[Cheese] Home Made Cheese Press

[Glenn Merchant]

I made my cheese press from two wood cutting boards, the bottom one has about 1/2 inch rim on it so it will hold liquid. I drilled 4 holes in both in each corner, glued four 1/2 inch dowl rods in the bottom board and left the top one free to slide up and down. I use a round six inch plastic insert with holes drilled in it from an ice bucket. I cut out rounds of 2x6 to put on top, so as the cheese is being compressed you just ad another round to keep the pressure on. I stack weights from a gym set (bar bells) on top of the top board. I can use weights from 1 lb. to 100 lbs to get the results I need. I also use a dish cloth on the bottom to wick the liquid into a bowl as it is squeezed out, works great and it was cheap to make. I then set the container with the compressed cheese into the ice bucket and refrigerate it for one day to set up. The following day it pushes out and the cheese cloth is removed, ready for the next batch. It does a great job. Glenn

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   1. Re: need pointers for DIY press (Albert Ortiz)


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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:42:42 -0400
From: "Albert Ortiz" <alhiem at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Cheese] need pointers for DIY press
To: "The Cheese Makers' Digest" <cheese at hbd.org>
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I was walking around a store once and found some small hard plastic trash
bins.  I bought 2, filed away the small ribs it had on the inside, drilled a
lot of small holes in one of them, and cleaned them really thorougly.  What
i figured was thatm if pvc is not food grade ans some people use it with
success, well two plastic well rounded tubs oughtta do the trick.  It aint
perfect, by a long shot, but it worked until me and my dad built a very nice
one from for fresh water pvc 8" in diamter tubing.  Just an idea.  One other
thing you can do is go to thrifty store and check out their range of
stoppered jars, some of them should have nice, wooden lids you can use as a
follower, is what i did use until the two trash bins came around.

Albert


On 9/11/06, Patrick Mann <patrickmann at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  I've been searching the web for instructions for a simple DIY cheese
> press. I found a few, but either I can't source all the parts or I don't
> have the woodworking skills/tools to build it. E.g. a really well-fitting
> follower that can withstand pressure and moisture is a problem.
> If you have made a press using *readily available* parts, please share -
> thanks!
>
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