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I've got my new cheesepress finally!
After 1 lb wheels it's so good to make 10 lbs cheese!
The year of the cheese continues!

Great cheese Pavel, I mean it  . Would you like to show us your press?
I wish you successfull ageing.
BTW - Nice uniform you wear.

it's looks slightly wider at one end. Did you use a bucket as a mold?

Great job! That is my kind of cheese. How will you age it? I still love the hat .

Alex,
it's Dutch type press. I'll take pictures and post them.
Majoofi,
yes you are right one end is wider. But i used cylinder shape mold from Cheesemaking.com. When i took the wheel out of press i left it for 24 hrs unturned and you can see how it turned out. May be i didn't press it enough, or i left it for too long unturned?
John,
it's my lucky cheesehat . Today i get only fridge with water jar in it to age cheeses. But the good news is i get separate fridge for aging cheeses now

Very nice 10lb wheel even if it flumped on you a little.  I love the uniform too

Absolultly beautiful, Pavel!  Congratulations!!

Moving on up in the world, Pavel!  Looking good!

Maybe the cheese will even out with turning it a couple of times a day.  If not, it will taste great anyway, I'm sure.

I'd love to see your press and your fridge, too.  And I also love the hat and uniform.

I have had several of my cheeses slump like that when they are drying. That is one of the challenges of having a taller cheese; you really have to be diligent to flip them.

As i promised here is the pic of my press

That's a press? That's a pressing factory, a double one, great!!! "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for cheese-making"
Wish you many successfull pressings.

Alex, though my name isn't Armstrong, i do feel my cheesemaking leaps
Wish it successfull landing

Nice press. I love the double action. It appears to have a mechanical advantage of 4 - 5.

Wow!! That is a fantastic press

Pretty cool. I'm looking at it trying to design a fold-away version.
What happens to the whey runoff? does it run all over? Does it warp the wood?

I'd love to see a video of you setting it up.