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Old Feb 13, 2015 | 05:12 PM
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Got tired of fighting them, so I built this



 
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Old Feb 13, 2015 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by texashillcountry
You don't by any chance have a picture of what you rigged up to do this do you?


No. I'll try to explain it tho, pretty simple really.


I extended the fork, slipped the rubber lined gear clamp down the tube to the top of the lower leg, and tightened it so the fork won't collapse.


Took the fork leg, and slipped it between the cross bars on the press.
A wooden block supports the bottom of the fork to the correct height.
Two wooden V blocks, (notched 2x4s) were then clamped to the upper fork tube, resting on the top of the cross bars of the press.
After carefully lining fork leg up with the press's ram, I clamped the V blocks to the cross bars of the press, now it's not going to slide or wiggle.
Position the fork cap in place on top of the spring spacer.
Then carefully press cap down so it enters top of fork leg, till you can feel it hit the threads.
Then tighten it , making sure it doesn't slip from under the ram,
That's it.


Hope that was clear.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2015 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by johnod
No. I'll try to explain it tho, pretty simple really.


I extended the fork, slipped the rubber lined gear clamp down the tube to the top of the lower leg, and tightened it so the fork won't collapse.


Took the fork leg, and slipped it between the cross bars on the press.
A wooden block supports the bottom of the fork to the correct height.
Two wooden V blocks, (notched 2x4s) were then clamped to the upper fork tube, resting on the top of the cross bars of the press.
After carefully lining fork leg up with the press's ram, I clamped the V blocks to the cross bars of the press, now it's not going to slide or wiggle.
Position the fork cap in place on top of the spring spacer.
Then carefully press cap down so it enters top of fork leg, till you can feel it hit the threads.
Then tighten it , making sure it doesn't slip from under the ram,
That's it.


Hope that was clear.
Sounds complicated but I'm glad you got it back together.
 
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Old Feb 13, 2015 | 05:41 PM
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Sometimes you have to do things in a more complicated way when you're working by yourself.
 
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Originally Posted by johnod
Sometimes you have to do things in a more complicated way when you're working by yourself.
Yeah I keep running into jobs that would be much easier if I had 3 hands!!
 
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