Tammy and I discovered this thing in a Bay City antique mall. An all wood press. I have no idea what it was used for but it was awesome. Olives? It could be yours for $4800 :D. It had 4 huge screws, two of which were on the floor under it. Tammy in the pic for scale.
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Watch Repair is my guess.
Smashing Blackberries.
Neat! What is that at the top left end. Communion wine?
The biggest wood screw presses I've seen are the old cotton bale presses, this one is actually kinda small, some were about 2 stories so they could flip the bale out into a wagon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton_Press_(Latta,_South_Carolina)#/media/File:Cotton_Press_near_Routes_917_and_38,_SC-11-2.jpg
Just a guess, of course, possibly a cheese press!
It's just the right size to put a politician in.
That would be handy in the woodshed, looks like the first 4 way splitter. ;D ;D
I wonder if it could have been some kind of clamp system for steam bending wood in forms. :)
The box and wood frames must be sinificant.
its a grits maker 8) 8)
Was it used for food, or could it be a bookbinding press?
insignia looks like German, have you had it translated?
This is the cider press at Hancock Shaker Village. The table is probably 8'x8'.
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Looks like a wine press to me. Growing up we had something similar that my German grandfather built, on a much smaller scale though. The inscription is probably the names of the owners - Sebastien & Theresia Wieser
My guess is a cheese press also, those screws are pretty big,but the small handles would not take a lot of torque. maybe give them a little twist every once in a while as the fluid drained out.