What is it? Hydraulic Single Stage Press? Any Ideas?

[Nick Leduc]

Found this gem for sale. It's too far for me to go grab it, but I message the seller to hopefully explain wtf it's used for.
He is selling the press with a motor and hydraulic pump. I can see the arm has an attachment on the end (where the die would normally be). I just can't wrap my head around the use. Especially where the press is still a manual operation.

 

[240Geezer]

Yes press. Rigged for pneumatic operation.
Watch your fingers.

 

[paul73]

my guess is for ripping out ball joints by blunt force. brutal. but fast.

 

[mac1911]

I will gander the hydraulic press is a poormans swager set up?
Or someone needed a arbor press for something and did their best with whats around .
The red one looks like a typical MEC 600 for shotshell

 

[edmxz2002]

I would like to check out what else is in that shop. Looks like some fun stuff.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

I will gander the hydraulic press is a poormans swager set up?
Or someone needed a arbor press for something and did their best with whats around .
The red one looks like a typical MEC 600 for shotshell

I was thinking the same thing but it doesn’t appear to be right. The hydraulic would be on the bottom right? Dies up top.
Wonder what he was doing with it.

 

[Nick Leduc]

I was thinking the same thing but it doesn’t appear to be right. The hydraulic would be on the bottom right? Dies up top.
Wonder what he was doing with it.

That's what has me perplexed as well.

 

[BTSDOG]

With all the rust im seeing, it doesnt look like it was used much, or recently......

 

[TrashcanDan]

Hydro-forming?

 

[qqac]

The ram rusted and seized up, he had a ton of miscellaneous junk parts just lying around anyway, and he is an NES level skinflint, so he converted the press to an overly complicated bullet puller.

 

[Nick Leduc]

He actually responded! And I am now left with more question than answers.

By the description he has left, maybe a power bullet seater? If the ram is left down. Haha. Am patiently waiting for more pitchers.

 

[38ExtraSpecial]

He actually responded! And I am now left with more question than answers.

By the description he has left, maybe a power bullet seater? If the ram is left down. Haha. Am patiently waiting for more pitchers.

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So weird. Need more pics.
I’m wondering if it used some modified die and punch for some swaging.

 

[EddieCoyle]

Stop skipping arm day and he wouldn't need that shit.

 

[greencobra]

if his hydraulic knowledge is as spot on as his spelling...well, just looking forward to more pitcures of the hidrolics.

 

[moojpg2]

I've never found reloading to be difficult enough to think about needing hydraulics, unless he had it rigged off of a foot switch or something to free up his hands? That I could see, but it would be slower to cycle than just yanking the lever.

 

[Nick Leduc]

I've never found reloading to be difficult enough to think about needing hydraulics, unless he had it rigged off of a foot switch or something to free up his hands? That I could see, but it would be slower to cycle than just yanking the lever.

It does come with a foot switch!

 

[moojpg2]

It does come with a foot switch!

Yea see that makes sense because you could cycle the presses hands free, would be slower to actually cycle but u really need that so it isn't a finger chopper. I rigged up a pneumatic wire terminal crimper at work with a foot control for doing small gm/delphi terminals and let me tell you it definitely helps with extremely repetitive single crimps, but it closes quick because it's pneumatic and I've definitely chopped some skin with it getting out of sync with it and hitting the foot switch when I wasn't quite ready.

 

[EddieCoyle]

Where does the die go?

 

[Nick Leduc]

Where does the die go?

Thats what has me scratching my head. That press has minimal room to begin with. There seems like zero room to put anything onto that arm and still have space for brass.

Great way to complicate a very simplistic machine.

 

[TrashcanDan]

Hidrolic and pitchers.

Its not a reloading setup. This guys making meth.

 

[Fixxah]

I was thinking it was for milsurp primer removal. Oh well.