Hi Lons, I took that 4 way piece away from the anvil section drilled though the side twice fitted a solid aluminium piece in the anvil part drilled two holes through the new holes and bolted the aluminium in place. My one was out of square so i removed and reversed the arm which made it square, I was unhappy with the cross arm it was sloppy so I inserted a brass sleeve bearing to fix that. Using thin sheet corian glued a fitting shaped piece to the down press part and also on the anvil aluminium piece to protect the pressed ends of the kit.
In my one the adjustment screws in the front of the vertical arm were dummy ones cast in to look right so I faced them off, drilled and tapped two holes front and side fitting suitable screws and locknuts to make the action smooth and right IMHO.
I see yours has these screws they are used to firm up the moving parts.
Okay much ado and very anal however I end up almost remaking some stuff I buy just because I feel much better when I use them.
Try to get the maximum distance you can in modifying the anvil to vertical clearances you need it with this sized press.
Later on I picked up an aluminium vice made in Switzerland I use for longer throw movement called a Zylis if you look in my past posts you will find a pic of that most handy vice there. I use that for loger movement needs.
The bearing presses are quite basic but around here sell for around a hundred of our pesos (sorry dollars ) the press is sold these days made in Where else China and sold at shows only for heaps of money but over here turn up at garage sales etc quite cheap because they were sold well but the buyers never bothered after that.
Trust my guide to my best use does not confuse however all you need is something for a base anvil to receive the part as you press the top, tip, winding mechanism with protection between the metal pressing parts I chose thin Corian it used to come in dynamite priced 8 ft by 4 ft sheets but any firm that sells Corian should have heaps of scraps.
Mostly I dont go into so much detail over the years people find it boring for me its easier to do than say.
Have fun making
or fixing I do.
Kind regards Peter.