A bodymaker, the bodymaker being vertically oriented and including a housing assembly which includes a number of elongated ram paths, said ram paths extending generally vertically; wherein the bodymaker further comprises: a crankshaft, said crankshaft rotatably coupled to said housing assembly, said crankshaft including a number of pairs of crankpin journals; a motor, said motor operatively coupled to said crankshaft; a link assembly including a number of links; a number of ram assemblies each ram assembly including an elongated ram body, each said ram body structured to move over a ram path; and wherein a number of links from said link assembly extend between, and movably couple, each crankshaft crankpin journal to a ram body; wherein each said pair of crankpin journals include crankpin journals disposed on opposite sides of said crankshaft; and wherein said housing assembly includes a number of ram guides and slider channels, each said ram guide defining a generally vertical path of travel, each said slider channel defining a generally vertical path of travel; said link assembly includes a number of links coupled to form a linkage extending between said crankshaft and each said ram assembly, each said linkage including a connecting rod and a slider; said slider including a body with two lateral sides (246, 248), each said slider lateral side (246, 248) structured to be disposed in a slider channel; each said connecting rod including a first end and a second end, said connecting rod first end including a rotational coupling, said connecting rod second end including a rotational coupling; each said connecting rod body first end rotational coupling rotatably coupled to a crankpin journal; and each said connecting rod body second end rotational coupling rotatably coupled to a slider body. a crankshaft, said crankshaft rotatably coupled to said housing assembly, said crankshaft including a number of pairs of crankpin journals; a motor, said motor operatively coupled to said crankshaft; a link assembly including a number of links; a number of ram assemblies each ram assembly including an elongated ram body, each said ram body structured to move over a ram path; and wherein a number of links from said link assembly extend between, and movably couple, each crankshaft crankpin journal to a ram body; wherein each said pair of crankpin journals include crankpin journals disposed on opposite sides of said crankshaft; and wherein said housing assembly includes a number of ram guides and slider channels, each said ram guide defining a generally vertical path of travel, each said slider channel defining a generally vertical path of travel; said link assembly includes a number of links coupled to form a linkage extending between said crankshaft and each said ram assembly, each said linkage including a connecting rod and a slider; said slider including a body with two lateral sides (246, 248), each said slider lateral side (246, 248) structured to be disposed in a slider channel; each said connecting rod including a first end and a second end, said connecting rod first end including a rotational coupling, said connecting rod second end including a rotational coupling; each said connecting rod body first end rotational coupling rotatably coupled to a crankpin journal; and each said connecting rod body second end rotational coupling rotatably coupled to a slider body.