Straight side prestressed housing press frames employ rigid construction for low deflection levels and eight-way adjustable gibs on self-lubricated ways for precise parallelism. This type of press is used for more demanding applications such as punching, blanking, trimming, piercing, perforating and multistation dies. Illustrated is a high speed, punch bend, cut off and emboss press with automatic 34" x 4" bar feeder for trailer hitch manufacturing.