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Used in the jewelry industry for hundreds of years, where it is known as a screw press, the fly press is becoming an increasingly popular tool for the blacksmith. This machine allows the smith to accomplish many operations on cold steel that could formerly only be done "hot". Obviously, this is a great advantage in increasing speed and precision in your work. In "The Fly press", you will learn to evaluate used fly presses, what to look for in a new press, how to make tooling, and much more. John also demonstrates many common blacksmith operations on the fly press such as making tenons, veining, straightening stock, bending precise circles and hot stamping. All of these techniques are shown to you in the exceptional way that Love of Art Productions has come to be known for clearly, up close, and easily understood. John Crouchet says, "If you're working cold you may be making money!" What a novel idea!
This video was added to our catalog on February 17, 2006 in Metalworking::Blacksmithing.
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No matter what you call it- a fly press, screw press or blanking press- this video takes you through all the steps. From the clear bright pictures in a well light shop, to the descriptions that are clean and to the point, this video was really nice to watch. The video's only drawbacks are minor: it is too short and you only catch a couple of fast flashes of some interesting looking tools that he should have showed off at the end of the video to fill up a full hour. I give it 3 thumbs up and 4 stars.
This video is alright as its the only game in town as far as fly press videos go ( that I am aware of at least) he shows a couple of basic operations, basic tooling etc. almost no time is spent dealing with the issue of lead screw pitch( distance of ram travel per revolution of flywheel/swing arm), there is very little to no mention of machine tonage or capacity, also there is no punching or swaging demo. I did like his torch spot heating system aka the "dragon".
