed is narrow but I can take the piece to work if I'm not able to work around it.
I find most things that need pressed fit. now I have the swag press brake attachment and theres been several things I wanted to bend that was too wide for that
Do you know what type of springs this press uses? I lost mine in moving and can't find the type of springs in the product page
Super old comment I know but call harbor freight parts hotline. Give them the model of the press I bet they sell the springs for $10 or something. Lot of people don’t know that HF supplies lots of parts for lots of their shop equipment. Got new seals for my floor jack like this. Good luck
Love your attitude.
Great video man. I had no idea HF had a drop on pneumatic bottle jack. Good info
It works pretty good too! they have the 12t also
Glad I found this channel. Bro’s hilarious
Im only funny when I'm not trying to be 😂
Guys I did another round of awesome mods to the press here!! th-cam.com/video/GTZmAe9kOMY/w-d-xo.html
And a SWAG Press Brake: th-cam.com/video/bHmzts6efiQ/w-d-xo.html
New favorite channel
Awesome glad you like it so far!
I just put together the same press. Only thing I was inquiring about when assembling it was how much do I thread in the nuts on the eyelit bolts for the springs. Obviously the tighter the spring pull down but don’t want to loose as well.
Love the mods your doing. I’ll probably stay with the current bottle Jack for a while bc I probably won’t use it as often as I use to. Use to do alot of pwc work n now it’s just my personal stuff. Definitely like the knob idea. I’m probably going to weld the 2 piece Jack pipe together. Also for the 2 pins to raise and lower the base i wantbto drill holes on each end so I can put some type of cotter pin through so they can’t be easily pushed through the holes by accident. Then the 2 metal plates. I want to drill a hole in each one all lined up with each other so when I’m done I can move them to the bottom n use the small V side on the bottom angle piece the put a bolt through with a wing nut to hold them down. Kinda like a weight rack storage. The top has a dip to put the Jack pipe to store but I’ll probably find some type of magnet to have on the side do when I’m done with that I’ll just stick it to it. Like the coaster idea. I might have to look into that.
I have a 3 yr old that likes to come out into the garage with me so keeping safety in mind was the idea for some of those ideas. Don’t want those plates to fall on him or even on my foot when storing n I don’t need the him to push the metal rods through and have the base cone crashing down
Make sure you check out the 2nd video of mods I did as well, some useful stuff in there. Should be a link somewhere on this page to it
Nice tricks sir. Think I'll be hot-rodding mine soon.
Make sure you check out the newer video I did that has more mods!
You can get a 1/4" Npt bulkhead fitting that your air fitting attaches to then a simple bracket that bolts to side top etc.
This video is almost 2 years old, I did a second press video this year and hard mounted the air trigger into the press, plus a few more mods. there should be a link on this video to the newer one.
attitude, hacks & knowledge... subscribed. ty
Learned something and got a couple good laughs. Keep the videos coming 👍😂
I’m still waiting for someone to Say something about the little Easter egg
nice video. i did most of your upgrades, but added one. i replaced the eye-bolts with much thicker ones
I did a 2nd video with more mods also if you want to check that out
@@FlawedOffroad will do
Great ideas bro!
Thanks!
Good vid dude thanks !
I made a part 2 with even more mods it’s linked up in the description
good job sir i just built a home made bearing press myself you gave me some thoughts on how to improve mine thanks!
No prob! Check out the second press mod video I did, it has even better upgrades
Sit Ubu, sit. Good dog. Woof.
Didnt read all the comments yet… so apologize if im duplicating… but A simple air floor pedal is quick connect and frees up both hands👍
i made a part 2 and I mounted the trigger onto the press frame. someday I may go with a floor pedal but for now this works well
Wow, I guess I got lucky. Bought the 20 ton press 10/2022 and I had a plate welded on the bottle jack cross bar that you can bolt the jack to, also got the 1 piece handle. Lucky me I live in small town Cedar City in Southern Utah. I'm making some mods to my press:
1. AR-15 rifle shooting rest
2. Spotting scope mount for target search and destroy confirm
3. Front shield plate to protect rifle, rifleman and my beer from enemy shots.
4. Shell casing reload die holder
5. Laser and radar brackets for target acquisition.
Betcha no one else has these.........just say'in
Lmao good stuff
Great ideas, thank you
Thanks for watching!
Remember the AvE rule for welding: "A grinder and paint make me the welder I ain't"!
Haha classic. I’ve gotten loads better in the year since I made this video so that helps.
@@FlawedOffroad my welds are still mighty full of boogers, but my grinding skills have gotten better!
Gotta love a craftsman who can keep a cigarette going while he works...
