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Title: smoker and presses
Post by: curd nerd on January 15, 2013, 03:06:34 AM

Photo 008 Smoke box door open to allow cooler smoking
Photo 011 Cheese presses

Title: Re: smoker and presses
Post by: mjr522 on January 15, 2013, 04:24:48 AM

Those are some serious looking presses...I'd hate to pinch my finger in one of them.  :o

Title: Re: smoker and presses
Post by: Hovard on January 16, 2013, 06:27:30 PM

Im finished press too  :)

(http://www.uaweapon.com/hov_files/g2.jpg)

Title: Re: smoker and presses
Post by: H-K-J on January 16, 2013, 06:30:34 PM

A handyman Jack??? holy crap now thats serious shtuff!!! :o

Title: Re: smoker and presses
Post by: curd nerd on January 16, 2013, 10:59:02 PM

dear HOVARD,,,,,,,,,,greetings,,,,,,,,,thankyou for press photo ,,,,,,,,do you hang weights as required on the handle ????

many regards ,,,,,brian

Title: Re: smoker and presses
Post by: Hovard on January 17, 2013, 05:29:55 AM

Guys.
At first I want to say, that I'm a newbie in cheeses ( since past year ). I read very many recipes before start making this press. I found very inconsistent information about pressure of cheeses. I take .XLS files, which found on this forum and convert all info, which I have, in PSI. In some recipes declared pressure around 40-50 PSI. Now I know that it's big mistake, but I doesn't know it before make press. So this press was created for around 800 kilograms on Jack ( 70 PSI ). I'm sure, that no one not need such press for cheese, but show it as construction of press only.