There are two points I should like to raise from what you say Reenie, although you might already be aware of them:
Bottle jacks cease to work well after three or four years and need the oil topping up. That is a job and a half, because the bung once removed for access is incredibly hard to replace.
I have read that the higher you pump your plattern, the sooner that time arrives, so it is wise to use permanent spacers for that reason alone.
My second comment is from experience. If you are going to operate a disc cutter with this press it is possible to absent mindedly continue pumping after the disk has popped. This is liable to bend the punch and wedge it into the cutter, particularly in the smaller sizes.
Being rather impatient, I find the hydraulic press far too slow for both the operations mentioned, so for disks its a two pound hammer and for pancake dies, if I were using them, I would look for an alternative, possibly an arbour press or a fly press. Dennis.
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