Gentle Galoots,
I mostly look for pictures on CL Garage/Estate sale listings, though a
description of 'garage/basement full of tools' will always pierce the haze
of baby clothes and exercise gear.  The picture on this sale in what is
absolutely the WORST part of Berkeley for parking piqued my interest enough
to circle the block 3 times. The size so it was a guess. Seller is a metal
worker, progressively working smaller down to jewelry now, in a tiny garage
shop full of ring rollers and open throated shears.

dragged out from under the bench, he bought it years ago, and promptly
built an all thread and bottle jack press.
I grabbed it for a Jackson, got into a nice convo with a kid who's done a
little blacksmithiing with a local DIY youth camp and it ready, according
to his mom, to move up to the industrial arts co op in Oakland.

Anyway, dragged the press, I'm assuming its a press, home, chain hoisted it
up to a convenient height, mostly just to play with a new chain hoist.
loosened up the stops and spun it.

Spins easily, the ram moved an inch and a quarter and reciprocates as long
as you spin the wheel.  the tool holder will take 5/8 round so I'll
probably pick up some drill rod and make some tooling.  With such a limited
throw, I doubt I can use this for more than pressing in the tab on bottle
openers but its a neat piece of cast iron.
Not a mark on it, and I can't think of a group better suited to ID'ing this
contraption. Multiple searches have not turned up anything, but I'm
probably using the wrong term.

Thanks in advance for any insight

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10735775@N.../49050268003/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/10735775@N.../49050773551/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/10735775@N.../49050787696/
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Michael