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Just in case anyone is interested, before pictures of the press are available on my flickr. Scott

Thanks - good points. I looked into it a few days ago and there are several rim shops semi-local that do blasting and powder coating. I'll have to see if I can get a project quote on the base. I'm thinking the basket straps can be enameled as they aren't in constant contact with the must...

Thanks @Rocky. Good point on the paint. I'd originally planned on powder coating, but I'll have to ponder on it now. I'm near Reading, PA, which is a haul from Columbus. FWIW, I found this about the Modern Machine & Tool Company. Looks like this press dates to somewhere around 1926. [EDIT]...

Okay, first the press: The typical half-round wooden blocks are replaced with cast iron: The corker is a Buddy & Westermann: It works thusly: Corker Video The press works very well and without any obvious problems. It's entirely cast iron. Assembled, it's a tank. Will likely have to...

Sure thing. Just got home, press and corker in tow. Will be posting pictures once I get everything unloaded and reassembled, but the press (basket wood aside) is in remarkably good shape. Aside from a handle/bar, it seems complete (fingers still crossed on that one). Not even sure it needs...

Well, I have to say that my intent, happy with my Portuguese floor corker, was to clean up the iron one and sell it off. But you guys have me kind of curious as to how well this thing functions. I'm going to have to try it out and see which corker stays in the garage. Picking all this up...

Hmm, not sure.

And... it appears I'm the new owner of an old press! And corker, let's don't forget the corker...

Thanks guys! Offer is on the table - wish me luck...

Okay, after a good bit of consideration, I've decided to throw a couple bags of the dragonfruit into a dragon blood variant. Figure one of two things will happen - it'll either add nothing, or it'll add something. I'm guessing a subtle something will come of it. But honestly a good chunk of...

Hi all - I want a basket press. And I want a project. Seems like a good opportunity to combine the two. I've been trolling FB Marketplace for older presses, which come up with surprising regularity. I found this, fairly local: It's a Modern Machine & Tool press (also being sold with a...

Hmm... Why the exquisite beauty of the dragonfruit cruelly betrays its actual taste of nothingness Maybe I'll stick to raspberry.

Thanks Rice_Guy. How did the flavor come out? I'm wondering if this would be better in a dragon's blood type mix or as a single varietal?

Oooh - this is interesting: Processing and Development of Dragon Fruit Wine

Hi all - Was browsing the aisles at Costco this weekend and they apparently carry frozen chunk dragonfruit (!!!). The only time I've ever eaten fresh dragonfruit it was, well, disappointing. Don't know if it's typical, if what I had was unripe, under ripe, bad. My first inclination is to...

Thanks Paul - that's super-helpful! Have some on order. Valid. Both buckets are from the same source, but no idea on how they were treated before they came to me. Scott

Hi all - I have Chilean syrah and carmenere in process. Inoculated both with Wyeast 4007 on 5/21/20. They've been held at between 78F and maybe 85F (uncontrolled garage temps). Both fermented along strongly for many weeks. Both have been idle for probably a month minimum. Picked up a...

The template was downloaded off of Avery for Word. It's pretty useless and doesn't fit the labels exactly, at least not with my printer (HP ENVY Photo). Tweaked it a bit. I make the designs in Publisher, save as some graphic file or PDF, copy and paste into the Word template. The labels are...

Thanks for that - decent shipping (better than my usual sources, though with the price of the bottles, probably a wash).

PM me your info and I’ll figure out postage.