For future builds (saw you commented about a mk 2 design) your jack would provide greater force if it had equal load across the ram. Meaning due to the one sided adjustment rail, your jack had to push up and over to the right. You could save yourself alot of headache by replacing the square tubing with 2 pieces of 1/2" x 3 x ?? tall, flatstock. Make more of a "H" frame where the "-" is the moveable jig for holding the work. Would be easy to layout spacing on 1 part and drill both at the same time on your drill press. Join both rails from the top or backside (to avoid clearance issues) with equal thickness stock. Then instead of having welded anchor pins, they could be just long bolts or round stock that could be slid in from the side. I believe you will find alot more "oomph" this way in your existing jack. Hopefully this doesn't come across wrong. Not telling you how to do it, or anything like that. Just going off of what life's taught me. Keep creating and nice thought out idea for a very common issue. Simple solution with mechanical advantage, what's not to love!?
Great works and craftmanship ! I need a small press just like this. Your design is simpler and cost effective by utilizing a single rectangular pipe and adding 2 bolts to the limiting plate. What I was thinking is basically scaled down version of full size manual hydraulic press. After I saw your video, I realized I don't need side rectangular pipes for a small press having head traveling upto 8 inches. Thank you.
For those of us who want to weld, but haven’t taken the time to learn, could you add some brief information about the welding process you used, and the type of rod, if that is important to this welding process in this situation. This could be added to the “show more” box, without adding anything to the video. This is a great idea and a really well made video. Thanks for the excellent tip for reusing a bottle jack for various purposes around the shop, including as a wedge jack when rehandling axes. Consider squirting some glue into the slot in the axe handle in addition to just putting it on the wedge - could result in better lubrication when pressing the wedge into the slot and a better, stronger glue joint when the glue dries.
Great idea for making a press and nice fabrication. For putting in wedges or pushing out old handles I have two bench vices mounted one in front of the other a foot apart. One holds the axe. One holds the bottle jack. Easy to tap in a wedge and push it in with the jack. To push a broken handle out use a piece of steel that will slide through the eye. Hold on end of eye and push through with the bottle jack.
I'm genuinely shocked that bottle jack wasn't cast iron and took the weld so well. This is great work. Maybe on the next prototype you add a return spring, but this looks very functional and precise as-is.
joedanger666 the cheaper newer versions are usually just plate on the bottom and contrary to belief you can mig cast iron as long as it's not super structural. I repaired a broken bearring race on a belt sander 3 years ago and still going.
Fascinating! I take it you re-handle a lot of axes? It’s great to see a how-to video where the craftsman is thorough and meticulous, prepping the metal properly and priming and painting the finished project. I don’t need this particular tool, but I’m subscribing to see what else you come up with! Thanks.
When I was a young motorcycle mechanic in Ireland in 1979, I made a press for straightening fork tubes using a bottle jack like this, after much welding and buying of steel I found out that bottle jacks didn't work upside down, if only we had the internet in those days!
This is a great way of recycling old tools. Can be use for pressing anything really. If it was me I would add a safety chain or something like that to connect to the shaft of the tool being just in case it decides to pop off or snap under pressure. Subscribed as well.
I have just watched this video. You are an awesome craftsman and I would let you build anything I wanted built.... I really like how you took the time and done everything slow and right the first time (not including the little miscalculation, I liked that as well )
Another great project. After watching your chainsaw restoration I came here I see you used this to aid in the pressing of the bearings in that video. This press will have multiple uses. I do think you should have welded a heavy gusset from the base to the tube opposite the jack that would increase the strength. Nice work !!!
Love the logic I need to install a wedge in an axe handle. I know I'll build a press! LOL once again excellent craftsmanship. Thoroughly enjoyed watching your video.
another awesome piece man, I need a press badly. more so a bigger one for wheel bearings for cars ect. but thats still awesome for the little engine repairs you do.
I know you're not going believe this but a hammer blow can have a momentary force that is several orders of magnitude greater than your hydraulic jack. The key to understanding this is time. The jack can sustain force whereas the hammers peaks and falls quickly. Thousandth of a second quickly. Meaning: stick with the hammer and just don't hit it so damn hard.
