Making a Fly Press Stand
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This project was one of those ones where I needed to just get the job done. Even though it's not the most exciting video I though it was worth filming still. Hopefully you enjoy it.
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This project was one of those ones where I needed to just get the job done. Even though it's not the most exciting video I though it was worth filming still.
Hopefully you enjoy it. :)
where are the wheels? :)
What are those orange corner magnets called?
Definitely cleaner welds. I'd call that stand overbuilt, it has to support the dead weight & twisting which can't be vastly greater than the hunk of casting of that press. For projects that require full strength in the weld I recommend V-groove profile welds which require a bit more prep but not much, & when dressed down there should be no worry on weld depth, as you fill the vee as you go.
I did.
I watch and enjoy your vids for a while now. Please, DO stop use an automatic translator to cover other languages: the translations are just ridiculous : there is not a sentence containing a false word (in french at last).. Further more, your spelling is very clear for a non english native language user like me ;-)
Your welding is fine - and remember the saying - ‘A grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain’t’
Pask: "I'm not the best welder..."
Also Pask: Makes a damn fine weld bead that even This Old Tony would appreciate
They didn't all turn out so well though. The good thing using the new welder, when I welded a dodgy bead I understood why, either too much stick out, poor angle or wrong travel speed. The feedback was good whereas my old machine it just felt like so many things were going wrong and was hard to know whether it was me or the machine. :)
Not one of the most exciting? Whatchutalkingabout? That whole lifting segment was AMAZING!
Thanks very much Eric - glad you enjoyed it! :)
The oil finish really brings out the natural beauty of the plywood ;-)
As a tool fabricator by trade, I have to say your fabrication skills are top notch. I really like how you did the legs. I think I’ll give that a go myself.
Thanks very much Joshua! :)
Pask, we don't care that it's not the most exciting video, we just love watching you work!
"Pressing flies" made me giggle!
Oh, the poor fly he murdered! Bad bad person.
@@dimitrioslykissas7981 glad we don't have such enormous flies where I live.
@@rickt151 That was a juvenile one.
My first response was, "Oh gross!" Then I saw his 'fly' and smiled.
How to crack a really bad joke so nonchalantly that there’s no escaping it :D
Delighted to see you turned the toe tabs in. Fun to help.
The tubing matched the press color perfectly
Says: I’m not the best welder
* proceed to make a machine like weld bead *
Exactly!
came to the comments just to say this, pretty much.
Came here to say the same
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They weren't all that nice! The new welder definitely helped out too! :)
I would fill the hollow of the legs with sand for added weight. But I certainly wouldn’t have had the foresight to do it if I were actually building it rather watching you. Great build Pask, wish I could come see it in person.
I was always going to fill the legs with sand but as it seemed so sturdy I decided not to. :)
I never knew I needed a fly press.
You skill and passion is matched only by how humble you are sir, great job cant wait to see it put to use stay healthy and keep building!
Good functional design, built in a very methodical and sensible fashion. .. 2 half shelf's= a whole shelf ..nice one.. cheers john
I was always laughed at when I use plywood as jigs for welding but it works so well glad to see I’m not the only one lol great work love the videos
I discovered you a few weeks ago and have been enjoying all your past videos. You are right up there with the great @Matthias Wandel, and Ill watch anything with interest you create no matter how little a project you think it is. I'm fascinated by your handiwork. Thanks for the wonderful content!
Great video Neil and very cool tool, great work all around as usual Mate !!
Very nice Pask! I've never seen a fly press before, looks very useful.
Welder here! Your welds really improved, enough for what you do. If you want to get better at it, you can work on keeping the angle of the torch, and moving it with more regularity. Good job with the press, it's a great tool now!
Thanks very much! I did feel that the new welder gave me better feedback than my old one. When I made a mistake (like wrong torch angle) I realised exactly what I'd done wrong. My old welder had gone that unpredictable I wasn't sure what was going wrong when I made a poor weld :)
Its getting realy nice pask, waitting to see the metalshop complete
There is nothing more satisfying than the nice sound of the mig .running a nice weld
Enjoyed the contraption actually getting the fly press vertical. You gotta do what you gotta do to get it done. Thanks for sharing and be well!
