We did a lot of forming and bending in the ahrbor presses at work. We would make a small die set with lead posts clamp it down and feed stock. These little die sets did yeomans work like this. Ours were 5 ton mechanical presses. We also pressed shafts bearings and other parts in them. The drawback to the hydrolics is the number of pumps on the handle it takes. An air over hydrolic or electric pump set up is better but the ram still starts and stops as it moves