I can keep it going while I sleep I’m that good😂
great mods man
Thanks. Check out part 2 I did more cool stuff
So I just bought my Press today 03/24 from Harbor Freight and It would appear that they are still clearing some old stock or maybe they have reverted back to the older model because My press still has the plate that the bottle jack bolts to. Also the piece that you bolted the Angled aluminum to, on mine has a metal strap on both ends that wrap around the legs so you couldn't remove that piece to flip it without completely disassembling the top of the press. I guess you could take an angle grinder to those straps though if you wanted the ability to flip it.
I think they’ve always had two different manufacturers making them because I’ve seen multiple of both styles at different places
There's are youtuber that shows how to make the "SWAG OFF ROAD" bander - he does a real good job and is less $ than the kit. Look for him somewhere out there! Great video! I pan on getting one of these for the same reason and making the same mods. Good Stauu! And you got a new Sub just cuz you said down Ubu - how the Hell do you know that one? Re-runs I presume.
Down ubu? I don’t even know what you mean lol. Then again this is one of the first vids I ever made it’s old so I don’t even remember what I said😂
Adding air to harbor freight press
Awesome job! Thank you I have always wanted one of these. Love the air upgrade and that hacksaw, I need one of those. Where can I get that finger press to bend, that fit's?
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That’s the press brake I have that fits this press.
Nice video.
Thanks! I did another video on building the swag press brake for it if you're interested check out my page
@@FlawedOffroad I already watched it! That was a solid video as well. Love your content!
@@dannielrolfe8079 Thanks man! Tell a friend lol
This is a really helpful video - THANKS!
One thing maybe you know, is what is the problem when the air pump just stops working? What could the problem be -- I've tried the small valves and check the lines - all good, but admittedly have not used mine in a couple years on finding only the manual lever still works. Any clues? I can't find anything addressing this on YT or the internet.
Well I work with pneumatics a lot at work and what I can tell you is if you hadn’t used it for a long time the seals might be dry and stuck,, I would try disconnecting the air supply, squeeze the lever so that it opens up and dump some thin air tool oil down the hose and let it work its way into the cylinder and then keep trying it. If that doesn’t work you can take the thing apart it’s rebuildable
@@FlawedOffroad Great idea - Thanks. I will try right away....
Sorry for the delayed reply. Complete line checkout, cleanout, lube (it was not stuck), and rebuild of the pump yielded zip. Root cause for failure not found. Paperweight city. I'd be happy to replace the pump, but it is not available without including a new bottle/total assembly, so more $$ than I can afford. Links, comments, clues welcome!
Exactly all the mods I wanted to do . Where did you get your vice soft clamps ? Did you make them ? A bracket for the new swag you will prob want when not in use . Good job! Todd
I don’t know they came with that vice which came with my house but I have since put a bigger one in its place and I’m gonna put that one on a different bench.
@@FlawedOffroad just found u today, good job , wear are u from ? Keep them coming
Iowa 🤘 thx for watching! I’ve got another big video on finishing my h1 wheels coming out this week
@@FlawedOffroad awesome, I was serious about all the mods , I just bought one 2 weeks ago. My HarborFreight doesn’t have the air jack in 20k yet so I’m waiting on that
It’s so worth it
What do you think about using Ring Pins instead of nuts and bolts for your Anti Yeet bars?
I imagine it would work but they might rattle a bit
I subscribed for this. Very awesome. What is that tool you used to cut the angle iron? I don't know how to weld tho lol. Awesome mods. How are the plate that they use? I saw someone make some out of blocks of aluminum or solid steel. The ones that come with it are cast steel?
portable bandsaw. the plates are cast yes, ive heard stories of people cracking them. SWAG offroad makes some really beefy steel plates as a replacement. I also bought and built the SWAG press brake kit that allows me to bend up to 3/8 plate in this press, check my channel for that video, thanks for watchin and the sub!
Yo.Did you have to purge it prior to first use? Thanks for te vid.
What the jack? No just hooked
It up and used. Comes with oil in it already
awesome video bro. i know im 3 years late on this video but can u speed it up by more air? i wanna use it in my blacksmith shop.
Not really. It already wants you to regulate it down to like maybe 90 or 110 psi but most of the time I give it the full 150 that my compressor makes lol
@FlawedOffroad haha id do the same. U think it would work good for making damascus?
@@philzy420 I know nothing about blacksmithing
Do you know if the same pneumatic jack will fit the 12 ton press
Not sure but you can get a 12 ton pneumatic jack to match that press
@@FlawedOffroadI made the 20ton pneumatic jack fit my 12ton press. Haha
Why did you change to the red jack instead of the one on this video?
@@moejr14 hf one leaked like crazy after a few weeks so I went to exchange, they had none in stock so I got a refund and bought a big red online
@@FlawedOffroad did it fit well?
