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How big a hydraulic press would I need?

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DerekTomes

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I'm wanting to press bowl shapes into 3mm mild steel. The bowls will be about 300mm x 600mm and about 150mm deep (thats 12" x 24" x 6" deep for the imperial sorts).

How do I calculate the size of hydraulic press to use?

It's only a short run (less than 100) would explosive forming be better?
 
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