fruit press

Don't know about free plans, but see if you can find a copy of the book "Woodwork for Winemakers". The book isn't very expensive, and it does contain a plan for a press (among other useful things).

It was published in the UK, so some of the terms it contains may be unfamiliar to Americans, e.g. glasspaper = sandpaper cramp = clamp Araldite = (apparently) brand name of epoxy adhesive

Oddly enough, we do use both variations of those over this side of the pond. Some cramps get called clamps and some clamps get called cramps, depending on their type, but I can never remember which type is which. For example, we have sash cRamps, and we have G cLamps. Damn, the English language can be an enigma sometimes, LOL.

Spot on there.

Whereas here, "cramp" as a noun refers specifically, and only, to physical discomfort resulting from muscle spasms or contractions.

I guess your "G clamp" is the same as our "C clamp" -- the Wikipedia article on C-clamps includes a photo of one, clearly captioned as a C-clamp, but the URL for the photo is

I googled for more photos; your "sash cramp" is immediately recognizable to me as a "bar clamp".

Didn't Winston Churchill refer to the U.S. and the U.K. as "two nations divided by a common language"? :-)

Many words and phrases have radically -- and sometimes embarrassingly -- different meanings on opposite sides of the ocean.

Here, "stuffed" means you ate too much, and a "napkin" is something you wipe your hands on at table. I believe they don't mean quite the same thing there...

Thanks for the confirmation. Another one I should have added to the list: rebate = rabbet

Hey Ricardo. I looked at screw types. Built my own from pictures. I can do a write up for you to assemble your own. You will need access to power/hand tools and a tap/die to match threads of rod. I sized mine to accept 1 gallon to 5 gallon buckets. I get mine from a restaurant. Food grade buckets, got to love recycling.

Dave Whitney

Check this out! The man the machine, engineering genius, winemaker and watercolor imagist... Steve Hughes I don't know him personally but the man certainly is industrious