So, before I traveled to a larger town to find a place that could help me with my hydraulic hose connection, I took the advice of one of the members here and called around to a few auto-parts stores. The stores I called didn't do that kind of thing, however they directed me to a store here in town that did. Carquest is another less know autoparts store here in town, and that was their suggestion.
So, it turns out, that CarQuest is literally, 2 or 3 hundred yards from my house. I was aware of the store, and have been there several times, but it never occurred to me that they might do hydraulics, but evidently, they are the goto place for that in our town. They ended up just re-pressing the existing end, and that stopped the leak.
I wanted to test the press, but didnt really have anything ready to go. One of my Aluminum dies that I cut out on the scrollsaw was laying by the press, so I decided to "go random" and see what happens if I press that into wood.
So, here is my 50 ton homemade press, and the piece of wood I just squashed with it. I found it interesting, the wood immediately below the die did not split or tear, it just compressed to less that half it's original thickness.
50TonPRess.jpg
PressedWood.jpg
So, it turns out, that CarQuest is literally, 2 or 3 hundred yards from my house. I was aware of the store, and have been there several times, but it never occurred to me that they might do hydraulics, but evidently, they are the goto place for that in our town. They ended up just re-pressing the existing end, and that stopped the leak.
I wanted to test the press, but didnt really have anything ready to go. One of my Aluminum dies that I cut out on the scrollsaw was laying by the press, so I decided to "go random" and see what happens if I press that into wood.
So, here is my 50 ton homemade press, and the piece of wood I just squashed with it. I found it interesting, the wood immediately below the die did not split or tear, it just compressed to less that half it's original thickness.
50TonPRess.jpg
PressedWood.jpg
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