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Re: Shop Press?

To: Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>, shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Shop Press?
From: Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com>
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2006 14:16:14 -0700
>Are those worth owning, or will they just
>start bending or breaking if you try to get a
>full 20 tons out of them?

  I found that when getting close to the max on the Harbor Freight 
one, it would twist the frame pretty badly no matter how tight I 
tightened the bolts.  I was fine at the lower range but the upper was 
just twisty, welding the frame solved all my problems and it has held up fine.

         Mike

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