Son of a gun: grease/oil are your friend, now what??

[steveInMaryland]

http://www.orangetractortalks.com/forums/showthread.php?t=26370

I know threads drift into the night but....

Got the C-Press tonight and it does not have the connector to hook it up to my 10-ton pump. I guess I should have thought of that but didn't. I am trying to source one now.

Anyway; this bad boy is no joke, it weighs over 30 pounds and is a very substantial tool.

Someone asked what the throat diameter was on the non cylinder end, its a full 1.5 inches in diameter and is in the shape of C so you can pass things through it.

There is also a base for that end to make it a vice and some push pins to attach to the cylinder.

Once I get the connector I will get back to the forum as I try to use it.

This weekend is a big anniversary for us all, bad or .... May the world be a better place tomorrow and every day forward.

One dang connector. Dang.

Semper Fi.

 

[bxray]

Sounds like a great tool!

Do not forget the action photos!

Ray

 

[Wbk]

A few years back when i had a spring shop some guy wandered in one day and sold me a type of blow rod, you needed an oxygen bottle,a 12volt battery, a few of those blow rods and the gismo that holds the rod. You attached the rod to the holder pressed it against the pin and look out the molten metal would blow out, leaving a hole in the pin and at the same time shrinking it, then hammer it out. Apparently they were used mainly in the mining industry around here but if you have a const. repair facility around your area I would check with them before I spent a lot of money and skinned knuckles

 

[Wild and Free]

I posted this in the last thread a weld shop could have air arced it out in less than 5 minutes. What could have been a 50 dollar repair with labor and parts a quick welder job has turned into a major ordeal and costly in both money and time.

 

[Tooljunkie]

Buddy of mine did some arc-air gouging a while back. Quite an impressing experience. The noise is quite unique.

 

[Wbk]

If you look up thermic or thermal lance cutting on u tube you'll see what I'm talking about, Some of the rods they're using are monsters but they also have much smaller ones perfect for removing seized pins. They can even be used to cut concrete although we never tried it.

 

[torch]

They can even be used to cut concrete although we never tried it.

I've tried it. "Cutting" is a bit of an optimistic term -- "Slagging" is probably more accurate. As in big messy pools of lava. It's not neat nor pretty and far from efficient but yes, you can eventually make a hole in concrete.