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Moving on to the rest of the build, one of the first bits to hold me up was the hydraulic
line from the pump assembly up to the ram. It was a very heavy wall steel tube, already
bent to fit the press and pump, but had an oddball metric compression fitting. The previous
owner had misplaced the upper elbow fitting on the ram, and this was either old enough or
obscure enough I couldn't locate a replacement. Fortunately, although the tubing was 16mm,
a 5/8" Swagelok would probably fit, so I very gently grooved the old compression ring,
making darn sure not to cut the tubing, and cracked it off with a cold chisel.





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