Glad you enjoyed it - it worked surprisingly well! :)
Yeah! To this Pom, very Australian. I enjoy watching improvisation.
As an x-woodworker making things out of metal is the shitzu!
Strong and permanent!
Might be a good time to make a gantry for that side of the shop.
Or maybe a chain hoist should go on the birthday list.
Very good work!!! I have watched almost every video that you’ve posted. Keep it up, because I am always looking forward for the next one 😊😊
Thanks very much Jurgen! :)
Pask Makes keep up the amazing work 😊
It’s so satisfying to see another bunch of Aussie tools in a shop and then realise that I suck.
Squashing the fake fly gave me the willies...
Buttttt this is an awesome project! Health and safety from the USA.
I thought the vid was great. Bulletproof table and neat trick lifting the whole rig by yourself. Thank you!
When I read the title of this video I missed out the word "STAND" and thought WTF is there anything this man can't make haha
Honestly, I thought the same.
Same. Funny thing is I don't know what a Fly Press is or what's it's used for but I still came here to watch him make one.
Never heard of a fly press. Learned something new today. Thanks
Love the jig for welding the legs
Your skill with the welder is improving. Just keep practicing and stay positive.
OK we now know what is a Fly Press. As for the stand, well that was a unique way of doing it, don't know if it's any stronger than the traditional way, but if it works, then it works... Grate job mate :) !!!
I would not say that it is not your most exciting one!!! The way how you moved the stuff to its place was worth filming it and also the idea of the stand structure is brilliant. So, keep filming these no so exciting ones, please!
I love these kind of videos! I could watch them all day. Your ingenuity and common sense in dealing with situations reminds me of my family. I just love it!
Dang! I enjoyed that. The lifting strap was a good idea and I liked the demonstration with what it can do. Bending that angle iron showed just how handy it can be.
Being able to rapidly bend angle like that would be enough for me to get one of these.
Have that same welder; love it. Night and day difference to my old one.
I'm willing to bet that thing will never move once you bolt it down. All those braces made that rock solid
That's the plan Ben! :)
The constant vibration loosens floor bolts etc.
You can not overdo the build of your bench.
You may find it advantageous to bolt it to the wall at a higher level too.
Terrific project Pask! Your metal working & welding skills are very impressive. Can't wait to see what you wind up using that Fly Press for, other than squashing flies of course! 😂😂👍👍😉😉
Cool tool and excellent use of the strap and bricks 😁
Never heard of the piece of equipment. Nice.
I don't need to be kept in a permanent state of exitement. That was, however very interesting and informative. Count the areas of expertise; design, build, weld, lifting, and use, to name a few. Knowledge accumulates like a jigsaw, making the picture clearer at every step. Cheers yet again Neil.
Thanks very much Keith! :)
Next video "Pask Makes a Crane", I can see it now. Just one quick note, to save those drill bits in your press, if you don't have a cutting fluid, spray them with water as your drilling. It doesn't help with cutting so much, but it keeps the bit cool and from dulling when it gets hot. Just some advice from an Industrial Engineer. Great videos tho, especially during these crazy times.
I really enjoyed it! I know you said not the best, but it was good! Also thank you for respecting current social distancing, as a member of the NHS here in the UK it’s nice to see!! So many not doing it!
You say not exciting, but you had me at the edge of my seat when you lifted it at the end.
Fantastic build, beautiful stand. I love seeing a well made utility build. Great improvising to get the stand upright.
Don't have a fly press in my shop. Probably never will. Watched from start to finish and enjoyed. Pask Makes, I Watch. Simple as that.
Thanks for the content. ALL of your content; I find it a great retreat during these trying times. I am a college educator now glued to a computer for about 60 hours a week, and your post are a wonderful break, and informative as well. One day I will have more tools, but for now you give me a lift, and ideas. Take care, and thank you
A bit of a relief angle on your die for the draw label holder thing will make ejection easier
The whole video is brilliant! Very clever stand with techniques I haven't seen before, and I've never seen a fly press before.
