I'm wanting to buy one for my shed, i see all the usual suspects make them, sealey, machine mart etc, can anyone reccomend a particular make, i want a floor standing model
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I have the sealey 20 tonne press with gauge. Without looking I think it's the YK20F? Something like that.
It has been an excellent bit of kit. I am thinking about making a new bed for it though as when nearing 20 tonne it does start bending a bit, mine is now permanently out of shape.
I was going to use 10 or 12 mm plate instead of the channel section that it's made of which would be of benefit to me for pressing bearings and bushes.
If you buy a bolted together one, be prepared for the twisting that goes on under heavy loading. Mine starts to wind up like a corkscrew when used near capacity, enough that Ive started to modify it to stop this.
there looks to be 2 types, one based on a bottle jack and the other on a hydraulic ram, theres a big difference in price too so do i presume the ram type is better?