yeah, but if you can get or make one for cheap and have room in the garage
then it's worth getting. Why? It's like a welder- you don't know how you
ever lived without it once you have one. do you know how easy it is to
remove a broken axe handle from an axe head with a shop press? Yes, you
do need heavy wall pipes of teh right diameter (sockets work too...) and
chunks of aluminum or brass and steel too...

also, if you keep it clean, it can double as an apple cider press.
http://sun7.bham.ac.uk/GraftonG/cider/press3.htm

matthew, w/ a laser guided Bridgeport 5 axis mill and cnc at his disposal
:-) If i can figure out how to use it...

Matthew Pollard          "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry        So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356