Real big clamp

That thing is friggin awesome!!! That chest looks uncomfortable:)

-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog

Cast Iron Envy. It’s an ugly thing.

The press? It is beautiful. What a great score, Loren!

And think of the weekend applications:

“You want a thinner tortilla? Here, hand it to me, I can do that…”

“That shirt looks a little wrinkled…”

“I don’t think my carry on is going to fit in the overhead, but wait….”

Kindly,

Lee

-- "...in his brain, which is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd with observation, the which he vents in mangled forms." --Shakespeare, "As You Like It"

That is so cool Loren! Congrats.

-- ~Tony

That would be a great bent wood lamination press. Save on clamps.

-- Dan I.G.N.

Yeah Dan. I’m thinking it could open up some possibilities. So
does vacuum bag clamping, but the bag cauls have to be shaped
carefully so as not to tear the bag, while with a mechanical
press I should be able to pound wedges in while the clamp is
engaged and things like. I’m excited about the prospects of
making laminated shapes without investing a lot of time in
making perfect forms to shape them with the vacuum method.

Loren that’s an amazing piece, any idea of the vintage ?
I forsee lots of great things being flattened !

-- Glen, Vernon B.C. Canada

Glen, we can get some idea of the vintage of the tool just by researching its function. It was used in times past to construct things we called, at the time,l “books”.

Kindly,

Lee

-- "...in his brain, which is as dry as the remainder biscuit after a voyage, he hath strange places cramm'd with observation, the which he vents in mangled forms." --Shakespeare, "As You Like It"

This style of cast iron press dates back to at least the
1880 if not before, but my guess is this clamp may be
as recently manufactured as the 1940s or 50s. It belonged
to the school district (there’s a sticker on it) and must have
been liquidated when they closed the last of the typesetting
and printing programs. It was brought to a book restorers
shop about 20 years ago.

If book presses interest you there is a website where several
styles are featured at:
http://www.binderytools.com/catalog/book-presses

Nice retrospective look Lee..Kindly has an “edge”..;-)
Loren, I’m in awe of that big boy, and the muscle power and A35 25 it must have taken along with the
heavy equipment to set him up !

-- Glen, Vernon B.C. Canada