I think it would be better as a wood splitter,if you attached an old axe head and gave it a wider stance. But still kind of cool. You could press small bearings with it also. I see some potential
The square-section uses as a stopper should have cross-bracing. That machine can develop a fearsome pressure and if not used carefully, the square section could bend and give way. Having said that, the workmanship is first class.
Wow, definitely a well fabricated press, albeit somewhat overkill for pressing axe wedges. Kinda like building a heated 5000 sq/ft garage just to store a tank of gas and a lawnmower. And you really gotta love that lawnmower.
Seems like a lot of work when u could just drive that wedge gently with a hammer (which I've done a couple times)... maybe there's something I'm missing
I've broken more wooden wedges driving them with a hammer than I care to admit. this looks like it'd go way deeper because of the even pressure across the wedge.
VideosUnrelated this isn't a bad idea if you make axes regularly. But to be honest, if he does, you would think he would have done a better job of his belt sander! It was squirreling around all over the place! I made one myself, my own design, and it's a solid piece of kit, and I only have it as a hobby tool!
+Shona O'Neill the belt grinder works fine I'd say. If you push too hard laterally on a belt it tracks back to where it was. And I'm not sure what you think I do, but all my stuff is a hobby, including my belt grinder hobby tool.
I've GOT TO build me one of these! I have a 10 TON Bottle Jack that would be PERFECT for Cedar! This is the Pinnacle of Engineering Mastery! Thanks for sharing this. :-) -Thomas Port Orchard, Washington
it looks too beautiful to use.....it looks like an awful lot of work for an axe wedge but if i ever needed to make a home made tool or some welding i would love to have you do it for me,,,,,your attention to detail is great.
From the comments I see I missed the purpose behind this tool, is it for putting the wedge into an axe handle? I watched the video, payed attention to your work expecting a huge climax but then I got a big tool for doing a little task. I'm one who believes in working smarter not harder and have made several different tools over the years to make different jobs easier. I guess I missed the purpose behind this tool. Excellent work on making your tool either way.
EXCELLENT build Will !!! I try not to read what it is you're building, I try to guess 😁,,, ya had me to the end on this one!!! 😂... VERY NICE!! Thank You for sharing, take care and God Bless you always my friend!!!!!👍👍👍
I was thinking you should have made the jack upper plate circular for unscrewing the piston to make it taller, but since you made the pole really adjustable it won't make a big difference nice project
I like the concept and may utilize parts of the design in the future, but it seems overkill for this particular project. Did you consider just using your 3 ton farm jack first? They are very versatile. I suspect that even a pipe clamp would have sufficed in this instance. Perhaps even a rope loop with a Spanish windlass. I tend toward the simplest solutions.
This was really neat! It's a very specialized tool, I'm thinking. Will it get regular use with axes alone, or are there a range of uses you have in mind? Thanks for the great video, too!
Yes definitely a specialised tool, but I do restore & hang my fair share of axes. Could also be used for hammers/sledges etc. With some modifications or alternative end stops you could come up with all sorts of stuff. Thanks!
When polishing small pieces like that i glued a strong magnet to the underside of my table into a square i had nitched out that kept 1/16 of wood from magnet to meterial. Ever since then i havnt lost small pieces ive polished on my table.
It appears you've made a very handy press for small work. The kind of stuff that can go bad when you're using a 100 ton one because that's what you've got. Personally, it would never had occurred to me to press a wooden wedge into an axe or hammer handle in the first place but seeing it done, it's an excellent idea! I'll start doing it. I will use the big press however, 'cause that's what I've got! My only suggestions would be to not weld the jack to the base but to trap it loosely in some bent up 1/4" square stock. Same type of thing with the screw plate. I'd make a collar and weld that to the plate and let it drop over the screw. That way the jack can be used for other things. One thing of a design nature I would do is to move the jack placement away from the column maybe as much as a few inches so you can use it to get to the center of things a little larger but still in that small stuff range. To those that say it won't get used much I'd say, if you don't have one you'll never use it. Its the same reason millions of dollars worth of fire trucks stay in the station day after day, you only need 'em, when you need 'em. I appreciate the effort and time it takes to create both the videos and bringing the ideas in your mind into reality.
@Max Z. ну да,писать комментарии куда как более важное дело). Если у него там производство этих топоров-вполне норм вещь. Тем более,не только для этого можно использовать,а везде,где нужно давление.
