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I needed a broach press for broaching keyways and other stuff and I had a cheap Chinese 7 ton wood splitter sitting on the shelf so with some modifications I have a pretty nice broach press. It was pretty much useless as wood splitter anyway.
First I cut off the wedges, then fabbed a base shelf, welded that on to the frame. Then cut off the original ram plates and made some that were 5/8" thick. I threaded the bottom one for 1"-8 all-thread for an adjustable height ram.
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I had to weld on some additional feet because it was a bit unstable and wanted to tip backwards, and it makes it nice for clamping to my forklift forks. A fork lift makes a nice adjustable height work bench also.
It is a bit heavy to move around so I welded an eye to the top so I could pick it up with a chain.
In these pictures, I am broaching two 1/2" square holes in about 300 dog bone shaped parts
These are light guide mounting brackets for a 40 ft tall, computer controlled chandelier with surround sound and flying light show, not my project, I just built the brackets
First I cut off the wedges, then fabbed a base shelf, welded that on to the frame. Then cut off the original ram plates and made some that were 5/8" thick. I threaded the bottom one for 1"-8 all-thread for an adjustable height ram.
Click on images for a larger view
I had to weld on some additional feet because it was a bit unstable and wanted to tip backwards, and it makes it nice for clamping to my forklift forks. A fork lift makes a nice adjustable height work bench also.
It is a bit heavy to move around so I welded an eye to the top so I could pick it up with a chain.
In these pictures, I am broaching two 1/2" square holes in about 300 dog bone shaped parts
These are light guide mounting brackets for a 40 ft tall, computer controlled chandelier with surround sound and flying light show, not my project, I just built the brackets