to pmax or not to pmax

[frank luten]

OK Anders

the danes,english , germans ,and not to forget the french all borrowed some dutch for themselves !

John(used to be Jan! ) de vertaling klopt best wel.

Marc The eckold shrink and stretch dies work great,but they are flat.
So you can only shrink at the edge of a panel.
The thumbnail dies let you form a radius .
I would go for an eckold if I had money.
I don't think there is anything you can do on a pullmax/nibbler /whatever ,you couldn't do on a eckold of the same size.
So, pullmaxes are cheap, I have some space and I'm going for a p1 i hope.


Frank

[anders nørgaard]

Originally Posted by frank luten

OK Anders

the danes,english , germans ,and not to forget the french all borrowed some dutch for themselves !

John(used to be Jan! ) de vertaling klopt best wel.

Marc The eckold shrink and stretch dies work great,but they are flat.
So you can only shrink at the edge of a panel.
The thumbnail dies let you form a radius .
I would go for an eckold if I had money.
I don't think there is anything you can do on a pullmax/nibbler /whatever ,you couldn't do on a eckold of the same size.
So, pullmaxes are cheap, I have some space and I'm going for a p1 i hope.



Frank

Yeah Frank,
I think you're right! We did have some "European Language Swap Meets" during time

[frank luten]

Hi Marc,

I know,but at 765+170 kgs it's to heavy for me.
The P1 should be about 400 kgs. I can just handle that.
Pity,the p5 seems to be a more versitile machine.

Groeten Frank

[Boogiemanz1]

I agree with al of that Marc.....................john

[frank luten]

Looked over the P1 today .
looked reasonable,but no extra tools and no guides.
Price was up to €300 and the seller wouldn't let me run it.
So I think I'll pass on it,pity it's the right size for me.

Frank

[Kerry Pinkerton]

Frank, that sounds pretty cheap, even without tooling. Does it have the upper and lower tool holders? Tooling is easy to make except for thumbnail dies and even them if you're patient.

Why wouldn't he let you run it? That would be my concern. The only reason I can think of is something is wrong with it. If he doesn't have the right power, you could get an agreement that you could return it within 10 days or something...

[docauto]

being that inexpensive, use the structure and make a louver press out of it!

Dave

[Morrisminor]

The other big advantage of a Pullmax/Trumpf/Nibbler etc is that they are available used at a decent or even low price. I'd say the chance of finding an used Eckold machine at a low price is close to zero (I'm sure someone here has done it).

Even down here in New Zealand I bought a Nibbler Medium on-line for a decent price and have used it for shearing (a lot) and made a couple of different beading and stepping dies so far. It certainly isn't the be-all and end-all for metalshaping but I find it a useable, extendable (by making new die sets), and affordable tool.

I'd love a Kraftformer in my shop but I don't think it is likely!

Regards, Trev.

[frank luten]

Went to look at another P1 last week. The guy let me run it,seemed ok but for bearing noise.



So now I´m the owner of a pullmax P1.

Anyone else have one?
The lower tool adjusting seems pretty primitive, any options?

As I cannot stand bearing noise and leaky seals in electric tools:






A visit to the SKF shop will fix it.

Prettige Pasen
Frank

[edwardd_]

Frank,

Nice looking. I know you will get a lot of responses regarding tooling etc.

Just remember, the Pullmax looks so lonely. It need a twin.:twisted: :twisted: :twisted: