Re: Shop Press?

[Doug Braun <doug@dougbraun.com>]

--- Richard Beels <beels@technologist.com> wrote:

> I did just recently replace the bottle jack with a
> pneumatic one to 
> save my shoulder.
> 

So, how hard do you have to pull on the handle to get
20 tons of pressure?  Obviously these cheap presses
don't have a pressure gauge, but I guess you could
calculate the total leverage and know the relationship
between force on the jack handle to force at the
ram...


Doug