I made a comment earlier on inexpensive presses. Here’s my 12T unit, bought on sale a few years ago (Princess Auto?) for about $60. In the flyer, it looked like a full size model, but when I got there, it’s actually about 52” tall and 20” wide. A bit too tall to sit on a bench (and takes up too much space), but was too low to work with, on the floor. I saw this mounting solution in another shop:
Welded on a pair of heavy duty gate hinges, then screwed the male portion into my shop wall (second photo). Fortunately, I’m in a post and beam barn, so there is a 6 X 6” post in there! It swings out for longer parts, when required, but hangs up off the floor, tight to the wall when not in use (99.9% of the time). Once you have one, so many jobs get easier!
P.S. if you look closely, you’ll see I drilled and pinned the hinges, so the press can’t “jump” off the hinges when I’m really abusing it.......
