small, primitive Press with cutting and bending capability

[Noel.C]

Right ok, thanks John. I see what your saying, if I maybe redesigned the
cutting die so that it cuts, punches the holes and bends the shape at
the same time. Good plan. Fly presses look awfully expensive, well outside
my budget, I was hoping to accomplish all this by banging on a mild steel
plate to create the force necessary for the cutting and punching etc.

I am a chainmail armour crafter. I like to keep it simple and bang on
things with a hammer to get a result.

I was not sure if I could generate enough force to cut out the shape
and do the punches at the same time, which is why I seperated them
into individual processes.

[Noel.C]

So when I say primitive, I really mean it. Think of me, in a dirty garage, with
a dirty old mallet and a dirty old anvil banging away like a caveman.

This press needs to be stupidly simple that even a headcase like me could use it :D