Mystery little press

Heck of a nut cracker.

(I dunno.)

--Winston

Get some cheese cloth and make a one apple at a time cider press.

Karl

Those woul dhave to be very small apples, the size of walnuts :)

Is the foot on the screw machined to fit the bottom, or is it just a flat surface?

Paul

It is machined to be the OPPOSITE of the bottom.

Send the pix to the "what is it?" guy. ;-)

Cheers! Rich

I think a nutcracker is correct, probably built by somebody like us. Try it out and let us know.

Pete Keillor

Interesting! sure would no do much for a production line use.

Try putting a piece of thin aluminum sheet in the press and see what you get. Don't screw down too tight unless you know there is enough clearance in the die.

Paul

I'd guess it was for embossing a corporate or government seal on documents. It's lacking the die.

Watch case press?

It's just a screw version of an arbor press. JR Dweller in the cellar

Ignoramus26236 wrote:

It is indeed a nut cracker. I remember seeing the plans in an old copy of Home Shop Machinist or a similar magazine

WayneJ

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:36:24 -0500, the infamous Ignoramus26236 scrawled the following:

It's a wine press for a VEEEEEEERY small vineyard, Ig.

-- The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. --Mark Russell

On Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:46:16 -0500, the infamous Ignoramus26236 scrawled the following:

Bottlecap-maker?

-- The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. --Mark Russell

nov/dec 2004 hsm by Rudy Kouhoupt

--Winston

Sorry to disagree, but I am quite positive that the thing Iggy shows is NOT the nutcracker - for one, an elderly friend of mine has one lying around, and it's been lying around since long before 2004 - this item has some other application and whatever it is, no one has identified it yet - if I had to guess, I'd say it's for pressing bearings into something, possibly a U joint, but I'm not sure either

(...)

I spoke too soon!

Can you post a picture of your friends item?

--Winston

Bill, the guy who sold me a box with stuff, including this press (for $3), said it had something to do with bearings, but he did not look certain.

I could get a picture this weekend, but really, there is no reason - the item is EXACTLY the item Iggy pictured - exactly - the only difference is that it hasn't been cleaned up. It is definately a production item, not an HSM item