New press for cheddar and cantel

[Ptucker]

I finally finished building a new press now I can make twice as much cheese

[H-K-J]

Wholly smokes, that aught-uh get the job done a cheese to you nice job!

[Tomer1]

Killer!   

Would love to see your design

[knipknup]

You forgot the "do not operate when drowsy" and pinch-point stickers.  Haha, very nice.

[Ptucker]

Tomer

Attached is the basic design I tossed together, let me know if anything is not clear and I will try to explain it better

[knipknup]

Is the reading on each gauge in the picture a direct translation to the applied pressure at each sqin of the steel plates and how do you calibrate it?

Does air cylinder pressure translate directly to the surface area pressure or should the cylinder pressure be divided by the surface area?

[Ptucker]

The pressure has been calculated based on a 3 inch cylinder bore with a force factor of 7, using a 7 1/4 push plate, the picture below shows the PSI vs Pounds. The pressure is controlled by pressure regulators. Photo 2 shows the pressure on the gauge and the lbs on a scale. Photo 3 shows the press doing it's job and pressing two 8 inch wheels of cheddar that were made today at a 120 psi. Photo 4 is two hours in the press where I removed the cheese cloth and put it back in the press for the rest of the night

[DeejayDebi]

Very nice should be able to handle 4 cheeses nicely!

[Boofer]

Nice knit. Clean rind.

-Boofer-

[JeffHamm]

Nice press.  Certainly produces the goods.  A cheese to you.

- Jeff

[Cheeseummgood]

Sweet press, I need one of those. I am still using buckets