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Finally finished this press, can I go be sick now?
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 8:10 am
by Brazen
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/
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:33 am
by OAC
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!
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:07 am
by Richuk
Yeah, great floor
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 12:42 pm
by artski
Looks like you are set up,nice shop!
I have I-beem envy, I thought mine were big
rock on man
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:43 pm
by skidesmond
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.
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:59 pm
by Brazen
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
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:37 pm
by Fresh
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!!
Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 10:08 pm
by doughboyshredder
I have shop envy.
wow, thats a workshop brother!
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 12:53 am
by richie
mate, thats wicked, nice press, nice workshop, nice rocker/camber templates, nice everything you're all set! well done!
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:39 am
by Brazen
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...
Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:41 pm
by Fresh
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.
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:22 pm
by Myrtle
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".
Posted: Fri Aug 12, 2011 8:36 pm
by Brazen
Yeah, it's actually easy to quantify...you just have to know someone else with a car haha
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:15 pm
by kohto
yeah go get sick
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:48 pm
by Brazen
Well thanks. You're off to a good start here.