I recently contacted a sales rep at trick-tools about dimple dies and what size press would be best for them. He was very helpful but he said dimpling is kind of a black art deal and couldn't recommend a exact size press for just dimpling as it depends on the end user and their end result goals. He said he could tell me what size press would PUNCH the same size hole in the same material and said in theory that would be more than enough to dimple. But in the end we settled that for dimpling up to 1/8" chromoly up to a 3" hole a 50-55 ton press would be best. Now like he said he doesn't know exactly but as I brought up to him the bigger the press the bigger the actual work are will be also which is something you have to keep in mind.
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