Once we are allowed to socialize a bit I'll get some pictures of my dads fly press its roughly the same size as yours but he put a universal attachment on it so he can have tones of different tools handy and easy to change.
That sounds great Norm! :)
I literally just gave away a stand almost identical to this one. It was for an old Radial Arm Saw that I had salvaged from the dump and bolted 1X12 boards to the top to use as a small work table. Interesting press, I have head of them but this is the first one I have seen. Very handy, especially that punch out die you made for it. Kudos.
Thanks for introducing me to the flypress. I have never seen one before.
As always, I enjoyed the video and anxiously await the next one.
Great job on that stand, excellent! Can't wait to see the fly press used in future projects! I expect that interesting forging techniques and operations could be performed with it.
The way you lifted the press and the stand was pretty smart, and relatively controlled and safe, considering. i know many a person who would have been stupid and just tried to lift it on their own and likely hurt themselves in the process, so good job!
I mean this should probably be enough to keep things solid. But if you really wanted to make it really stiff I would recommend using triangle shapes. Even little extra wedges on the joint really stiffens up square brackets. Cross pieces are especially powerful.
Another tip is to use the edge in the direction of the force the piece will be experiencing. So for instance an I beam is the shape it is because most of the force passes through the I.
Nice problem solving skills. Hope you are recovering well after the fires.
Looks great, Neil. I’m sure that will come in handy. You may want to invest in a chain hoist as your metal shop continues to grow lol.
Where there's a will there's a way.👍 Great job....
As a carpenter growing up I was always told you just need to be smarter than that 2x4 being smarter than a 300lb piece of steel is on another level!:)
Dude, the overlapping corner joints at the top -way over kill... AKA I love it! Better over engineered than under engineered... But seriously, awesome idea... Though in the spirit of over engineering, I would have drilled holes on each flap in the middle of that overlap corner joint and practiced plug welding... You know, just because why not :-)
Neil, thank you for all of your inspiring and ingenious projects.
I thought you might be interested that I have seen a blacksmith use his fly press as a power hammer with very good results.
Thank you for all you do. Your a good man.
About your welds :
Welding is all about controling a liquid puddle. So make it easy on you : weld horizontaly. Vertical uphill is a welding technique, but much harder than flat horizontal.
Also, you should have drilled 2 holes in the "feets" : one to bolt it to the ground, the other to have a way for air and moisture to escape. If you try to weld a completly enclosed chamber, with air pressure increasing due to température, you risk your weld blowing up. By having a hole like this, it creates a vent, that will also allow any trapped moisture to go away rather than corroding from the inside your tubes. There's also a risk of the tube blowing due to air expansion if it varies a lot between hot and cold weather where you are (but not very likely to be honest)
I've never seen that kind of tool, but it looks very useful.
Great stand. I've found it useful to have a hole in the bench top inline with the screw. It helps get waste out of the machine, stops blockages and helps to free up any jamming. It surprising what you can use it for.
You have a great eye for both design and durability and you also manage to provide a solid, on point, easy to comprehend tutorial....many thanks, best wishes, and stay healthy mate.
Man, this is my kind of build! Fantastic job mate, I loved the overbuilt attitude towards the way you made the connections and bracing! Everytime my wife says I'm the only one who does that I'll show her this video 😅
Ur shop is coming along! Awesome vid Pask! 👏👏👏
Great video Mr Pask! Damn fly's! Nice welds. It's time you invested in a block and tackle for the work shop
I love your sense of humor! Fly press for pressing flies. I haven't laughed so hard in a while.
Nice project! Welds don't look too shabby technique wise, but setting the parameters correctly will help a lot. Most of your joints were cold, voltage looked to be too low. The machine should have a chart with your wire size / material size to get you headed in the right direction, but getting parameters right on thin materials without blow through can be as much art as science.
