I am just getting started in making cheese, gathering all the equipment and ingredients.
I decided to start with a simple press that I just add weights to the top.
This is made out of 3 bamboo cutting broads.
(http://www.interiorhobbies.com/mmIH/Images/smoker/press.jpg)
(http://www.interiorhobbies.com/mmIH/Images/smoker/press2.jpg)
(http://www.interiorhobbies.com/mmIH/Images/smoker/press3.jpg)
(http://www.interiorhobbies.com/mmIH/Images/smoker/press4.jpg)
Good work Mike. What are you going to use as weights?
Mike,
Simple & inexpensive. I like it!
Fred
Thanks
I still looking for a used set of weights, I am sure I can find someone selling a set they dont use any more.
Very nice!
Mike that looks great and I can assure you that it is very serviceable. I used one very much like that one when I started. Congratulations.
FYI, Play It Again sports equipment stores sell free weights for 60 cents a pound. I bought 50 pounds which has been plenty of weight so far.
That having been said, I'm aiming for a Dutch style press, as I don't seem to have the best coordination at stacking weights, and I have to keep an eagle eye on my little press, in the same style as yours, to make sure that the weights don't get off center.
Quote from: Soozletew on December 15, 2010, 03:00:04 PM
FYI, Play It Again sports equipment stores sell free weights for 60 cents a pound. I bought 50 pounds which has been plenty of weight so far.
That having been said, I'm aiming for a Dutch style press, as I don't seem to have the best coordination at stacking weights, and I have to keep an eagle eye on my little press, in the same style as yours, to make sure that the weights don't get off center.
Duct tape.
I was thinkking of adding a dowel to the middle of the top board, which I will add the weights too.
The dowel should keep them centered.
We have a Play it again sport here I will check them, I found some at Canadian Tire but they want about $1.00
per pound.
QuoteThe dowel should keep them centered.
Sound good. Get a dowel the size of the hole in the weights so they stay well centered.
Fred
Dowel in the middle= brilliant! I'll get my carpenter guy right on it.
Play it again, rusty weights (I painted) 30 cents a pound
While this may not work with the dowel in the middle, but one of the members on this forum has used one of those garden stepping stones that they sell at Home Depot as a weight. Home Depot lists the concrete ones to be about 23 pounds. And they are very very inexpensive ($1.07). Here's what they look like:
Paver Stepping Stones (http://www.homedepot.com/Outdoors-Garden-Center-Landscaping-Supplies-Pavers-Step-Stones/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1xg1Zard2/h_d2/Navigation?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053)
Very beautiful! Where did you purchase the drip pan from?
Where did you get your bamboo cutting boards? I made a similar press a couple of years ago from red oak slabs, but would like something a little more tidy looking.
I advertised on Craigslist and got about 200 lbs of weights for $10.
I purchased the drip pan from Cheesemaking,com alittle expensive but it is stainless
and the perfect size and shape. I found London Drugs had a sale on the cutting boards
they were $9 each, I purchased an extra one to dry the cheese on,