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Wood Press, how to make?

Chipe

Chipe

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