Just remember: wire feed speed == amperage.
I've never seen that type of press before but it looks like something that I could have use many times. Man, indeed, first and foremost, is a tool-maker......since the dawn of time.
Since the dawn of time? Really? Bit dramatic mate
@@Shazzkid Well, since 'he could wrap his hands around a rock'......Better?
@@tomnekuda3818 much
@@Shazzkid Picky little pecker, aren't you?
@@tomnekuda3818 'little' being the operative word . . .
I was looking forward to commenting about this thing not pressing flies. Then you pressed a fly. You ruined my sarcasm. Good day sir!
Sorry about that! ;)
EVERY video of yours is entertaining, Neil. Thanks for that.
I really love the precision angle grinder work... No need for a fancy mill or saw if you have a Pask Makes! You also make amazing wood pieces and yor welding is really good!
When welding up, angle the nozzle of the welder up. It elongates the weld pool a little producing a flatter weld bead.
Thanks, I did struggle welding upwards! :)
I'm enjoying the metal shop build. I like the way you stood the press up. I remember doing things like that when I was a kid on the farm. Long enough lever and moving the world and all of that. Thanks for the video. Good luck with the rest of the shop.
Thanks very much Bob! :)
Haha the fly joke cracked me up!
Very cool!
I love how you used your head, instead of your back to get the fly-press and stand up on its feet!
Cheers from Tokyo!
Nice press! It will come in handy for sure! They are not easy to find, sadly...
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That depends on where you live, in the UK there everywhere (I got mine for £41), I've seen some sell for as little as 5er.
@@paddysscrapshop7182 Wow! Nice
I was looking for an epic fly splat.
Well done.
Well done Neil! What an awesome tool. I could use that thing every week but when you started the video I had no idea what it would be used for. I've never seen a press that used circular motion to create downward force and from the look of it that would generate a LOT of force.
Great Video! I use ratchet straps a lot as helping hands. Works great when you're hanging 4x8 sheets of siding by yourself!
Made me laugh out loud at the end. 🙂 Very impressive tool.
I like your shop enhancement projects as much as your product videos!
Whoa that was so cool how you lifted the stand with the press!
I have one of those press and it never occurred to me make a stand for it, I think I'm going to copy your exact design, nice job!!!
Glad it was helpful Saul! :)
Block and Tackle, a twofold of 2 blocks with each of 2 pulleys, 1 hook at each end and 1 eye. Plus you can make it from timber with brass sleeved wood or poly sheaves. I use a 3 fold and can lift a 2m bed lathe with it.
Hey Pask, a good tip for welding with more penetration on with mig/mag is turning up your voltage a little higher (17.5-18 bolts works good for 1/4 inch)
I just made a bandsaw stand the way you angled the legs looked so much easier I will definitely be using it for to next stand.
Great project, I still didn't know this type of press and I already want to get one for my workshop because it will be very useful. thank you from Brazil

The way I see it mate, if whatever you're welding holds, that's a professional job as it's the strength that counts buddy. Great video chap
Agreed. Grinder and paint is there to make the welds look pretty afterwards, it's the strength of the weld and sometimes how well filled the seam is that matters. Depends on application. My welds are kinda fugly, but they damn sure don't ever break.
I like how you talk and finish your sentences with an inflection. 😁
Always enjoy your videos can't wait to see the creative projects you come up with to make for the press as well as projects you will use it on!
liked you practical approach on how to fasten the press to the stand and putting everything up. Very simply but very smart and I'd say foolproof safe with the bricks and all that at the same time. Work smarter not harder!
I've been wanting to get a fly press for to forge with. The older I get the worse my arthritis hurts after making a knife. I'll have one this summer after watching this video.
"I'm not very good at welding" then welds a while unit together perfectly.
The hardest part of operating a fly press has to be the part where you get the “fly” to stay still and in the right spot, but you nailed it! Hehe
This was really great, I really liked the socially-distanced lifting maneuver. Thanks for putting up some great content.