I went with a 5' bore 12' stroke cylinder, which figures out to approximately 28 tons.One problem I saw with a shorter stroke is being able to drift hammers, and other press type tools and gadgets I may come up with in tge future. I'm in the process of building a press too. Then of course start getting squishy and play around with large stock. My brother is pretty handy with that kind of stuff, he's in another state but It would definitely be a better project with a buddy and a few beers in the shop.If it's not to much of a hassle I'm going to document the process of design and building then post that later on for everyone here. I found a used 60 ton cylinder for relitively cheap but it only has a 5' stroke and I'm worried about going through the work and cost of building a press then being dissatisfied with the results.įrom what ive seen most videos showing how to forge use hand hammering since everyone starts there.The modeling software is a great idea, ill absolutely be doing that. Thinking of building a forging press for general forging and making Damascus. Posts without a submission comment from the OP will be removed within 24 hours.Obviously this sub is for blacksmithing related topics, so keep posts related to blacksmithing.Blatant advertising and for sale posts are not allowed.When reporting content, you MUST state WHY you reported it.Any NSFW posts will be reviewed by the mods and may be removed based on our judgement of the value of the content.Further resources.- a suggested program of study to learn hand forging.Have an englishweight anvil? Try this nifty little tool from to find out how much it weighs in lbs.Dictionary from for those hard to google terms.ABANAs list of in North America.Appalachian Blacksmiths Association list of in the USBooks.(Lots of info about Metallurgy)Projects.Project ideas.Some very good tutorialsOur friends. Blatant troll posts/comments will be removed.Posts of YouTube videos, gifs, or images must include the beginnings of a discussion or a write up in the comments with a minimum of three sentences. Read our and, And be sure to check out below.WARNING!!! Read before attempting any kind of forging.Rules and guidelines for posting.Please be considerate to others when posting/commenting.
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