Vintage percussion press - photo

[Altair]

Vintage percussion press.

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Previously:

16th century Italian press - photo
Giant bolt head press - GIF
Industrial Age forging press - photo
Antique German forging press - photo
Hot forging press - video
1898 Turin factory machinery exhibition - photo

[desbromilow]

what's the difference between percussive and fly press? (other than missing the top flyweights)
where would you prefer one over the other?

[Karl_H]

I wonder why this is sitting in the front room.
"Mommy! Look what followed me home! Can I keep it?"

[jdurand]

amazon delivered it while the husband was out of town.

[Toolmaker51]

I wonder why this is sitting in the front room.

For the same reason some joker tried to scoop my purchase of a Barrett-Cravens skid jack. Turns out, wanted it displayed in entryway of his restaurant for ogling by millennials and steampunk aficionados. Greasy, grimy, about 100 years old, completely mechanical; it's designer turning in his grave to comments of 'it's sooo cool'.

[desbromilow]

OK - appropriate googling (and an really annoying youtube video) I now see that the this is the big half of a friction screw press - so in my understanding the piece missing from the top is the motor drive which moves the disk to make the ram move up and down. So the difference between it and a fly press is simply the drive to the screw.

what's the difference between percussive and fly press? (other than missing the top flyweights)
where would you prefer one over the other?