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This wine press has been in my family since it was made sometime in the early 1900's. Since I've been alive, it was always used more or less as a piece of cultural yard art at my grandparents home, though my Grandfather can recall using it with his father as child. When my grandfather passed away a few years ago, my mother really wanted me to see if I could fix the press. I think what she had in mind was simply replacing the staves with new lumber, but I had different plans in mind.

My grandfather always told me, if you're going to do a thing, do it as well as you can. The press is still used as cultural yard art, but now its also fully functional.

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great restoration,time to make some wine.
 

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Awesome project, must be good metal to last so well!
 

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Sorry but I had to see this close up

absolutely Beautiful

 

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Hats off for keeping.
I am in awe (excitement) about old things. We have forgotten how to respect the work of our ancestors.
Recently I found an old stand for a frying pan (frying pan) or kettle, made by handicraft, with a dedicatory inscription. I don't know English well, so I can't create a blog or forum - OLD THINGS. Maybe someone will take it (start). Send me the coordinate
 

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I would expect that disappear if not bolted to the porch.
Be well.
 

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Wow. Thanks for the warm welcome.

John- Its the entire press is solid cast iron. It had a century's worth of rust on it, which caused some pitting in some areas, but the integrity is still as good as the day it was made. To clean it up, I actually built an electrolysis tank from a car battery charger, rebar, and a kiddie pool. I let it sit in there for a month which did most of the work. Still required a fair amount of wire brushing with vinegar afterwards, but much, much more manageable.

NotaJock- Its not bolted down, but if someone wanted to take it, they had better bring a few friends and a pickup truck. I didn't officially weigh it, but would estimate its resting weight to be somewhere around 250 pounds.

Here a few more pictures of the details on the iron.







 

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Looks very similar to an apple cider press a neighbor had when I was a child. Great restoration job!

Claude
 

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Great restoration.
 

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I love old stuff like that. You did a great job keeping that in the family.
 

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Wonderful restoration job. It's great to bring something from history back to life.
 

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Well, if I ever come across one of these I'll try to duplicate your success! Again, great job!
 
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