A pressing need for a cheese press

So today I went and started making my cheese press. Step 1: get 2 cutting boards. I got my boards from the dollar store for $7 each.

The plans I am using for making my cheese press come from fiascofarm.com/dairy/cheesepress.html but I am modifying it to make is a little smaller. My boards are only 32 cm instead of 41

So after a nice long lunch I decided that I wanted to completely make my cheese press and surprise Talia when she got home. Now I find myself n the elevator heading over to the Home Depot to get the remaining pieces.

With my mini in hand and the shopping cart it toe I have been making good time. Thankfully the bus arrived just as I did. I think I will go to the depot on the subway instead of taking the bus. It's probably not the closest one but it is the most reliable.

A small note on the mobile version of the blogger app... They really need to fix the add image ability. I have not been able to figure out how to insert pictures anywhere but at the end of my posts and that kind of sucks when you are trying to talk about something in the fourth image at the bottom :( as it stands now I think I'm going to have to reedit this entry to make sure the pictures are in the right place.

So when I arrived I found out that the only size that Home Depot has in the 3/4 inch dowel is 48 inches. The instructions specify 16 inches which means I would need to get 2 and end up with 32 inches extra so I have decided to go with 12 inch pieces instead.

Well that was an uneventful trip but it did get me the dowel, washers and screws I needed in order to make the press. Rather than try and cut the dowel by hand I decided to let the people there cut it for me which was a very pleasant experience. Had a nice chat with a lady that did the cutting. As always she mistook my age thinking I was in undergrad but at least that's better than high school. The pieces were cut just a little under 12 inches (because of the blade thickness) so hopefully that will do nicely. We will see. Now I'm on the subway heading home to start actual construction. The only piece I may be missing now is a pie plate to act as the funnel n the bottom. I think we have some from when Talia makes pies but if not then I will go to the metro, get a pie and then Talia and I can eat a tasty treat :)

So now I have everything that I need. The reminder of the items only cost$19.71

So that came to a sad and halting end. Unfortunately the drill that I have is not powerful enough to be used with with these drill bits. After two attempts of trying to drill through the cutting board and getting jammed both times I think I'm gonna have to go over to my parents to get through. :(

So I managed to get through the board with one whole :)

But then I scrapped my board when I was putting the second hole into the board and I split it in half. Needless to say I am a little bummed out. That cost me $8