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FLY PRESSES
Fly Presses
John Crouchet at his Fly press.
Be sure to check out our
Fly Press Tooling and Accessories
and Fly Press DVD (page 126)
by John Crouchet.
Fly Press C Frame Model
All fly presses have an extra heavy cast frame, with ribbed construction and cast tapered
central ram and machined guideways and is easily adjustable against wear and tear. The bed
is provided with heavy duty adjustable steel die holding clamps which will preserve your dies
and allows easy indexing of your die and tool. The base hole is adjustable with bushings to
suit different jobs. The large hole is available by easily removing smaller ring in the base. The
top end of the screw has hexagonal tapered reception for the wheel to ensure no-slipping.
This allows quick & easy repositioning of fly wheel and handle. Mild steel screw with heavy
duty square angular thread and threaded die hole. The adjustable clutch allows the fly wheel
to stay put when you back it up. You don't have to worry about the handle spinning down on
you while you change tooling. This is done with the interplay of the two nuts on top of the
ram. It is up to you to make this adjustment, but it can be done in a couple of minutes.
Applications of Fly Presses: Punching, Cutting, Chiseling, Fullering, Pressing, Slitting,
Drifting, Bending, Stamping, Deep Drawing, Texturing & Surface Ornamentation, Straightening,
Open and Closed Die Work, Bending Large Stock in Graceful Arcs, and Cones or Corkscrew
Like Shapes. Combine these forms to add a new dimension to your work.
Break into the high end architectural, furniture, lighting or sculpture markets. Great for
furniture (tables, beds, chairs, etc.) Ornamental Ironwork like: gates, railings, fences and
much more.
If you have a repetitive element to make, just weld up the top profile and insert it into the top
hole in the ram. Place the bottom profile on the press bed. Insert the hot steel in between
the top and bottom tools and with a motion like closing a refrigerator door, out pops your
repetitive element. Can't get much easier than that. See the photo at the left.
Think of the drudgery, time and money you'll save and how much faster you can make
your various elements. No electricity required. No noise either. The only limitation is your
imagination and initiative.
What the fly press really means to the shop owner is PROFIT!
Less time doing repetitive jobs, more time working on new
jobs or spending time with friends and family. What this
also means is now you can take on more jobs and perform
processes previously impossible using other means or
without a helper on hand and lot of time getting it right.
C-Frame Features:
• Two die clips for the base to hold tooling or dies to the base
• Large round flywheel
• No Ball weight style head bangers
• One handle rod
• Single sided frame.
Specifications
Item# CF0 CF1 CF2 CF3 CF4 CF5 CF6 CF8*
Base to Guide: 4-1/2” 5” 5-3/4” 6-3/4” 7-1/4” 8” 9” 11”
Center to back: 3” 3” 3-3/4” 4-1/2” 4-3/4” 5-1/4” 6” 7-1/2”
Diameter of Screw: 1-7/16” 1-11/16” 1-11/16 1-11/16” 1-7/8” 1-7/8” 2-3/8” 3”
Hole through Base:
(without ring)
1-3/4” 2” 2-1/2” 3” 3-1/2” 4” 4-1/2” 6”
Hole through Base:
(with ring)
-- -- -- 1-1/2” 1-3/4” 2” 2-1/4” 3”
Stroke: 3” 4” 4-1/2” 4-1/2” 5-1/2” 5-3/4” 6” 8”
Hole in Ram Diameter: 1” 1” 1” 1” 1” 1” 1” 1-1/2”
Hole in Ram Depth: 1-1/2” 1-1/2” 1-1/2” 1-1/2” 1-1/2” 1-1/2” 2” 2-1/2”
Diameter of Flywheel: 18” 18” 19-1/4” 21” 23” 23” 29” 32”
Weight of Flywheel: 44 lb 48.5 lb 62 lb 80 lb 94 lb 100 lb 148 lb 200 lb
Height of the body: 19-1/4” 19-1/4 21-1/2” 23-3/4” 26-1/4” 28-3/4” 33-1/4” 40”
Net Weight: 77 lb 171.6 lb 220 lb 308 lb 374 lb 440 lbs 660 lb 1,075 lb
Ship Weight: 115 lb 215 lb 310 lb 350 lb 560 lb 588 lbs 870 lb 1,150 lb
*The #8 Fly Press is Special Order and needs 4-6 month lead time. Prepayment is required.
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