Another great piece of work! New mig welder? Looking forward to Mark 2 also. I’ve now watched and enjoyed all of your videos. Glad you took the music out- haha. I just wanted you to know that I (and obviously thousands of others) appreciate the time and effort you take for camera angles, videography and editing! A real joy to watch! Thank you very much!
I really enjoy your videos. Do you ever sell any of these items,(how would I buy them?). I much prefer these items over the newer stuff that is in big box stores. Thankyou
Design issue/flaw/me griping: You should have welded the upright in place first. Then you could have welded all four sides. As is, you (apparently) did not weld the side next to the jack and that's where the stress will be. It will always try and pivot away from the jack there as load is applied and now that's the weakest point. Had it been welded you wouldn't have to worry about all four sides of the jack base; it could be almost tack welded, since it'll be pushing down on the flat plate and can never move, anyway. Also, should have welded a thick washer or short piece of round tube to the bottom of the plate you welded to the jack screw. Then you could have just let it sit there instead and retained the screw, allowing for fine adjustments for various other jobs.
Great build, but viewed from a engineers standpoint, i think this contraption wont last that long because on the inner edge of the beam where it is welded to the plate (or not), there will rise huge stresses on that weld line. Some triangular reinforcements would help a Lot to make it more sturdy and longer lasting. But anyways, i subscribed, greetings from germany!
Will Matthews not sure but the bottom of the jack is cast iron. from what I remember your supposed to use a specific kind of arc rod to weld it to another kind of metal I think 7018 or something. not to say it's critical in this setup
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This sir is hands down the best repurpose for an old bottle Jack and will be a future build & piddling project well done sir well done!
Drilling,grinding,welding,sanding. the sweet sound of a workshop
Thanks for showing this straight up without any crappy background music
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Watching this gave me an idea to make a bottle jack wood splitter!
For future builds (saw you commented about a mk 2 design) your jack would provide greater force if it had equal load across the ram. Meaning due to the one sided adjustment rail, your jack had to push up and over to the right. You could save yourself alot of headache by replacing the square tubing with 2 pieces of 1/2" x 3 x ?? tall, flatstock. Make more of a "H" frame where the "-" is the moveable jig for holding the work. Would be easy to layout spacing on 1 part and drill both at the same time on your drill press. Join both rails from the top or backside (to avoid clearance issues) with equal thickness stock. Then instead of having welded anchor pins, they could be just long bolts or round stock that could be slid in from the side. I believe you will find alot more "oomph" this way in your existing jack. Hopefully this doesn't come across wrong. Not telling you how to do it, or anything like that. Just going off of what life's taught me. Keep creating and nice thought out idea for a very common issue. Simple solution with mechanical advantage, what's not to love!?
I'm sure you got a kick out of the project,it's been done many times before,but you did a top notch job and we'll worthy of my 5 ☆ rating
Great idea. You now have a useful tool from an old bottle jack, some tubing and plate.
Great work. I wish you would have demonstrated it by splitting a log. Thanks.
Great works and craftmanship !
I need a small press just like this. Your design is simpler and cost effective by utilizing a single rectangular pipe and adding 2 bolts to the limiting plate. What I was thinking is basically scaled down version of full size manual hydraulic press. After I saw your video, I realized I don't need side rectangular pipes for a small press having head traveling upto 8 inches.
Thank you.
For those of us who want to weld, but haven’t taken the time to learn, could you add some brief information about the welding process you used, and the type of rod, if that is important to this welding process in this situation. This could be added to the “show more” box, without adding anything to the video. This is a great idea and a really well made video. Thanks for the excellent tip for reusing a bottle jack for various purposes around the shop, including as a wedge jack when rehandling axes. Consider squirting some glue into the slot in the axe handle in addition to just putting it on the wedge - could result in better lubrication when pressing the wedge into the slot and a better, stronger glue joint when the glue dries.
That's just some brilliant outside the box thinking and design.
Hey, great video! Awesome talent and craftsmanship. I also appreciate a "shop sights and sounds" video without annoying music.
Great idea for making a press and nice fabrication. For putting in wedges or pushing out old handles I have two bench vices mounted one in front of the other a foot apart. One holds the axe. One holds the bottle jack. Easy to tap in a wedge and push it in with the jack. To push a broken handle out use a piece of steel that will slide through the eye. Hold on end of eye and push through with the bottle jack.
