Online Catalogue last updated 17th of September 2023
The hydraulic forging press is becoming increasingly important to the any blacksmithshop. This relatively small machine, which is often hand made, allows smiths to do many of the same operations as a power hammer while adding more control and expanding what one can do with hot metal.
Over forty years ago a spark ignited Randy McDaniel's passion for forging hot metal.This has been a passion that continually grows. Seven years ago hisexploration of hot metal evolved and he began specializing in workdone with the hydraulic forging press. Randy now creates all of hisown tooling and dies which he uses to produce a line of unique items.He loves how the power of his sixty ton press pushes hot metal as if it were clay in his hands.
This book covers the history, the how to, and especially the versatility of the hydraulic forging press for the blacksmith and the knife maker.It provides a comparison between the press and other machinery, the different types of presses, which type of press is right for your application, should you build one or buy one, focuses on tooling that you can make to get the most out of your press and much, much more.
Large, full-color drawings and photographs of presses, items made on the press, and the tooling used are featured through out the bookand in the gallery section.
Award-winning author and blacksmith, Randy McDaniel has brought together an international group of collaborators to make Hydraulic Forging Press for the Blacksmith a useful and inspirational resource for anyone forging hot metal.
Full Color, Hardcover, 8.75" x 11.25", © 2014
Code No. 016881, 192 pages, ISBN 9781879535299, $140.00