Hi Dave, my husband made me one and it works perfectly! We use a big 18 liter water jug and we weighed it as we put water in. We marked off 5 and 10 pound marks. It makes weight pressure very easy. Full jug is 45 pounds. I've made 3 Cheddars with this press and they look awesome. Thanks so much!

I am no craftsman but I watched the video and built my own press for about $12. It works very well. Thank you!

Ingenious! Thanks so much for sharing this process.

I made this. It really did cost about 10 bucks. It works. The contraption is awkward but once you get used to the instability of the thing, it is fine. Thanks for saving us so much money!

I love the way you talk!

Very simple and very smart, thank you!

Awesome....I'm on my way to Home Depot for the parts shortly. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for these instructions!! I am looking forward to making my own!

Awesome. I was looking at plans to build a dutch lever press but this is so much simpler and easier to build i'll do this instead. Thanks for the great tutorial!

top class thanks for all the additional info too!

I think you just saved me 200 bucks! I cant wait to make this press! Thank you!!!

Thanks for the tips....brilliant idea

Nice tutorial thanks 😊

Man i love innovation. That was awesome, a big thumbs up from down under mate.

This is actually a really elegant solution. I'm a welder-fabricator by trade which is kinda nice because I can always make the 'industrial' version of anything for my own personal use so yeah, I have one with the big cast iron handwheel and 5/8 leadscrew and welded square tube steel frame blah blah blah but I'm starting to realize that maybe I overdid it a bit. This is a great idea for a simple DIY press that basically anyone can make.

Thank you so much, I'm going to make one!

finally i'm getting around to makeing a cheesepress and makeing some cheese, useing your type.

That's awesome, thanks so much!

mcgyver thing on food processing. brilliant !!

Thank you so much for this.

That's an interesting idea. I'll have to run it by my husband. Thanks for the quick response and for the information.

THANK YOU! Had my husband watch so he can recreate it for me!

Great Video :) I'm gonna have to try it

Good job!

thanks for the idea, God bless.

Thanks for the inspirational video! This video got me thinking.. I am a machinist, and I am really interested in making cheese. I am thinking of ways that I can make a cheese press. I might machine some bar steel, and by using a scale machine them so I have precise weights! I will also machine a 6x2" bar steel, weld the bolts to it, and powder coat the steel to prevent rusting. All with using scrap steel from the shop!! Only thing I will have to buy is the Mold!

@melonirittinger Like 8 inchs long - basically, they were the longest bolts I could find at the hardware store - you could use threaded rod if you wanted.

wow good idea

Excellent

@TNGun

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you like it, it works well especially compared to buying a cheese press

very cool. i've been doing some research over the last couple days on making cheese, i really want to start doing it as a hobby, but the big expense was the cheese press. this is a good break though, so maybe i'll get started on this!

Bravo. Thanks.

Great video

I feel stupid now. I was considering one of the expensive cheese presses, never imagining that all I need is two boards and some rocks! I bet you a 2L cola bottle cut up would work as a mold, a plastic disk and soup can as a follower. Thanks so much for highlighting how simple this is.

Great idea, although maybe easier using wing nuts and noting down how many turns from base line is how much pressure. So you don't have to carefully mark on a thread, and its adjustable to different starting heights.

You could probably cut grooves in the wood around the cylinder so that when the whey leaks out they follow the grooves and down into a receptacle.

@dmwoodard01

5 жыл бұрын

Great idea, thank you.

U could use a kitchenscale to put in between the press than tighten the bolts to the desired pressure and make a mark on your bolts that way you know how much to tighten the bolts down to the right amount of pressure

TY!

A simple solution to those $200 + cheese presses. Thank you!

@bpschevy4 you have to have holes evenly spaced around the entire pipe

This is a great video. I want to start making my own cheese so this should be a good way to start. Do you have any suggestions for ripening the cheese? I don't have a cellar cool enough and don't have the room or the money for a refrigerator.

very kewl I will be making one of tese thanks 4 the 411 with the money I save I can buy other tings 4 prep

@annut123 Maybe, but the reason I use the weights are that different cheese recipes call for different weights at different times. With wingnuts I would not have the experience to tell how to calibrate the tightness to a weight. I have seen people use nuts with springs, but they are more technically adept than I am...

Great Idea!!! I just got a $250 cheese press in the mail today, and am deciding whether I should send it back. Sure it's prettier, stainless steel, but still...Anyway I like the idea of the long threaded rods instead of the carriage bolts, with wing nuts on the top end. That way the whole thing could be raised off the countertop surface and a sheet pan or something similar put underneath to catch the whey. And with the wing nuts I suppose you could also calibrate the thing and know how many turns places x amount of pressure. Also, if anyone is concerned about the cheese going directly on the wood, you can cover the bottom with foil, another small sheet pan, or anything else really. Thank you again. Very inventive.

@bondman20

9 жыл бұрын

***** Yeah, it was made in america so I guess I'll 'll keep it, but perhaps I'll make a second one in case I want to do two wheels at a time.

@bpschevy4 I bought the mold, but they are small - like 1/16 or less and a lot of them

I use a pie pan and bend it to form a spout.

@kmcantola I have read about people digging a small root cellar by putting a 50 gallon drum a couple feet under ground.

Thank u

Nice, thank you... What did you use for the follower?

