So after searching long and hard for 3 years I finally landed a Uni-Hydro 42-14 sls ironworker. It doesn't look like it has much time on it. Best part is I got it for $1500! [cl
I'm fairly certain the guy had no idea what it was worth. Spent about an hour fixing a couple of minor issuses like the stroke adjustment rods were stuck. Swapped out the plug so it works with my shop and added some grease. My daughter got the honor of stepping on the pedal to shear some 1/4" plate to see how it's working. Then I started on making a punch station table.
In layman's terms it can shear, notch or punch holes in thick material. This model can punch a 1" hole through a piece of 1/2" plate steel in about 7 seconds. Imagine the time required to drill the same hole in the same material. There are other functions it can do like shearing angle iron, rod stock as well as punch odd shaped holes like squares, rectangles, hex shapes etc.