I've wanted a louver press for a long time now. Unfortunately the price of the dies is way out of reach for me to just to have around. I built a press break a few years back, so I have the squishing means to do it. Just needed to figure out a cheap way of making dies. To the scrap pile for an old leaf spring, a left over piece of boiler plate steel I cut for a customer years ago. warm up the CNC plasma cutter, milling machine, welders, grinders etc. It still needs a few adjustments, but I pretty darn happy with the results. This is 18 gauge mild steel.
I ended up going the other route... I bought dies, but my press is defiantly not impressive at all and is only good for making burger patties... looks like you have it made and wide enough to make multiple rows or at least wider material.
If you're looking for inexpensive dies I bought mine from princess auto a few years ago ... 3 or 4 for around $500. Never used them ,but I have them!
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I ended up going the other route... I bought dies, but my press is defiantly not impressive at all and is only good for making burger patties... looks like you have it made and wide enough to make multiple rows or at least wider material. If you're looking for inexpensive dies I bought mine from princess auto a few years ago ... 3 or 4 for around $500. Never used them ,but I have them!
Princess auto had them on clearance a couple of years ago and I bought a set. Only to find the other piece you need (the holding assembly) was no longer available. I returned them, I didn't have mill to try and make any.
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