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Bruce Macmillan inspired me with his bulldoze bender. I decided to take apart my press which consisted of a 30 ton enerpac cylinder and pump. I have maybe $400 in this setup, the pump i got for $75 at a swap meet, and the cylinder i got from Larry for a few hundred, i purchased new hoses (10,000 psi, 20,000 psi breaking pressure). The first press was built for forging but it is too slow so i decided to convert one of my welding tables into a "hidden" bender. I wanted to still have use of the table top for fabricating, so i decided to put the cylinder underneath with a track for a pin block that will ride in a slot in the table, and a slot underneath. I used a chunk of tank armor for the block, it measured 8"x4"x3", and i slotted the ends on my vertical bandsaw to make keys for the slots. I had the block milled for a 1 1/2" pin hole. I have 1 1/2" 4140 pins that i wanted to use, so i borrowed a mag drill with an annular cutter and drilled a bunch of pin holes. I think this tool will be very handy, i can bend circles, and i have full use of my table, i just take out the pins! Thanks Bruce!