Arbor Press

I received my 2 ton arbor press yesterday. Today I built a stand for it. The stand also added several inches to the max height of the item to be pressed. in the photo below you can see three pieces of 3 inch channel that form a U under the opening in the press base. This is the extension that allows longer items to be pressed. It is attached with a 1/2 inch bolt on each side.

Below, the stand is starting to take shape.

Pretty much finished.

I had some aluminum sheeting, which makes a good surface to set the powder and tools on.

A couple beads of silicone holds down the sheeting with no screw heads to be in the way.