Abstract: A press 14 used to impart shape to a workpiece through a tool actuator assembly 62, 63, 64. The press 10 has a crown 16 and a bed 17 between which the workpiece is located. Columns 57, 58, 59, 60 extend between the crown 16 and the bed 17. Each tool actuator assembly 62, 63, 64 is attached to a side of the press and is adjustably mounted between a pair of adjacent press columns.

Abstract: A die assembly (10) for shaping a workpiece (12). The die assembly (10) includes a die shoe (22) within which a channel (24) is provided. A hollow die head (32) may move within the channel. One or more passages are disposed within the die head (32). Within each passage is a locking member (46) which is seatable within a groove (52) defined within a head portion (50) of a shaft (48) which transmits a shaping force to the workpiece (12) or a driven or shaping force within the die assembly (10), thereby allowing the shaft (48) to rotate axially. The die assembly (10) permits the die head (32) and shaft (48) to move in unison during the initial stages of retraction. During later stages of retraction, the die head (32) becomes unlocked from the shaft ( 48).

Abstract: A lightweight ecologically oriented shell-like device comprising, with a strap, portably useable tree climbing steps in which the application of stresses in climbing seat the steps firmly and without digging into or displacing the bark and wood of trees and similar vertical cylindrical structures. These devices are useful for hunters, for woodsmen, for utility pole climbing, and the like.