Show us your arbor press!

atari · Mar 5, 2010

I have one and wonder how many of us have them in our shops. I will post pictures of mine a soon as I can.

atari · Mar 7, 2010

Here ya go!

Bolster · Mar 8, 2010

I want a 1-ton real bad. Have been watching CL for months with no luck yet. Refuse to give in and go HF.

oldtools · Mar 8, 2010

Got this 1 ton Benchmaster arbor press at the swap meet for $25.

blueflame6 · Apr 14, 2010

Camera in hand for a change. Had this Greenerd press for about 20 years, real handy for u-joints, bearing installation, removal, and persuading anything else. It is much heavier duty than it's newer replacement. Love the old stuff....... :thumbup:

bunghole · Apr 14, 2010

I'm sort of a noob on anything but hand tools mostly. Can you all give some examples of when an arbor press would help. I work on motorcycles mostly.

Thanks!

garfunkle24 · Apr 14, 2010

******** said:
I'm sort of a noob on anything but hand tools mostly. Can you all give some examples of when an arbor press would help. I work on motorcycles mostly.

Thanks!

It would commonly be used for pushing bearings and bushings, that kind of thing. An arbor press gives you a lot more 'feel' than a hydraulic one.

blueflame6 · Apr 14, 2010

********......I had bikes most of my adult life but don't remember using a press for any of them. I suppose wheel axle hub bearings or any other bushing that needed to be pressed, always better then a hammer and drift. I used this press for "A" arm bushings, wheel spindle bearings, axle bearings, u-joints, straighten/bend shafts to mention a few. If I had a lathe then I would need the arbors for pressing into the bores of whatever to be turned, threaded, knurled, etc. enloy riding...........Pete :thumbup:

lilredex · Apr 14, 2010

If anyone is feeling creative, this design has been around a while and can be used manually or hydraulically..........

http://books.google.ca/books?id=R9Q...&resnum=1&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

rsanter · Apr 14, 2010

for broaching keyways

for power tool repairs, bearings and such
electric motor repairs

bob

Professur · Apr 14, 2010

lilredex said:
If anyone is feeling creative, this design has been around a while and can be used manually or hydraulically..........

http://books.google.ca/books?id=R9Q...&resnum=1&ved=0CA0Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

I've got two sets of the old Pop Mech d-i-y encyclopedias. Found that in there and had to build it. Probably could have bought a 1t cheaper, but being able to flip the handle and have over 10t from a tool that small ... definitely worth the effort. Works very well for making 1/8" steel strap change direction and turn into brackets.

lilredex · Apr 15, 2010

Made a modified version based of that Ashley press. Just used it yesterday to dis-assemble a relatively new drill chuck that was starting to bind up.

Any pictures, prof ??

[PS- Where are ya? ..........used to live it Pte Claire, 'til '81]

Professur · Apr 15, 2010

I've bought three digital cameras in the last 5 years. One resides in the bottom of my wife's handbag. One is somewhere in the swamp my daughter calls a room, and the third is on my mother's desk, under some 100lbs of church papers that God Himself must be holding upright.

Live in Longueuil. You know it's true because noone who doesn't live here can spell it

bent valves · Apr 15, 2010

Here is my 2 ton press. This was a craiglist score for $20. Made in Japan probably 30 years ago. I experimented with some Rust-oleum hammer tone gray paint, so it looks better than when I bought it.

arkangel06 · Apr 15, 2010

we have a nice one upstairs in our shop, hardly ever gets used though.

Charles (in GA) · Apr 15, 2010

Government surplus Greenerd No. 3, 3 ton. It isn't mounted and it would be nice if it had the ratchet mechanism on the handle (which allows for best handle positioning no matter what height the ram is at) but it does come in handy. I have a 25 ton Dake H frame hydraulic press but the arbor press is nice for doing more delicate work.

Charles

fatrhino · Apr 16, 2010

Heres my Dake #1 3-ton

upthacreek · Nov 30, 2012

I just picked up a Greenerd 3 1/2, which is a 5 ton press. Nice piece of American innovation! Got it cheap in the back of an old run-down body shop. A little research revealed that old man Greenerd actually invented the arbor press and patened it, that is if their history is correct on their web site.

Sorry the pics ****, I took them in a very junked-up shop.

Steroblan · Nov 30, 2012

Here is my Famco 31R 4ton restored. The bolster plate is on order.

darkk · Dec 1, 2012

$60 couple days ago....

chrenan · Jan 3, 2013

I'm surprised at how short this thread is given how long the vise thread is! Here's my contribution. I'm waiting on a swivel plate from 7 Rivers Surplus to complete the setup.

Just_George · Jan 3, 2013

Famco #2, $15 at garage sale. It needed a little cleaning up! Still need to get a plate for it....

Outlander · Jan 3, 2013

<sigh> I needed one for a small job, found an alternative process. Told myself to grab one from CL/Kijiji...still haven't found one yet. I'd love to see this thread grow!