Very well made, well done. Also, suggest soaking the axehead in a bucket of water over night. It swells the wood and makes it even tighter.
I'm genuinely shocked that bottle jack wasn't cast iron and took the weld so well.
This is great work. Maybe on the next prototype you add a return spring, but this looks very functional and precise as-is.
joedanger666 the cheaper newer versions are usually just plate on the bottom and contrary to belief you can mig cast iron as long as it's not super structural. I repaired a broken bearring race on a belt sander 3 years ago and still going.
Fascinating! I take it you re-handle a lot of axes? It’s great to see a how-to video where the craftsman is thorough and meticulous, prepping the metal properly and priming and painting the finished project. I don’t need this particular tool, but I’m subscribing to see what else you come up with! Thanks.
When I was a young motorcycle mechanic in Ireland in 1979, I made a press for straightening fork tubes using a bottle jack like this, after much welding and buying of steel I found out that bottle jacks didn't work upside down, if only we had the internet in those days!
Haha I started planning this horizontally until I realized the bottle jack only worked vertically! Haha
I learned the hard way, sadly.
Wonderful idea. Was wondering the whole time what you were making than blew my mind in the end
This is a great way of recycling old tools. Can be use for pressing anything really. If it was me I would add a safety chain or something like that to connect to the shaft of the tool being just in case it decides to pop off or snap under pressure. Subscribed as well.
Great idea for pressing ball bearings in place! Now I know how to diy such a brilliant and compact device!
I have just watched this video. You are an awesome craftsman and I would let you build anything I wanted built.... I really like how you took the time and done everything slow and right the first time (not including the little miscalculation, I liked that as well )
Very nice tool ,wide range of uses no doubt .Hello from Jamaica
Another great project. After watching your chainsaw restoration I came here I see you used this to aid in the pressing of the bearings in that video. This press will have multiple uses. I do think you should have welded a heavy gusset from the base to the tube opposite the jack that would increase the strength. Nice work !!!
Love the logic I need to install a wedge in an axe handle. I know I'll build a press! LOL once again excellent craftsmanship. Thoroughly enjoyed watching your video.
another awesome piece man, I need a press badly. more so a bigger one for wheel bearings for cars ect. but thats still awesome for the little engine repairs you do.
These videos are so satisfying to watch. They sparking me to do some with my skillz
This is what life’s all about - men in sheds making stuff ! Excellent !
I love the ingenuity! Turned out well!
Very neat,
I'm now making a bearing press.
Thanks.
I know you're not going believe this but a hammer blow can have a momentary force that is several orders of magnitude greater than your hydraulic jack. The key to understanding this is time. The jack can sustain force whereas the hammers peaks and falls quickly. Thousandth of a second quickly. Meaning: stick with the hammer and just don't hit it so damn hard.
Great construction, good setup 👍
Looks easier than the Ibeam press to make nice job!
I think it would be better as a wood splitter,if you attached an old axe head and gave it a wider stance. But still kind of cool. You could press small bearings with it also. I see some potential
Exactly what i was thinking. Could just use a welded wedge piece for the insertable part at the top. Should split softer wood perfectly.
Really interesting idea great project but I was for some reason thinking that it was going to be a kindling splitter a axe press lol
The square-section uses as a stopper should have cross-bracing. That machine can develop a fearsome pressure and if not used carefully, the square section could bend and give way.
Having said that, the workmanship is first class.
Wow very nice. I'm glad I've got a powerplasma cutter though. I hated cutting plate with an angle grinder.
Very nice
Beautiful craftsmanship
Excellent welding technique, congrats from Argentina
Thanks mate, this means a lot considering it's my first MIG welding project! Gotta love youtube videos for learning....haha
Wow, definitely a well fabricated press, albeit somewhat overkill for pressing axe wedges. Kinda like building a heated 5000 sq/ft garage just to store a tank of gas and a lawnmower. And you really gotta love that lawnmower.
can you run for the president of Turkey ? The country needs you !
Amazing work !
But Turkey is a dictatorship! Why would you want him executed, for treason against Erdoğan?
Nice job & workshop, just noticed the grinder/sander video, so going to watch that. Thank you.
Seems like a lot of work when u could just drive that wedge gently with a hammer (which I've done a couple times)... maybe there's something I'm missing
I've broken more wooden wedges driving them with a hammer than I care to admit. this looks like it'd go way deeper because of the even pressure across the wedge.
