Customer Reviews for Arbor Press 0.5 Ton Work Height 3.5" Labor-saving Machinery Cast Iron PRO

Should have bought one earlier. Suits shop requirements, delivered promptly and well packaged.

The ram is kinda clunky. The tool hole is exactly 1/2 inch so my 2mt arbor shank wouldn't fit. Would have been nice to know ahead of time. Overall, its no work of art but it does its job as a leather tool press and for leather cutting dies

Arrived on time and is exactly what we were looking for. Happy with this purchase

Packaged &crated and arrived intact. That’s a big deal because I ordered another one from a different seller and it just never arrived intact. After three tries from UPS ground, I gave up and ordered this one. This was sent FedEx and arrived in 3 days. All and all it’s a nice unit. Like most lower cost cast iron Chinese / Indian tools, I did have to disassemble and reassemble it. Tuned it up a bit. But in all honesty it was pretty clean inside. Not as much sand left over from the sand casting process as I have seen in many Chinese tools. Tuned up the pawl/ gear contacting points. Drilled small recesses in the (pinion)arbor gear /spindle to accept the two set screws that are holding the locking collar on so that the set screws hold more securely. All in all I’m very happy. As part of the tuning up, I milled a Delrin pad to contact the ram’s two front adjusting ram screws. This allows me to adjust the ram so that it stays put once I am raising or lowering the ram. The DRAKE presses have a hand wheel screw which locks the pinion and therefore does the same thing as this Delrin pad. The two screws already there can do the same thing but the large contact area of the delrin really gives consistent pressure against the ram. I can set the ram to any position now and it doesn't fall down. The hand wheel easily moves the ram when needed. And the other reason I did this is I did not like the steel to steel contact of the screws alone. All and all, the castings are well made and the fit and finish is above average. My only real complaint is I feel that the bolts are a very poor fit. The holes tapped into the mill are an incredibly loose fit. I was almost going to drill and retap them a larger size. I even checked the holes with known good new metric bolts but the bolts are not the problem. The problem is they just tapped these threads too loose. Probably done on a mal-adjusted CNC thread mill. I decided to leave them alone. If they ever strip out, that’s when I’ll install

I have been looking at half ton arbor presses from different companies. My first choice was to go with the Harbor Freight arbor press but they were never stocked or available in my location. Looking at Amazon, I saw this one ton arbor press for less then what the half ton was being advertised for by the same manufacturer. When it arrived I noticed a hole worn through the box as seen in the photo. The UPS driver allowed me to open it in front of him to just validate nothing was damaged. I assembled the wheel and handle, inserted the knob for the draw handle, adjusted the tension for my preference and it is good to go. It does not ratchet as mentioned in the description. It did come with three setting arbors; one flat, one pointed and one round (dimple). From what I see it will work perfectly for installing frets on fretboards and around the house projects. I gave an overall three rating do to poor packaging and there are some minor flaws in the casting.

I bought mine directly from Vevor,, and paid $90 less than the price I see here. I got what I paid for, and what I expected.The press arrived in a wooden box with absolutely zero protection - no foam, no segregation of parts whatsoever! As the FedEx guy and I wrestled it off the truck I heard a lot of loose metal clanging and banging. When I opened the wooden crate I saw a whole lot of the guts of the tool random upon its bottom. The hand wheel associated with the ratcheting mechanism had 3 spokes. One was severed in 2 places, another in one.So why do I give this 4 stars?Because Vevor is working to make things right.Because, even though I am a super tools-guy, I don't need an Arbor press every day, and I factored that into my purchase.And because, initial flaws aside, when fixed this tool will definitely do all I need from it.By the way, if you think it is worth the extra $90 to get a better shipping container, do understand that it came from China to the US in the same wooden box, with no protection, that arrived at my home.

Arrived well boxed and not broken. The unit is large. Needed some adjustments on ram guides. It's has some movement in ram fully extended. It's not a Drake of course. For the semi pro home shop it's awesome.

Strong no fooling around press. Works for a variety of tasks like pressing in small metal parts and bearings, setting heavy grommets, and as a one off case sizing press for reloading.

It’s exactly what i was expecting. I would recommend it to anyone that needs a good quality arbor press. The delivery was super fast too.

Works well for the price. No complaints yet.