BTW Professur - I can spell Longueuil, my office is there. We are actually neighbors as I live in St-Lambert

dirtmister16 · Jan 3, 2013

i keep seeing them on craigslist reasonable, but im unsure how much i could use it vs tripping over it on when unneeded. the only thing i can see off the top of my head is front wheel bearing work.

we have a full size press at our other shop when i need a press. would a arbor press handle such jobs and front wheel bearing work? don't think it would unless i was supported higher up so things can drop down? know what i mean?

454ragtop · Jan 3, 2013

Here's my Greenerd 3 3/4, way better than a 3 1/2

The strange part is the table or daisy wheel is square on one end, so it only rotates about 180 degrees. Have to do something with that one of these days.
Jim

ndnchf · Jan 4, 2013

I'll throw mine it too. It a Dake 1-1/2, 3 ton press. Also, while not technically an arbor press, my screw press which was made using the frame of an old leaky HF hydraulic 12 ton press.

chrenan · Jan 5, 2013

Pickup up a couple of swivel plates for mine. They're made by 7 Rivers Surplus, pricing is:

5" @ $9
8" @ $15
10" @ $25
12" @ $35

I grabbed a 5" for my press and an 8" to have hanging around in case I ever get a larger arbor press, I figured at the price was good why not.

Kenwc · Jan 5, 2013

I'm a big fan of old Atlas machines and other items. I have 3 of their presses.

chrenan · Jan 5, 2013

Very cool! How did you train that big arbor press to mow the lawn?

Did you restore that medium sized one? It looks amazing.

Kenwc · Jan 5, 2013

Saved the big one from the scrap yard so it owed me. I've just recently started restoring parts of it. It's a heavy beast

The mid sized one was restored by the person I bought it from. It's one of my favorite tools to use.

I have since stripped and painted/restored the small one.

All 3 of these presses have Dake counterpart models and parts are available for them from Dake. Dake bought the Atlas arbor press works way back in the day and many Dake models are actually Atlas designs.

Alchymist · Jan 5, 2013

Technically not a "press", as it doesn't have the overarm, and dwarfed by all the old iron posted so far, but it does have a lot of accessories! And yes, I do use it on occasion.

DandDMachine · Jan 5, 2013

Heres my arbor press. Sorry about the crappy cell phone pictures. Its made by Lempco, I dont know how old it is, but if I had to guess I would say 50 years old?. I have it bolted to the side of my 50 ton Dake press. I like it much better up higher like that. Its always worked great for me. The handle is bent a bit, I used to work with a 400 pound guy who would hang off of it and straighten it for me every so often. I mainly use it for pressing bearings, bleeding down hydraulic lifters, and installing connecting rod bolts. Its also a great aluminum can crusher.

torqueman2002 · Jan 5, 2013

ndnchf · Jan 5, 2013

chrenan said:
Pickup up a couple of swivel plates for mine. They're made by 7 Rivers Surplus, pricing is:

5" @ $9
8" @ $15
10" @ $25
12" @ $35

I grabbed a 5" for my press and an 8" to have hanging around in case I ever get a larger arbor press, I figured at the price was good why not.

Dang - that is a good price. I got a new plate for my 1-1/2 from Dake and it was around $75. Wish I'd known about 7 Rivers

chrenan · Jan 5, 2013

Your real Dake plate looks so much nicer though.

jcriss · Jan 8, 2013

Restored Famco #2,

Tarnished · Jan 26, 2013

Lot of nice presses. Though I would add to the others.
Mine is a Greenerd #1

Looks like mine was sold by the C.H. Gosiger Machinery Co. Dayton Ohio.
Company is still in business I believe.

Unfortunately mine didn't come with the plate. Anyone know where to source them? Have surfed the 7 Rivers site, and couldn't find anything. :dunno:

Chandos · Jan 26, 2013

I've got one of these, too; a CL pickup from several years ago. I confess that I wish I had a bigger one. The "0" has been great for working on motors (it's makes short work of removing bearings) but is a little too light for some of the things that I'd like it to do.

Cheers!

C

chrenan said:
I'm surprised at how short this thread is given how long the vise thread is! Here's my contribution. I'm waiting on a swivel plate from 7 Rivers Surplus to complete the setup.

Coach James · Jan 26, 2013

DandDMachine said:
Heres my arbor press. Sorry about the crappy cell phone pictures. Its made by Lempco, I dont know how old it is, but if I had to guess I would say 50 years old?. I have it bolted to the side of my 50 ton Dake press. I like it much better up higher like that. Its always worked great for me. The handle is bent a bit, I used to work with a 400 pound guy who would hang off of it and straighten it for me every so often. I mainly use it for pressing bearings, bleeding down hydraulic lifters, and installing connecting rod bolts. Its also a great aluminum can crusher.

Are those bearing seperators under the press? If so, how big?

Coach

Coach James · Jan 26, 2013

jcriss said:
Restored Famco #2,

Could you post a couple more pics of the stand for that press? What does the base look like?

Thanks

Coach

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