Re: Do I really need an arbor press ?

On 4/15/2025 5:44 PM, pyotr filipivich wrote:

Bob La Londe <none@none.com99> on Mon, 14 Apr 2025 15:56:24 -0700
typed in rec.crafts.metalworking  the following:

On 4/13/2025 12:55 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Bob La Londe"  wrote in message news:vtgrmq$3ar53$1@dont-email.me...
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Anyway, sticking a drill chuck on the business end of a lathe is nothing
new to me.  I did it long before I learned how easy it is to do with
modern machine tools like Snag suggested.
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As a lathe the Shopsmith had the choice of a spur center, faceplate or
the drill chuck, fine for wood, not so much for metal so I had to
improvise.
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In any case Snag will likely find an arbor press is more useful than he
thinks.

  In any case, if you have one,you find more uses for one than if
you do not have one.
Arbor press, grinder, wood chipper, sticky notes, painters tape...

I walked out in the shop a little while ago, and picked up a hammer to put away.  Suddenly everything looked like a nail.
Seriously an arbor press is a very useful tool for "pressing."  I found it faster and easier within its range than anything else.  A vise will make do, and its going to be hard pressed to push out an automotive U-joint, but an arbor press is very useful.  I bought mine originally for punching, and broaching, but it mostly gets used for pressing.
Speaking of u-joints.  I broke my first bench vise trying to press out a u-joint with a cheater bar on the vise handle.  A task that was achieved with ease with a 12 ton hydraulic press.  Also a task I wouldn't try, even with my 6 ton, with an arbor press.  Maybe I should try.  The last one I did was a huge pain.  The biggest problem was supporting the drive shaft.  The arbor press is already mounted on a heavy work bench.
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Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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