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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 214400, member: 54&quot;]This is an air/hydraulic press, where an electric switch lets compressed air in turn create hudraulic pressure, which in turn pushes a steel ram downward with about 5000 lbs. force.&nbsp; There is a very busy-looking mechanism added in the &quot;bite&quot; portion of the press, so it could make exactly what Hurd needed made.&nbsp; The &quot;dies&quot; I&#039;ll call them, top and bottom, are unpainted steel and are marked, in part, &quot;snap shackle.&quot;&nbsp; A real snap shackle is used on sailboats and yachts, and I couldn&#039;t verify that Hurd ever made any, so maybe the term describes some part of a Hurd lock?&nbsp; Does &quot;snap shackle&quot; mean something in lockology?</p><p><br /></p><p>The press itself, not including the table it is on, is about 2&#039;x1&#039;x4&#039; and probably weighs 700 lbs.</p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_4680.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_4682.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_4683.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_4685.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_4688.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://springfieldarsenal.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_4690.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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