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Thread: Making My Own Swage Press

  1. 08-10-2013, 12:06 PM #21
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    Quote Originally Posted by marvelshooter View Post
    Your typical small arbor press is rated at 1/2 or 1 ton. I made a swage press for .224 bullets from a 16000 pound in line toggle clamp. I don't know what force I need I am glad I bought the biggest one I could find.
    Could you post a photo of that?
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  2. 08-11-2013, 06:46 AM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by grumman581 View Post
    Could you post a photo of that?
    Sorry I took so long. I did not have a picture of this in the camera. The clamp is a Destaco #650 rated at 16000 pounds that I bought on evil-bay for $55 and it is mounted to a 3/4" steel plate. The plate was flexing a little so I welded it to a piece of 3" square tubing. 30/06 round for scale. Click image for larger version.  Name: press 007.jpg  Views: 239  Size: 83.8 KB  ID: 78870
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    Quote Originally Posted by marvelshooter View Post
    Sorry I took so long. I did not have a picture of this in the camera. The clamp is a Destaco #650 rated at 16000 pounds that I bought on evil-bay for $55 and it is mounted to a 3/4" steel plate. The plate was flexing a little so I welded it to a piece of 3" square tubing. 30/06 round for scale.
    I'm surprised something that size can produce that much pressure. It just didn't look like the leverage was there for creating 16,000 pounds of pressure.
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  5. 12-31-2015, 01:12 PM #25
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    It is always of interest. . I'm sure after showing a prototype there will be a lot of Interest.
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    OP GASwager's last activity was 10/08/2013. Guess this thread is dead.
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