General Hydraulic Shop Press

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Hydraulic Shop Press
The 20-ton Hydraulic Shop Press
General Info
Make General Hydraulic
Model 20-ton
Serial
Specs
Manual Pittsburgh 20-ton Bottle Jack Manual
Asylum Info
Location Machine Shop
Rubric N/A
Training
Testing Tool testing
Restrictions green


Description

A hydraulic jack mounted to a frame that translates the lifting force into pressure. Built around a Pittsburgh 20-ton bottle jack. Width: 18 inches. Also includes a jig for bending metal sheet. It has a compressed-air actuator built in but can also be operated manually.

Use For

Squashing things

Do Not Use For

Not squashing things

Bending Accessory

bending jig
The bending jig for the 20-ton shop press

This accessory normally rests on the floor behind the press. Caution! Weight is about 60 lbs.

It is constructed over a piece of 3" x 3" x 5/16" angle, so the bends it makes are distributed through about 4" of width. To tighten up the bend radius, stack pieces of smaller angle inside the large one.

Loads to bend steel sheet can be found on this tonnage chart. Do not exceed 20 tons.