I cleaned up the press pieces after the glue up, and slathered them with a mix of linseed oil, mineral spirits and poly. I just wanted to bring out the color in the wood a little, and add some tiny bit of protection.
This morning before work I installed the screw jacks. Not much to report on that — I had to file a couple of notches into the hole for the ribs on the metal bosses, drive them in and run a couple of screws in to secure them. I guess I need to do some marquetry now, I’m rapidly running out of tool-based excuses. I’m so screwed…(pun intended)
File notches for the alignment ribs in the screw jack bosses
Drive in the boss and secure it with a couple of screws
Finished press, ready to go to work.
Yep, no more excuses 🙂 Looking forward to seeing what designs come next and how well the donkey does. Guess it is time to press into action…
C
Like Chris said no more excuses now. Get to crackin.
These look great Joe. All poised and ready for action. Hey, if all else fails with a few slight modifications you could go into the hard cider business.
Greg