Palmgren9661101-1 Ton Arbor Press w/Depth Stop

I see a lot of complaints about things like "ram came installed upside down". In all honesty, it did not come installed upside down. This is an old school tool shop arbor press. These types of arbor presses were made to press parts together, bearings into place, or drift pins in or out of things. Leather working, ring making, and other uses are from people who found they could make use of these presses instead of buying expensive, dedicated presses for their specific work.Yes, this press comes with a ram with one end drilled to hold common bits for leather or light metal punching. But it wasn't designed for that use. It comes with the ram installed "upside down " because the majority of people who get a press like this are going to use the machined, flat end for tool shop needs, and not punching needs.Also most people who need a press like this, know that they need to disassemble it, clean it, and grease it internally before reassembly and use.A common and long standing method to help give friction to the arbor on a press like this, is to add a bit of sheet brass to the area behind the face plate. You will see a couple of bolts in the center of that plate. When you tighten those bolts, they press into the ram to add friction and prevent it from slipping. However the bolts are made of the same hardened steel as the arbor, so they tend to slip because of that. Place a strip of sheet brass in that area and it will greatly enhance the the effect of the two bolts and prevent gouging the face of the ram. This method has been in common use for over a century with these presses, and its not a fault.This press is of great value to tool shop users who need less that 3 tons. It's built to impressive standards for its price, offers useful extra features, and has a reasonably well finished work surface.If you're looking to use it for punching leather or metal work like ring or knife making, it will get the job done, and do it well. You will have to do a bit of extra work in its setup for those needs, but it's still way better than the cheaper arbor presses that are being sold for those uses.

Needed to remove some stuck pins from an antique rifle--this did the trick (and it took the full one ton of pressure!). It's an excellent tool if you don't want to damage your firearm by whacking a stuck pin with a punch. Initially, one of the punch set was missing, but after contacting the company, they made it right. Net-net, it's a well-made piece of equipment, and you'll be really glad you have it.

The product did not meet my needs so I returned it. However I can report that it was well made, worked as intended and should meet the needs of most users. I wanted to use it as a kindling splitter for a (very small) fire pot but it did not work properly for that application. That does not seek to take anything away from the idea that this is a well made product for its intended uses. Thanks

This promises to be a great arbor press once I get a screw the right size to stop the lever from sliding around. The screw knob provided with this model was too small to be inserted into the lever. Will head to the hardware store and jury rig one.

This is a heavy duty arbor press....that says it all. Very smooth to operate. Zero "slop" anytime during the press cycle. We'll made...AND when you register for the 3 YEAR warranty, they will send "curved jaw pliers" (basically vice grips)....free. I mounted mine on a piece of 3/4" oak board, just laying around, trimmed to the footprint of the press, painted it grey to match the rest of my tool mounts. (Got the paint from Walmart that was mixed wrong and headed to a recycle plant, such a deal.) It's quality thru and thru....!

For the price point, the quality is superb. I simply wanted to use one, not get berried under it. Thispress is way better than I expected, and is a lifetime investment (properly cared for), also, as a hobbyist, there is no reason to think my son wouldn't continue to use it long after I'm gone.If a fellow hobby person can use one of these in their ring making, I would definitely recommend looking into one.

Does exactly what it was designed to do. I use it for making impressions on my leather work. Works way better than hitting the stamps with a hammer. Well finished without a lot of messy grease. They did neglect to send me the free pair of vise grip pliers as stated on the warranty card. I emailed them and had a reply next day and my free pliers came UPS in four days. Pretty good customer service if you ask me.

I originally got this press because I reclaim pallet wood and other construction lumber, much of which can be old and before surface planing getting nails out was tedious and sometimes prying or pounding screwed up otherwise good wood - made a small block on my mill that fits into the press hole with a hole that accepts the end of a nail and just presses it out nice and easy - pull a pallet apart and you’ll find out just how many nails they tend to use, spirals are a pain too but not with the press, not to mention having pressed bearings and bushings already - one of those tools that once you have you find lots of uses for.

Using it for 3 months on our shop. Does the job and then some. As sturdy that it gets

It requires some disassembly before you assemble it, as the Ram was installed upside down - making the use of the die not possible. Even the instructions for the assembly show this in the incorrect placement.

Très stable, je l'utilise pour marquer à l'aide de pochoir et j'en suis très satisfait. Je ne pense pas voir la fin de cette presse.

For those of you who have complained about the red knob on the Arm handle loosening after a few minutes, I am here to alleviate your irritations …… lolI just received my Palmgren AP10 this week and I too became a member of the “RED Knob Irritation CLUB” so what I did was quite simple in order to eliminate this irritation, if you follow the steps that I took, I am confident that you may also become an ex-member of the RED Knob irritation CLUB”1. I cut a small piece approx. 1 “ of an old rubber vacuum belt with a thickness of 2mm or 0.079th of an inch for those of you who are metric challenged.2. I then went to verify the dimensions of the screw on the little red knob “which was roughly 2mm” and then went to find a 2mm circle punch to cut-out a 2mm rubber circle.3. I then took the tip of my Awl and started to rough-up the bottom of the RED knob screw in order for the cement that will be use to have a better surface area to adhere to.4. Next, I roughed up the punched out little rubber circle for the same reason, to have cement adhesion. Note: you would find it much easier if you first roughed up the piece of rubber BEFORE you punched out a 2mm circle.5. I then used rubbing alcohol on both the RED Knob’s screw end and the punched out piece of rubber before I added a drop of Barges cement on both pieces and let them dry for 5 minutes before I attached the punched out rubber circle to the end of the RED Knob's Screw. Note: you probably can use any type of contact cement to adhere these two items together......******** NOTE 2 ***** I also used rubbing alcohol to completely clean the Arm handle that the rubber tip would contact.6. Finally, I waited for roughly 30 minutes to allow the rubber and the RED Knob to dry a bit before I screwed in the RED Knob into the Palmgren press, My intent was to place a LITTLE more pressure on the rubber and RED Knob in order to cure over-night. Note: I made sure that the Arm handle was in a complete vertical position to eliminate any possibility of movement.The next day (today) I tested the RED Knob to verify if my hypothesis of putting a rubber cap at the end of a metal screw would function as intended, and I am happy to say, so far so good !Also note: after the rubber cap was incorporated, it was no longer necessary to put a lot of force on the RED Knob to hold the Arm handle in place, a mild amount of force is all that is required.For those of you who try this procedure, let us know how it went by leaving comments.

I'm not a machinist and bought as a cheaper alternative than the Tandy leather press at $400. I used it to stamp a highly intricate logo on leather and it worked great.