Finally finished this press, can I go be sick now?

Brazen · Post by **Brazen** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:10 am

This took an embarrassing amount of time, and I probably spent too much money but hell, it WORKS! :-) I drilled all the holes by hand with a hole hog, blah blah. It was a cubic assload of work, and would have been impossible without all of the excellent advice here on this forum...thanks to all of you!!

http://s1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc472/brashsnow/

OAC · Post by **OAC** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:33 am

No! You can't go and be sick! You have to show us some skis or boards first!
Just kidding. Nice and clean press! Nice floor in the workshop!

Richuk · Post by **Richuk** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:07 am

Yeah, great floor

artski · Post by **artski** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:42 pm

Looks like you are set up,nice shop!
I have I-beem envy, I thought mine were big

rock on man

skidesmond · Post by **skidesmond** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:43 pm

We all spend too much money

That's one beefy press. I'd love to have one like that but getting the material into my basement would be impossible. I'd have to build a garage/shed.... yup there goes more money

Time to plant more money trees.

Brazen · Post by **Brazen** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:59 pm

Yeah lol, I seem to remember something about "ship in the basement"

I can sure squeeze some salamis with this one...and man, let me know how that money tree thing works out for you. I'm waiting on a shipment from crown (perpetually) and I'll post up some pics of the first pressings...unless they're more than awful. Like god awful. I can take being laughed at but hell, gotta draw the line somewhere, right? haha

Fresh · Post by **Fresh** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:37 pm

brazen, very nice press. can you give me info on the size of I-beams you used along with length. looks ideal for what I want to do!!

doughboyshredder · Post by **doughboyshredder** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:08 pm

I have shop envy.

richie · Post by **richie** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:53 am

mate, thats wicked, nice press, nice workshop, nice rocker/camber templates, nice everything you're all set! well done!

Brazen · Post by **Brazen** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:39 am

Fresh wrote:brazen, very nice press. can you give me info on the size of I-beams you used along with length. looks ideal for what I want to do!!

Hey Fresh, the beams are referred to as 12-40 as I recall, it has to do with the weight per foot. They're 12 1/2" tall by 108" (9') long by 8" wide. Happy Monkey Snowboards website, as well as this forum has a ton of invaluable info on press building. I wish you the best of luck if you decide to do it, I'd never worked with metal before and was kind of surprised at how hard it is. I like wood. That doesn't sound right...

Fresh · Post by **Fresh** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:41 pm

Brazen, I have a wood vac press right now. Just looking to step my game up and make a metal press. so much better quality of production!! Thanks for the info.

Myrtle · Post by **Myrtle** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:22 pm

I've seen it in a couple of albums now, so I have to comment that I LOVE the poor-man's 3-point bending test under the wheel of a car. Not easy to quantify other than simply, "you'll never break this thing, ever. Trust us".

Brazen · Post by **Brazen** » Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:36 pm

Yeah, it's actually easy to quantify...you just have to know someone else with a car haha

kohto · Post by **kohto** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:15 pm

yeah go get sick

Brazen · Post by **Brazen** » Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:48 pm

Well thanks. You're off to a good start here.

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Finally finished this press, can I go be sick now?

Finally finished this press, can I go be sick now?

wow, thats a workshop brother!