Abstract: A fabricating apparatus especially designed to perform work operations in areas where access is limited. The apparatus includes a frame defining an anvil and a straight guide bore, a first fabricating tool mounted on the anvil proximate the guide bore, a power cylinder mounted on the frame, and a link defining first and second ends and pivotally mounted at the first end thereof on the frame. A piston assembly is mounted in the power cylinder and includes a piston rod having a free end pressing against the link at a location between the first and second ends of the link. A carrier is mounted for linear movement on the frame and includes a main body portion and a guide rod portion slidably received in the frame guide bore. A second fabricating tool is mounted on a first face of the carrier in confronting relation to the first fabricating tool and a roller is mounted on the second end of the link and rollably engages a second face of the carrier opposite from the first carrier face.

Abstract: A clinching tool including a punch and a die. The die includes a sleeve, a riser, an elastomeric member, and a plurality of fingers. The riser is positioned within the sleeve and includes an upper reduced diameter anvil portion projecting upwardly through the open upper end of the sleeve. The spring fingers are positioned circumferentially around the anvil and are positioned at their lower ends within the sleeve against the outer periphery of the annular member which is positioned around the anvil beneath the upper anvil surface of the anvil portion of the riser.

Abstract: An adjustable stop assembly for use with a drill press including a ratchet bar adapted to be vertically positioned between spaced ears on the housing of the press and adapted to pass through an annular quill stop carried by the quill of the press so that the quill stop moves up and down the ratchet bar in response to vertical movement of the quill. A slide assembly is positioned on the ratchet bar and includes a slide, a ratchet dog, a stop nut, and a lock nut. The slide includes a lower annular base portion, an upper externally threaded barrel portion, and a central bore slidably passing the ratchet bar. The ratchet dog comprises a spring biased plunger mounted in the slide base portion and having an inner tip for ratcheting engagement with the ratchet bar. The stop nut and the lock nut are threaded onto the externally threaded barrel portion of the slide.

Abstract: An adjustable stop assembly for use with a drill press including a ratchet bar adapted to be vertically positioned between spaced ears on the housing of the press and adapted to pass through an annular quill stop carried by the quill of the press so that the quill stop moves up and down the ratchet bar in response to vertical movement of the quill. A slide assembly is positioned on the ratchet bar and includes a slide, a ratchet dog, a stop nut, and a lock nut. The slide includes a lower annular base portion, an upper externally threaded barrel portion, and a central bore slidably passing the ratchet bar. The ratchet dog comprises a spring biased plunger mounted in the slide base portion and having an inner tip for ratcheting engagement with the ratchet bar. The stop nut and the lock nut are threaded onto the externally threaded barrel portion of the slide.