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Did you build that yourself?  It looks awesome!

Majoofi, the simplest way to take care of whey runoff is to set your hoop in a pot or pan with a flat bottom and set the whole thing in the press. My wife almost made me quit making cheese early on because of the whey running everywhere. Now it is no problem. I am not sure Pavel does this but it looks like he could. Just a thought.

Great looking cheese, congrats!

Farmer, I'm surprised again how you can see things and catch  the essence of the matter The mechanical advantage of the press is appr 5.5. And you are right i do use flat bottomed stainless steel tray to collect the whey draining off.
Karen, i'm not a man who can built a press. John is
Majoofi, i can't help you with the video just because i've got no camera.

Woow, what a cheese and what a press. I am officially impressed.

What is that M stands for on your hat. Master? Cheese Master? 

Gurkan, due to inconsistency of hard cheeses i make so far, M means cheeseMonster

Ah Pavel you look so cute in your cheese suit and hat and so proud of your cheese! Well done!

As for the slightly turned cheese I didn't even notice until someone mentioned it first and I had to look. Sometimes a wider piston foot will help it land more evenly. Very nice looking cheese, press and clothes!

Pavel,

Very nice.  Soon the M will mean minister of all things cheese.  In pondering the making of a large parm I have come to see the limits of my spring press.  I have been considering a design like yours.  I like that it is small and you could probably have a second arm to increase the mechanical advantage if needed.  Perhaps this summer if all goes well.  Let us know if you like the wood instead of metal or if it gives you problems over time.

Ben, I'd prefer metal construction. But wooden press is cheaper here to make. So much cheaper that it overweights all other reasons.
BTW i've already found at least one thing should be made different. It's much better to have to arms at both sides of the rod.