I don't think you would get enough mechanical advantage with an Arbor press - They tend to be quite low tonnage. I have a No.2 fly press and that is useless for blacksmithing. You should really be looking for a No.6 fly press or bigger.
I've used my little #2 flypress to make tenons for many years..A blacksmith shop is a place for innovation. I worked under my first power hammer in 1967.@@theamateurblacksmith
@@theamateurblacksmithI disagree. I’ve got an Adams Bros #2 fly press. I use it a lot for touch marks, straightening, bending, punching and more. Now… I would love to get a larger one, but ya gotta use what you have. As far as punches, use an air quench steel for them…and keep a blowgun hooked up to your compressor next to it for big work like that. Mine have lasted me years.
Greetings from Australia. Great to see some fly press forging videos. They truly are amazing machines
Well done sir!
Nicely done.
Very cool
A number 8, holy moly.
If that would have been my first set of tongs, I'da been damn proud of myself. 👍🍻
I never had much luck with 4140 for my punches but my press is a bit smaller so they perform fairly poorly at the thinner cross section
Could you use an arbor press for blacksmithing?
I don't think you would get enough mechanical advantage with an Arbor press - They tend to be quite low tonnage.
I have a No.2 fly press and that is useless for blacksmithing.
You should really be looking for a No.6 fly press or bigger.
arbor presses have lots of uses in blacksmithing.. Not like a flypress but for a zillion smaller uses.
I've used my little #2 flypress to make tenons for many years..A blacksmith shop is a place for innovation. I worked under my first power hammer in 1967.@@theamateurblacksmith
@@theamateurblacksmithI disagree. I’ve got an Adams Bros #2 fly press. I use it a lot for touch marks, straightening, bending, punching and more. Now… I would love to get a larger one, but ya gotta use what you have.
As far as punches, use an air quench steel for them…and keep a blowgun hooked up to your compressor next to it for big work like that. Mine have lasted me years.