Bob, what distinguishes your design above so many others (certainly including my own!!) is the mark of superb engineering - not complexity, but elegant simplicity that just works. Thanks for making your plans available to all.
Andy, I love the design of your compound press and that it is so compact. My decision to go with the Sturdy Press is many fold. Although I can build a balanced, blueprinted and blown 800 hp LS engine, I don't have the proper tools for woodworking. The Sturdy Press is simple, effective, very affordable and available when I needed. If you should go into production of your design and a fair price, I would jump on it.
Thanks, John. Compared to the highly functional, elegant simplicity of Bob's design, my own design is awfully complex, especially in the original version. It is very effective, but not simple, and it is affordable only if you happen to 1) have materials on hand, and 2) like making things, and 3) count the time involved as fun rather than as work.
I did draw up a slightly simpler design, just using wood (dispensing with the acme screw mechanism) - Mal made one based on the plans I published, and gave at least one report on using it. Maybe when I retire, I'll work on further simplifying the design, and start offering it for sale ... but meanwhile, I suppose I'd better get back to work on my "real job."