Coal Iron Works 12-ton Forging Press Unboxing and first Smash, We Bought a Forging Press! Demo!!!

Coal Iron Works 12-ton Forging Press Unboxing and first Smash, We Bought a Forging Press!

Hello all and welcome back to Empty Pockets Ironworks. Sorry for the delayed and late upload we were at a show out of town this weekend and I wasn't able to do any recording, Also My New Forging press Came in super early so I had to get it prepped and ready to make its debut!
This has been a long time coming, as many of you on my channel know I have Arthritis/Carpal tunnel and a few other ailments due to broken bone injuries from being young and dumb. This causes great distress in my joints and hands, I love forging and working so much I have looked for a way to help assist with some of the more laborious tasks in the shop.
Introducing the Coal Ironworks 12 Ton 110 V Forging press! This bad boy eats steel with ease, is fast and is going to be a wonderful addition to the blacksmith shop!
If you are in the market for a press I highly recommend them, I have followed and admired them for a couple of years now, we opted for the smallest press because honestly it will do all i need it to for now and more.
I demonstrate in the video after its hooked up and operational how this 12 ton smash machine can pinch a 3/4" square bar like its honestly nothing, Even with flatting dies it still moved the metal with ease, this is going to open up so many more options for us in my shop and for the business as a whole.
I know this is not the traditional upload from us but I was super excited to get this thing going and work some material.
This machine set us back just over $3,100.00 delivered to the door, but be wary it is heavy I think one box was 150# and the other close to the same amount. I utilized a galvanized weld table that My great grandfather had built back in the 1950's, I modified the height of the legs and added some beefy casters to accommodate the machine weight. As I work with the machine more and create new dies I am sure I will no doubt modify the table more to accommodate tools and dies as needed and to make easily accessible.
SO Enjoy the unboxing, check out Coal Ironworks and please remember to smash the like button, Tick the notification bell so you can be notified of new weekly content and please share, I upload weekly and my video contributions on YouTube I hope inspire folks to make things.
To my regulars and new subs thank you guys so much we are so close to 2000 subs! I think I will do another give away at 2000.

Take care and forge on!
Chris Hasty
Empty Pockets Ironworks

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