Wood Press, how to make?

[Chipe]

Recently, in the last few months, I saw an article about how to make a "shop made" wood press, using plywood, threaded rod and either a press screw or bottle jack. The press was used for putting boards together for turing.

Now, of course, I can't find it.

Did anyone else read/see this article? If so, where is it???

 

[Joe Greiner]

"Recent article" doesn't ring a bell, but there's an illustration of such a press in "Woodturning with Ray Allen" by Dale Nish. And Malcolm Tibbetts' "The Art of Segmented Wood Turning" illustrates use of a pipe clamp against the ceiling.

A Q&D expedient could be to use a garage floor, a small sheet of plywood or MDF, a bottle jack, and a car or truck above. Try to keep the line of action as close as possible to the center of the glue surfaces.

 

[MichaelMouse]

Back when I learned, we used hand screws, which was a colossal PITA trying to keep them parallel.

If I were doing it now, I'd do Bessey K's or similar.

How about a cider press? Or one made with bench vise screws?

 

[KurtB]

Wood Press

You may have better luck if you search for 'veneer press'. My search turned up this: http://www.aawforum.org/vbforum/showthread.php?t=1077&highlight=veneer+press, and post #8 shows a drawing, although the entire thread may be of some interes.

 

[Chipe]

Wow, cider press and veneer press turned up a LOT of stuff! Thanks everyone.