VideosUnrelated dude same
VideosUnrelated this isn't a bad idea if you make axes regularly. But to be honest, if he does, you would think he would have done a better job of his belt sander! It was squirreling around all over the place! I made one myself, my own design, and it's a solid piece of kit, and I only have it as a hobby tool!
+Shona O'Neill the belt grinder works fine I'd say. If you push too hard laterally on a belt it tracks back to where it was. And I'm not sure what you think I do, but all my stuff is a hobby, including my belt grinder hobby tool.
Shona O'Neill I would enjoy seeing you post a video on it so we could all learn from you.
I've GOT TO build me one of these!
I have a 10 TON Bottle Jack that would be PERFECT for Cedar!
This is the Pinnacle of Engineering Mastery!
Thanks for sharing this. :-)
-Thomas
Port Orchard, Washington
it looks too beautiful to use.....it looks like an awful lot of work for an axe wedge but if i ever needed to make a home made tool or some welding i would love to have you do it for me,,,,,your attention to detail is great.
Nice build and great idea. Cool video too!
Nice little bearing press as well.
Wow, really great idea and job! Well Done!
Neat idea!
Gotta send him some of that paint remover spray you're fond of..
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You and Will are master of restorations.
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That was a very nicely done project. I love projects where I can make things with my everlast welder.
From the comments I see I missed the purpose behind this tool, is it for putting the wedge into an axe handle? I watched the video, payed attention to your work expecting a huge climax but then I got a big tool for doing a little task. I'm one who believes in working smarter not harder and have made several different tools over the years to make different jobs easier. I guess I missed the purpose behind this tool. Excellent work on making your tool either way.
That’s a great work.
Thank you for sharing.
Another fantastic job, great video.
I really really like that, you did an excellent job.
These videos are great. Thanks for sharing them.
Amazing work ! Congratulations !
Funny, i didn't read the title and figured out what the device was for only when the axe appeared on the scene. :)
Very nice. Enjoyed it. How can I learn to weld? What’s the best starter welder?
Nice job.... You have given me an idea..... Thanks for all your videoing too.. I know that take time to edit...
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Great Idea!!! came out really nice!!
Wow I'm shocked, Beautiful work !!
EXCELLENT build Will !!! I try not to read what it is you're building, I try to guess 😁,,, ya had me to the end on this one!!! 😂... VERY NICE!! Thank You for sharing, take care and God Bless you always my friend!!!!!👍👍👍
My granny wasn’t Lizzie Borden so I don’t really have a need for this but it sure was nice to watch.
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Very good idea, but and the oil inside the bottle jack after all this change?
I was thinking you should have made the jack upper plate circular for unscrewing the piston to make it taller, but since you made the pole really adjustable it won't make a big difference
nice project
Awesome man! Love the magpie @ 12:03.
I like the concept and may utilize parts of the design in the future, but it seems overkill for this particular project. Did you consider just using your 3 ton farm jack first? They are very versatile. I suspect that even a pipe clamp would have sufficed in this instance. Perhaps even a rope loop with a Spanish windlass. I tend toward the simplest solutions.
Awesome video and build!
Your sander is fantastic.
brilliant idea , im going to have to make one now
This was really neat! It's a very specialized tool, I'm thinking. Will it get regular use with axes alone, or are there a range of uses you have in mind? Thanks for the great video, too!
Yes definitely a specialised tool, but I do restore & hang my fair share of axes. Could also be used for hammers/sledges etc. With some modifications or alternative end stops you could come up with all sorts of stuff. Thanks!
When polishing small pieces like that i glued a strong magnet to the underside of my table into a square i had nitched out that kept 1/16 of wood from magnet to meterial. Ever since then i havnt lost small pieces ive polished on my table.
You should be rightfully proud of that mate.
The trick from the magnetic was cool. Thanks for sharing.
It appears you've made a very handy press for small work. The kind of stuff that can go bad when you're using a 100 ton one because that's what you've got. Personally, it would never had occurred to me to press a wooden wedge into an axe or hammer handle in the first place but seeing it done, it's an excellent idea! I'll start doing it. I will use the big press however, 'cause that's what I've got!
