Giant Size 140 Ton Shop Press

Giant size 140 ton shop press FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 17-3-31 Saskatchewan farmer Ben Kambeitz built a giant 140-ton shop press using a 10-in. dia. cylinder that came off a junked earth mover. "It'll bend a railroad rail," says Kambeitz, who comes up with many innovative ideas in his farm shop and uses the press on both routine and unusual projects. Hydraulic pressure for the press is provided by a 3-piston Williams hydraulic pump. He built the press frame out of heavy-walled natural gas pipe. The press table beneath the piston was made from a piece of pipe taken from a large gas pipe-line. Kambeitz notes that the 36-in. long cylinder on the press will exert about the same pressure as a fully loaded railroad tank car. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Ben Kambeitz, Box 93, Richmound, Sask. SON 2E0 Canada.

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