@@moejr14 I had to build a little tab and drill a few holes, turns out hf had 2 different frames on the 20t press. The one at work would have. Bolted right in but the one at home was different. I think I covered that in my second press video. Maybe not. Also did a swag press brake video. There should be links from this vid to those
@FlawedOffroad Do you think this model can handle being upgraded to a 30 press?
who knows, I would upgrade the pins to a larger size and gusset the bed. Obviously that would be a try at your own risk situation lol
My take on removing the ram slop from the cheap HF 20-ton press. After a couple of years of using it with the SWAG Off-Road bending break and such, the gibs really make it a precision implement:
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I did watch your video and plan on doing something similar but I have a different idea on how to do it, stick around to see. My next vid is putting together the swag finger brake, and I will be doing a press mods part 2 video in the near future!
Do you see a need to upgrade the HF press plates? Have they held up for you?
still using the stock ones with no issue. theres times I would like different shapes on the sides
Thanks@@FlawedOffroad
What drill press are you using? HF? And What lubricant?
Yeah that’s a hf bench top drill press. The lube is a paste called lubri cut. amzn.to/468ZNAr
@@FlawedOffroad do you have a video on how to adjust the drill press belt for best steel drilling capabilities? I have the same one
@@moejr14 I’ve never adjusted anything other that swapped the belts to lower speeds as I mostly drill steel. The bigger holes get slowest speed which generally isn’t slow enough. If I’m doing a bunch of smaller holes I moves the belts up a few hundred rpm. But no video about it. Honestly I hate the thing, it’s my girlfriends believe it or not. I want a big floor stand drill press that’s sturdy and runs true. The hf one has a wobble in chuck which is more notable when using large bits over 1/2”
Hey what type of springs are those? I lost mine while moving and can't find the part number online for this press. Let me know please.
Sadly I dont know much about the springs other than they came with it. Try calling HF or go look at their floor model maybe?
You can add a pressure gauge to these
For the hydraulic pressure or just the air pressure on the air ram I added? Seeing the hydraulic pressure would be cool.
I'd think keeping the aluminum retaining angle in place by magnets would be better.
I'd just epoxy short lengths of angle on to keep the jack from rotating.
The bottom area of the press just begs for a storage shelf - just watch how fast it fills up.
@@FlawedOffroad as far as welding the handle, why not a piece of duct tape?
@@garygerard4290 Watch my second video on this press, I did make a shelf and do quite a bit more stuff to this thing.
@@FlawedOffroad I'll check it out in 2 minutes.
Yesterday I bought a 20 ton air over hydraulic jack and am now
posting an ad on Craig's List for my old / Slow jack.
I have got to pick up a press, moving sucked... 😆
so far I'm loving it! I smashed some random stuff just to use it after I put that jack on there haha, just I've already used it 3 times for real reasons in a month
The quality of these presses has gone way down. I have one much older and the bottom stand has much more reinforcements and had the holes already on the bottom.
Just now got around to putting it on wheels as my shop tools expands but sadly my shop stays the same size 😂😂
I do need to get an air jack but currently changing the base structure to allow for rear axles to be more easily fitting.
Either way its done everything I have asked it to so I have no complaints other than finding an air jack that doesnt leak...The HF jack leaked right away, bought a Torin big red and it made it 6 months before it started leaking
Why arebyou not using a ball pein hammer?
Been awhile since I made this video, I dont recall using a hammer at all haha. Maybe with a punch to mark my holes for drilling? Now im gonna have to watch it to even see what part you are talking about
They stopped doing the 25% off coupons.
I must have used mine right before they stopped, it was just before Christmas
Then you won't be shopping at the hazard fart anymore buddy. They 86'ed the coupons. Hobby lobby did it too.
One worthwhile mod I'd like to do to mine is drill more holes for the pins. In needs another set on top and then I'd split the 2nd and 3rd holes for more pin locations. If you don't want the pins to fall out, drill, tap one side and install bolt and fat ass fender washer on the end.... Then when you shove them in from the front, they cant go out the back.
I still get the occasional coupons in my email along with I have a friend that works there so I get to use their employee discount from time to time. I have already done like four more mods to the press I just haven’t made the second video yet
I put a Foot pedal on mine, leaves both Hands Free. js
How much did that run you?
@@FlawedOffroad It was actually Cheap, off Amazon of coarse. You will like it Much Better.
Use the original jack to open the space, put in a long piece of 2X4, let the origianl jack down, set the new one in the spot. You work too hard. Also, the smallest vice grips make a handle in 5 seconds
@@Siskiyous6 we all do things the stupid way sometimes. Especially when trying to make a video sometimes you just go with it and don’t put a lot of thought into it.
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That is too expensive for a home use shop press because you still need a compressor. Too many stuff to buy. unlike the original one all you need is your hand and a handle.
What "home shop" doesnt have a compressor, but has a press? at that rate its not a shop, its just a garage lmao. It doesnt take a high end compressor to run the air ram
Cheap and free ?
Some were cheap and some were free