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Re: Ideas needed......

To: "Gerald J. Brazil" <gerrybraz@voyager.net>, <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Ideas needed......
From: "Elton Clark" <lotus.tony@airmail.net>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 23:44:31 -0600
Gerald wondered:


> I have a 12 ton hydraulic press that I suspect is not generating anywhere
> near 12 tons of pressure. Does anybody have a design for making a gage
that
> I could use to test it?

You could drill and tap a pressure area of your jack and install a 10,000
psi gauge. ($20 from Grainger.com)   Do the math to get your piston area
diameter:  a 2 inch piston should indicate 7600 psi at 24,000 press
pressure, a 3 inch piston should indicate 3400 psi for 12 tons.

Tony_______________________@Sherman.Texas

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