Re: Shop Presses/alfa-digest V8 #669

[Jarmanhome@domain.elided]

Obie Fayth asks:
"My question though, is what do I use to adapt the mandrel(?) on the press to 
the different sizes of bushings/bearings and walnuts I might need to crack? I 
have used sockets before, but surely there is something better out there..."

I suggest you check out Harbor Freight, or MSC Industrial Supplies.  They may 
have standard sets of press mandrels and adaptors.  Better yet, if you know 
someone with a machine shop connection, check out their cutoff/waste pieces 
of solid round bar stock and mechanical tube.  A little lathe work and 
presto- you have a piloted pusher piece!  The fun of it is, Obie, this 
hardware could take years of development work, job-by-job!

Dave Jarman
Lexington KY
USA
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