Took the cylinders to Dalhart Bearing to have the internals ordered. Waiting on their call. The good news is that the cast iron rings are about $18 each as are the gland seals IIRC. Should come in under $200 if I am lucky. Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping that it all works when I put it back together.
Learned that thickness of what one bends determines the width of the die. This does not account for the hydraulics.
material_thickness X 8 = die_width
The die on this machine is between 3/4 and 1" depending on how you measure it.
So it should easily handle material between 3/32" and 1/8" or 11 ga and 13 ga. This is way more then I should need bending sheet metal. Maybe even bend up some light frames.
The side ram has a lower die of 1 3/4" or 7/4" which results in a material thickness of 7/32. The 5/16" in the video was a bit of a stretch in more than one way. Pun intended.
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