Porper linen press
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Meuller's. They own the Proper gizmo line.
TW
And here I thought they only sold impropper gizmos
You beat me to it - but when I saw you had poster I felt you would surely suggest he
make his own linen press - so I will.
2 pieces of rock maple and a hinge - taper each 'side' so you can squeeze them together
and cut a gentile arc in each face.
In the spirit of full and honest disclosure - I actual y use a Prather press because
it works well and I got it on a 'deal-of-a-lifetime' transaction.
I did make one in my early days, it is less than excellent - but being older and wiser, I am
confident I could build one that would more than adequately press a lifetime of linen.
Dale(who is much more handy than he used to be)
And here I thought they only sold impropper gizmos
You beat me to it - but when I saw you had poster I felt you would surely suggest he
make his own linen press - so I will.
2 pieces of rock maple and a hinge - taper each 'side' so you can squeeze them together
and cut a gentile arc in each face.
In the spirit of full and honest disclosure - I actual y use a Prather press because
it works well and I got it on a 'deal-of-a-lifetime' transaction.
I did make one in my early days, it is less than excellent - but being older and wiser, I am
confident I could build one that would more than adequately press a lifetime of linen.
Dale(who is much more handy than he used to be)
Yes, "Porper". typo.
I also built my first linen press. And, like yours, it's necessary to straddle the cue from the opposite side where you'll be standing, and then reverse the process when finished. In contrast to that minor inconvenience, the Porper press opens and closes like a pair of plumber's pliers so that you approach the wrap from the same side you will pressing it from. While seemingly minor, the difference in convenience is enough that I immediately bought the first-generation Porper press when I saw it, and later set *that* one aside for the current generation when it came out.
I currently own THREE of the newer model, each being dedicated to a different purpose. The first-generation Porper I greatly modified for an entirely different use (non-cue related), but my original homemade one I still use for the final polish.
Speaking of that, I made my original one similar to the above description, but after scalloping out the two wooden sides I epoxied in place a couple of canvas phenolic half-sleeves. I then mounted a house-cue butt in the lathe, glued sandpaper to the surface, and used it as a tapered sanding drum to shape the inside pressing surfaces of the phenolic sleeves. By gradually changing to finer and finer sandpaper I eventually ended up with a very smooth inner surface, which quickly achieved a mirror finish as I polished hundreds of wraps throughout the mid- to late-80's. Nothing - NOTHING - I have tried puts a better seal and sheen on linen than that hard-as-nails polished phenolic surface.
TW
Proper linen press
I have two that i built several years ago and work pretty well, but i saw a proper press and i like the size of it so i was looking for one and thought that with allot of guys selling some of their equipment that they might sell it to me if they were getting out of cue work. I tried to order a few thing from Muellers that proper makes but they are always out and I don't think their making allot of the proper products anymore. thanks gary
still looking if anyone has one.
Got a new one coming thanks
I have two that i built several years ago and work pretty well, but i saw a proper press and i like the size of it so i was looking for one and thought that with allot of guys selling some of their equipment that they might sell it to me if they were getting out of cue work. I tried to order a few thing from Muellers that proper makes but they are always out and I don't think their making allot of the proper products anymore. thanks gary
still looking if anyone has one.
Got a new one coming thanks
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