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This press is to keep the segment pieces flat after I glue them together. They would slip and slide a bit as I put pressure to my stainless steel hose clamp and now they cannot! I made this big enough to make up to a 24” circle. The only thing wood is the piece that sits on the steel cross brace. I decided to go with steel because the first press that I made of wood kept bowing under pressure and was smaller and I could only go up to 13”. This was made from scrap pieces that a welding shop, where I used to work, had and they let me have it. They were nice enough to cut it to size and punch holes where I indicated and weld the cross pieces. I painted it with red oxide primer to prevent rust and will leave it that way.
I drew circles in 1” increments on the base with center and diagonal marks to make it easy to place the rings on center. I put a sheet of plastic down before I put the glued up segment ring on it and another sheet of plastic on top of it before placing a few plywood blanks on top and apply pressure. The plastic keeps everything apart while the glue dries. This could be made larger or smaller and I picked up the screw handle from Woodcraft.
Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
-- Erwin, Jacksonville, FL
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Dan'um Style
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#1 posted 419 days ago
Very nice. Have fun using it BUD.
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sedcokid
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#2 posted 419 days ago
Now this is a great look’in jig.
Thanks for sharing!!
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#3 posted 419 days ago
Nice job Erwin!
I bet you use the heck out of that thing !
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#4 posted 418 days ago
wow, that is a huge press. when you aren’t making segments, you can press cheese & apple cider!!! :-) :-) LOL
I’ve never used one of these. I just whack offending pieces flat with a mallet..seems a tad easier…Have fun with this!!
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#5 posted 418 days ago
Pretty cool press you have made.
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Sheila Landry (scrollgirl)
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#6 posted 418 days ago
Awesome! :)
Sheila
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#7 posted 418 days ago
Great job Erwin. Can we make wine with that press :)
Sanity
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#8 posted 418 days ago
That looks very well designed and constructed, and should last a century or two! I have thought about trying some segmented turning but if I have to construct something like this it is going to have to wait. I don’t think I have room for a press of this size.
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#9 posted 418 days ago
Well built press. Bet it will be around for a long time
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#10 posted 417 days ago
Very im’press’ive Erwin.
Work Safe and have Fun. – Len
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#11 posted 417 days ago
Well, that shoulda oughta do the trick.
Nice…
Lee
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StumpyNubs
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#12 posted 387 days ago
You should enter this into our jig contest! Email photos along with your LJ name to jigcontest@runbox.com. You might win!
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#13 posted 376 days ago
Looks easy. If you know how to do it.
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