bench press

[Ruedeleglise]

For anyone interested I have just made a 2 ton bench press for punching out blanks and doming.
For me it saves thrashing about with a heavy brass hammer with the risk of bounce etc.
I must add that I have a degree of arthritis in my hands so this saves my hands a bit.
This unit is small compared with the commercial ones I could find and half the price of the cheapest on ebay. The more expensive ones range from £200 to £2000!
I was lucky in that the aluminium section I already had in stock!
Finally it works a treat!
If anyone is interested I can make a cutting list and a plan but the basic dimensions are 25 cms wide x 45 cms high.
You will need:
1 metre of 50mm x 75mm x 5mm aluminium channel £55.00 ebay
4 x 50cms of M12 threaded rod plus nuts and washers £18.60 Wicks / Homebase etc
1 metre of 15mm copper tube £7.00 Wicks / Homebase etc
Total £80.16
Plus a few kilos of patience and a sense of humour

Need ideally a bench drill, angle grinder with metal cutting discs, flat file, rat tail file, spanners for the nuts. Hand power drill and some drills bits, also for ease a riveter and rivets ,and of course some elastoplasts for cut fingers!