My only suggestions would be to not weld the jack to the base but to trap it loosely in some bent up 1/4" square stock. Same type of thing with the screw plate. I'd make a collar and weld that to the plate and let it drop over the screw. That way the jack can be used for other things.
One thing of a design nature I would do is to move the jack placement away from the column
maybe as much as a few inches so you can use it to get to the center of things a little larger but still in that small stuff range.
To those that say it won't get used much I'd say, if you don't have one you'll never use it. Its the same reason millions of dollars worth of fire trucks stay in the station day after day, you only need 'em, when you need 'em.
I appreciate the effort and time it takes to create both the videos and bringing the ideas in your mind into reality.
Гидравлическая струбцина, для загона клинышка в топор. Это нечто. А есть гидравлический вдавливатель гвоздей в стену??? что б соседей не беспокоить🤣🤣🤣
@Max Z. Довольно неплохой пресс получился , правда узкоспециализированный . Но вот нахуя домкрат приваривать было - это вопрос
@Max Z. ну да,писать комментарии куда как более важное дело). Если у него там производство этих топоров-вполне норм вещь. Тем более,не только для этого можно использовать,а везде,где нужно давление.
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Looks easy enough to make....but I'm gonna make my own bottle jack while I'm at it. :)
2 years later how far u get
What happens if the wedge is split? Or is it more of a cosmetic issue?
So satisfying to watch you are a skilled man keep up the great work
Neat build!
I also love it when people speed up their videos like yours. I think it's hilarious
Sweet. I haven't used an axe since I started using chain saw and log splitter.
Another great piece of work!
New mig welder?
Looking forward to Mark 2 also.
I’ve now watched and enjoyed all of your videos. Glad you took the music out- haha. I just wanted you to know that I (and obviously thousands of others) appreciate the time and effort you take for camera angles, videography and editing! A real joy to watch! Thank you very much!
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Nice build man 👍
That might be the tightest wedge I’ve ever seen.
I really enjoy your videos. Do you ever sell any of these items,(how would I buy them?). I much prefer these items over the newer stuff that is in big box stores. Thankyou
I think the gloss black and metallic white is the best signature colour for your chanel..
Great Idea!!! came out really nice!! that wood wedge piece slid in their like throwing a hotdog down a hallway!! lol
shagging my misses is just the same
Yeah, I noticed that too.
I watched the whole video thinking you were building a wood splitter 😂
Nice surprise tho 😉
Design issue/flaw/me griping: You should have welded the upright in place first. Then you could have welded all four sides. As is, you (apparently) did not weld the side next to the jack and that's where the stress will be. It will always try and pivot away from the jack there as load is applied and now that's the weakest point. Had it been welded you wouldn't have to worry about all four sides of the jack base; it could be almost tack welded, since it'll be pushing down on the flat plate and can never move, anyway.
Also, should have welded a thick washer or short piece of round tube to the bottom of the plate you welded to the jack screw. Then you could have just let it sit there instead and retained the screw, allowing for fine adjustments for various other jobs.
Cool design there ...... So nice to see the diy building not done with a hack saw 😂😂😂
The axe is only to demonstrate, That nice press can be used for a lot of hard jobs I like it agood one
birds are sure talkative today.
That could also make a nice shock absorber spring compressor or motorcycle fork spring compressor.
Complimenti..bravissimo. Grande manualità e ottimo lavoro!
Estas máquinas reinventarse son fabulosas sigan adelante y gracias por las ideas
Great build, but viewed from a engineers standpoint, i think this contraption wont last that long because on the inner edge of the beam where it is welded to the plate (or not), there will rise huge stresses on that weld line. Some triangular reinforcements would help a Lot to make it more sturdy and longer lasting. But anyways, i subscribed, greetings from germany!
Thanks for the constructive feedback - I'll take this into considering for my Mark II design :)
It's "AN" Engineer's standpoint.
Harpo Marx what an hero you are, to letting me now that.
Will Matthews not sure but the bottom of the jack is cast iron. from what I remember your supposed to use a specific kind of arc rod to weld it to another kind of metal I think 7018 or something. not to say it's critical in this setup
I expect the same comment applies to the weld at the top of the piston unless the work is centered directly over the piston..
Nice work! Which trade name of welding machine used ? Sorry for my bad english !
Good job friend. Just because i'm new on this what kind of welding is this at 04:35?
well done that came out a treat