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Due to a certain car repair I needed to make, I had to buy a hydraulic press. Here it is, standard setup with a bottle jack.

The jack has the lever that you need to use to raise and lower the press. The lever has to be moved from the pump to the release valve, back and forth as you raise and lower the press.

The previous owner had put a zip tie around one leg, so that it could hold the lever and he would have a place to put it. But I did not find that a convenient location.

I found I was just placing the lever on the top of the press. It was very convenient, but not very stable as the lever could just roll off.

So I took some measurements of the top of the press, fired up the old CAD program, and put together an STL file so I could 3D print something that would fit on the top of the press and prevent the lever from falling off.

And it works.

Here is the file in case you need it. STL file for a cap to cover the top of a typical garage hydraulic press

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