Thread: Name That Thing (Is It Food-Related?)

Do you recognize it?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/250903603466

On 10/7/2011 10:35 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
> Do you recognize it?
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/250903603466

It definitely looks like a press of some sort to me, perhaps for cheese
that's been wrapped in cloth (?).

Sky

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Mark wrote:

> Do you recognize it?
>
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/250903603466

Looks like a device for wringing water out of wet laundry.

Bob

On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:35:41 -0800, Mark Thorson <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Do you recognize it?
>
>http://www.ebay.com/itm/250903603466

With all the surface area and acute corners I doubt it's food related
and it doesn't look old at all... looks like some sort of press for
gluing paper/leather.

On Oct 8, 12:02*pm, Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:
> On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 19:35:41 -0800, Mark Thorson <nos...@sonic.net>
> wrote:
>
> >Do you recognize it?
>
> >http://www.ebay.com/itm/250903603466
>
> With all the surface area and acute corners I doubt it's food related
> and it doesn't look old at all... looks like some sort of press for
> gluing paper/leather.

There are not many new gadgets with wooden screws (although the tools
to make them are still available). It's obviously a press, and the
spaced rods make it seem that it's for pressing out water. If the
bottom were solid, I'd say it might be a bookbinding press. Maybe it's
for paper making, used with a screen laid across the dowels.

Jerry
--
Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get.

On Oct 8, 12:50*am, Sky <skyho...@NOsbcglobal.SnPeAtM> wrote:
> On 10/7/2011 10:35 PM, Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> > Do you recognize it?
>
> >http://www.ebay.com/itm/250903603466
>
> It definitely looks like a press of some sort to me, perhaps for cheese
> that's been wrapped in cloth (?).
>
> Sky


It's definitely for squeezing liquid out of something fairly large.
You can't really glue something together with wooden rollers on one
side, unless you are fond of the washboard effect. A cheese press
might be it.

On 10/8/2011 4:04 AM, Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Mark wrote:
>
>> Do you recognize it?
>>
>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/250903603466
>
> Looks like a device for wringing water out of wet laundry.

I thought it looked like a fun chair.