harlan, welcome to the forum, sounds and looks great, and environmentally friendly/sustainable development, poster is nice too, adds to the antique/artisan look!
I never knew standard kitchin fridge has springs like that to help close door.
If you want, you could put a bathroom scale beneath your starsan whey collection bucket to get a more accurate estimate of the pressing weight/pressure.
When I was a kid and my Dad was doing some construction job, we would sometimes go to the dump to drop off construction garbage, us boys used to search all over for old prams and steal the wheels off for making street go-carts to ride down hills in North Vancouver
, happy memories (except for the dump smell on a hot day
).