Attachments for press ram on HF 20 ton shop press.

I brace the coils on the pieces of 1/2" metal spacer braces that come with the press and then press the steel harness out from the copper coils. You scrap man, find a piece of metal that is small enough and use it between the ram and the coil harness. It is all made of layered pieces and is not solid anyway, the chances of a failure is remote as the layers of steel or the wires will separate and most likely result in a slow motion crush failure before a dangerous failure that would eject pieces at a bullistic rate of speed. I have done what you are doing and as yet have not experienced any close calls or points where I am worried about an ejection problem. Just be careful, man.