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I have a dake model 1 1/2 and I need some pictures of the ratcheting handle mechanism , so I can make one. Mine was missing when I bought the press a year ago.
Thanks ron

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Thanks, I didn't realize they were still in bussiness.

Thanks ron

Hard to believe about an American manufacturing company I know, but yes they are still around.    

That is a nice press you have there Ron, and well worth replacing the missing parts. Mine is an import that I need to make some new parts for as well. I bought the raw material some time ago to do it but got sidelined with some medical issues. I'm anxious to get back into the shop and "getter done".   

Well, their biggest competitor is also still in business.

http://www.greenerd.com/arborpress-searc...?tonnage=1

Good stuff from either, though I'll always give the nod to Greenerd.

Hey guys ... Saw this post fig id ask on this topic and the experts  ... I have 1 Ton Arbor Press  (similar to this one) that I got for FREE need to make a new ram for it  . Any idea  type of cutter I should use when I get around  to this project ? Btw  ( need to get my band saw project back together first)
thanks for ideas

(09-26-2015, 08:34 AM)Kennyv Wrote: [ -> ].... Any idea  type of cutter I should use when I get around  to this project ? ...

I'm assuming you're talking about a cutter to make the rack. Grind one from HSS and put it in a fly cutter and cut the rack teeth on the mill.

Ed

The big question is if you still have the original ram in order to copy the tooth shape. I'm going to assume you don't.

Plan "A" would be to read in Machinery's Handbook about how to measure the mating gear to determine the pitch, pitch angle and/or module of the gear, then select a correct gear cutter and then cut the rack on your mill.

Plan "B" would be -- and I've never done this, so take it with a grain of salt -- roll the mating gear in a carefully prepared bed of modeling clay which you would measure for pitch and use to generate the hand-ground fly-cutter tool as Ed describes. Then you'd cut the rack on your mill.

I expect he could buy a couple of new complete arbor presses of that size, for the price of a single gear cutter.  

Cutting a rack on a vertical mill would be difficult. You'd have to stand the rack on end to cut the teeth.
When I made the racks for the CNC plasma table I cut them on the shaper. For a rack the teeth are straight sided at the pressure angle of the gear.