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Home-Built Big Shop Press
Pete Captein, Ontario, Ore.: "I was never able to justify the cost of a big shop press so I built my own. It's about 14 ft. high, 10 ft. wide and is made from 10-in. H-beams. It sets on a 6-ft. wide base. The 8-in. dia. cylinder is off an old Michigan payloader and is made so I can roll back and forth on the table, any
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Home-Built Big Shop Press FARM SHOP Miscellaneous 34-5-37 Pete Captein, Ontario, Ore.: "I was never able to justify the cost of a big shop press so I built my own. It's about 14 ft. high, 10 ft. wide and is made from 10-in. H-beams. It sets on a 6-ft. wide base. The 8-in. dia. cylinder is off an old Michigan payloader and is made so I can roll back and forth on the table, anywhere I want. It can handle very big jobs.
"The payloader's other cylinder is mounted off to the side where I use it to pull things apart. It hangs from a steel beam near the shop's ceiling. I've used it to pull a pto apart, to straighten out a silage truck's door, and to straighten a bent T-ring on snap-on dual wheels.
"Both cylinders are powered by a 10 hp electric hydraulic power unit with two control valves, one for the main pressing cylinder and one for the pulling cylinder.
"A commercial shop press of comparable capacity sells for $20,000 or more. I spent less than $1,000."
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