challenge09 Tortilla Press

Hey this is really cool. Love it. What a great idea! I’ll take 3 dozen tortillas, YUM!!!

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Great idea for a project Joey and good execution too. I love that dovetail. Is that handcut? Does that cam like shape work to create a mechanical advantage while pressing? If so, how did you design it so it would work? I’m no mechanical engineer so those things baffle me.

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-- Jim

Mmm, fresh tortillas!

-- Scott - Katy, Texas

Okay… I’ve no idea how that works. Could you post a few pics in working mode?

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Great press! Looks really sturdy. The dovetailed upright is a great idea.

Kerux: Here’s a video my son made showing how to use a tortilla press:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cZjV3gdQ4Y

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Outputter yes I hand cut the dovetail and the slot for the handle I also hand planed everything. the only power tools I used was a drill and a bandsaw. Everything is glued there are no nails or screws except in the hinges. I just guessed at the cam hoping it would make contact at point where the dough stopped the top board and then give me leverage to the bottom. It all seemed to work great I made some tortillas just to try it out, beats the rolling pin like I use to do them.

Kerux I will try to post some pics in working mode or check out Stevinmarin video on youtube.

This was a fun project that let me use up some small scraps of maple and cherry I have been hanging on to for a while. I made also me some marking and panel gages out of some of this same scrap and a scraper plane. now I am working a set of trammel points, but since I had to buy the brass that was used in them they didn’t qualify for this contest.

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This looks real handy and sturdy, but I would be afraid to have one. My wife might use it to squeeze my fingers in it when I’ve been bad. Looking forward to seeing it in use.

-- Mike, American in Norway

very cool….

NIce joinery

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good job, hi Praise indeed.

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I also make my own tortillas. Anything that would make rolling them out quicker would be fantastic. Quite cool. Might just copy your idea, if you don’t mind.

Feel free to copy it, I got the idea from a friend in AZ who’s grandmother had a old one that her husband made. I think they are readably available in Mexico.

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Another nice project Joey!

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