Gizmo Quiz

whatizit?

[lawman]

The Gizmo [images15.fotki.com]

[pmkpmk]

A garlic press for mutant garlic...

Is it Saturday already? OK, I think it's a mint for making money coins.

[lawman]

press? yes. Garlic? no.

[pmkpmk]

Oil then. With such a lever it has to be something hard. Grape stones maybe.

[Jenstar]

Old fashioned cheese press?

[lawman]

Nothing to do with grapes or the oil contained therein.

Not a cheese press.

[willybfriendly]

Looks like it could be an old cheese press. Still looking for a picture though...

<edit>Here's a similar contraption - [home.btconnect.com...] </edit>

WBF

[edited by: willybfriendly at 8:53 pm (utc) on Jan. 23, 2006]

[lawman]

Ha, WBF, still not a cheese press.

[pmkpmk]

Dough press: [historische-tueren.de...]

[lawman]

Nice try pmkpmk, but not a dough press.

[lawman]

I guess wooden presses have a similar look. However, this has a very specific purpose.

HERE's [images15.fotki.com] another one.

[pmkpmk]

Potatoes. You slice them into small pieces and then you press the water out. Gives you starch.

[edited by: pmkpmk at 9:02 pm (utc) on Jan. 23, 2006]

[lawman]

Not spuds.

[limbo]

is it used in printing?

[willybfriendly]

Gin press? Used for making clay pipes

[tinderbox.co.nz...]

WBF

[bcolflesh]

Looks like a saddle makers stretcher.

[lawman]

Not for gin or saddles. As I understand it, the contraption was used in the kitchen.

[limbo]

juice tiger (beta)?

[willybfriendly]

Well, I have looked high and low for both butter and soap presses, and neither of them match :(

Perhaps a Paul Bunyon burger press?

WBF

[edited by: willybfriendly at 9:13 pm (utc) on Jan. 23, 2006]

[Lilliabeth]

cabbage press

[lawman]

Nothing to do with butter or soap.

Juice tiger? You mean like the Juiceman II?. Not this puppy.

<added> Not a cabbage press </added>

[edited by: lawman at 9:13 pm (utc) on Jan. 23, 2006]

[jimbeetle]

used in the kitchen

Dang, here I was looking for a 19th-century artillery shell gunpowder packer ;-)

[lawman]

Here's [images16.fotki.com] another one with a different look. This device can press what the others press plus more.

[Lilliabeth]

apples for cider

[bcolflesh]

Apple press?

[Lilliabeth]

Honey press

[jimbeetle]

Meat press, similar to this [bargainjohn.com].

[pmkpmk]

Honey gets pressed? I though it gets centrifuged?

(or is it true that the bess get pressed? :-) )

[lawman]

I didn't see anything about cider. I guess you could press apples, but I'm not exactly sure - but it's not for cider.

[limbo]

nut cracker