Abstract: A forging press in which adjustment of the tool positions relative to each other can be quickly and easily carried out, in spite of involving a low level of structural complication and expenditure, in particular by virtue of good accessibility, and especially with a low degree of susceptibility to trouble, with a support side which is stationary in the shaping procedure and which includes a die, an impact side which includes a carriage with a punch, the carriage being movable in the longitudinal direction in the shaping procedure, and a first setting device for setting the closing height spacing, wherein the first setting device is arranged on the support side of the forging press.