I bought it in nashville at all seasons brewing and growing, but you can order them from ricki carroll

Great idea. What did you use as the follower?

does the mold have to be sturdy? looks like a shortening can. could i freeze water in it and drill holes in it? is this a high pressure or low pressure? would plexi-glass circles work inside the shortning can? i have evreything in the garage right now then...

I wonder if wing nuts would work better and then you could just tighten the wing nuts instead of putting the weights on. But then maybe the wood would warp...

I made a cheese press using this design, it works great. The only change I made was I used a wider board. I bought a 12" x 24" maple plank, and cut it in half. My cost was $22 for the maple plank, and $5.36 for four 10" carriage bolts.

@TNGun

6 жыл бұрын

Glad it worked for you.

awesome! what is the dimension of that board?

I happen to have a torque wrench. I thought I could design a press with one central bolt and nut that could be torqued down and quantified by using the wrench. It makes sense to me except for one thing: Will the wrench give the accurate weight of the downward pressure transferred to the follower. I don't see why it would not except it's what one does not know that hurts.

@trapperbt I don't think it will convert exactly, as its mearuring the tourque and not direct pressure - its probably close - I am sure somebody has a formula for converting. Just realize the weight is part of the recipe to push out the right amount of liquid - the more wright the firmer the cheese - I doubt it has to be exact - unless YOU are particular about exactness.

@turkeyguy0 Awesome, tell me how it goes...

hi..great idea. where did you get the plastic mold???

If the nuts were replaced with wing nuts on the top could you not tighten it down for pressure? I'm no engineer but I thought that is where you were headed... and were do you get food grade pipe? And what did you use as the follower? Great Video

@nmfavoritelender

10 жыл бұрын

never mind saw some other responses on the nuts- but I still think you could tighten them down with a torque wrench to measure the pressure.

@nmfavoritelender

10 жыл бұрын

Kelly Krauth still have the question on the pipe and the follower

@tricias6498

9 жыл бұрын

Kelly Krauth www.midwestsupplies.com/small-mold-for-hard-cheese.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwla2tBRDY7YK9uKXe8R8SJAAhG6LGG-rptxB7nhfO4xepqcy2TWaY9y_NzJZK9UgjuM0ECxoCAtDw_wcB

i was gunna use pvc too but do u have to have holes and if so were do u put them

@TNGun got all my stuff a few days ago, now i need to buy my mold and follower, where'd you get yours?

Where did you purchase the two piece mold set?

I've been thinking about how I wanted to go about building a cheese press and as always I was overcomplicating it. I'll be up in Billings in a few days, so I'm going to have to make a stop at Lowe's. Thank you for sharing this video!

@TNGun

7 жыл бұрын

That is how I felt, I wanted one but could not afford the $400 versions and the plans were too complicated. I am glad this was useful to you.

@turkeyguy0 I got mine from a local brewshop, but you can get it online pretty easy - google ricki carroll or leeners cheese - I have bought from both places (neither pay me to say that...) They both are excellent resources.

Could I use a piece of PVC pipe to mold and press the cheese?

how long are the bolts?

how big of holes do yo use

Could 2 molds be placed into the press if the weight was doubled? The press seems wide enough and a double pan would need to be made to drain the Whey.

@TNGun

10 жыл бұрын

I think so, never tried it

@leighbyrne8116

7 жыл бұрын

Yes you can but double the weight and split it so that half the weight sits directly over one cheese and half over the other. The one problem you might have, and it is a big one, is if the cheeses are of differing densities and hence the press might start to become lopsided. For the price I would make two presses but each one less long than in the video.

what is rennet?is it gelatine??

@turkeyguy0 No I haven't, that may be a good idea for someone, but I am more interested in writing...

@brewerbrian420 I think so, I haven't tried it because I haven't stumbled upon a follower that is sized to fit inside the pipe.

@Mr123greg123 I bough mine from all seasons brewing, but you can google wither ricki carroll cheesemaking or leeners.com

It's the simplest to make that I've seen. Maybe I'll just buy a couple cutting boards.

ever consider makeing a fancy version and selling it?

where did you get the mold that you put the curds in?

@tricias6498

9 жыл бұрын

verna helvik www.midwestsupplies.com/small-mold-for-hard-cheese.html?gclid=CjwKEAjwla2tBRDY7YK9uKXe8R8SJAAhG6LGG-rptxB7nhfO4xepqcy2TWaY9y_NzJZK9UgjuM0ECxoCAtDw_wcB

@annaleedaughterofyhwh7767

2 жыл бұрын

@@tricias6498 I surely couldn’t find it anywhere.

Because with the nuts you don't know how much pressure you are applying - the weight is part of the recipe - too much it is dry and hard - to little and it is too wet and won't hold together.

@cmvallianos

7 жыл бұрын

You could use a torque wrench, I'm going to try that route here shortly.

Looks like lead bullet ingots in that tub mister.

Cheese cultures and plastic forms - alcofermbrew.com/en/Multipacks-c65.html

i like this idea its simply perfect but why are all your videos so horrible? cant you see how not in focus they are? distracting

Good video. But your videos tend to be too long. THe same information could have been conveyed in 2-3 minutes. With the wealth of information available on KZread and on the internet in general, 6 minutes is a looooooooooooooooooooooooooong time.