Originally Posted by
richhodg66
I'm not familar with Texan presses, but what do you suppose was their reasoning making it with an aluminum handle? Seems like besides being the weak point in the whole thing, it would also have been the easiest part to make with just a piece of steel round bar stock like the other two presses. Odd.
It is a cool old press, though, and I fully agree with the consensus to keep all three. But then, I have a bunch of old single stage presses, they seem to follow me home like stray puppies.