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Hey hiker, I got a cheap ass "tobacco press" in flag, it was like 35 bucks. The whole thing is really pretty poor in quality, it incorporates the use of dissimilar metals on parts that will contact each other under pressure. It works like a common pollen press or clay extruder......it has a handle that screws the worm through the cap onto a disclike plunger........and then thru the barrel and onto the threaded end cap. It has a couple of design flaws, one I already mentioned, another being the bottom cap which is recessed.....so when the compression is completed and you remove the end cap to push the log out the bottom.......it often twists the end of the log off and I have to dig it out of the recessed cap and put it back in for the next compression cycle. I am having some luck with covering both the plunger and the recessed end cap with saran wrap to keep the product from sticking to the aluminum. But hiker, this thing is pretty simple, and what I plan on doing is to have this thing replicated in stainless steel, and making the bottom cap flush to eliminate the damage that occurs to the plug. Let me know and I'll pm you any specifics as to brands ect. that I can collect from the box it came in.
. Guess the fu-k what?! Mcloadie is goin fishin!!!!! O hell ya.....in just a coupla hours!!!! I just acquired a small like one man pontoon boat thingy.....and I'm takin it out on small water for it's trial voyage.......you wanna hear some funny shit?.....the commonly preferred bait for catfish here is hotdogs....LOL! I wouldn't mind a coupla fat bass.......but if it looks like the bass aint gonna happen I'll throw on a chunk o dog and see what happens. Back home, when I fish the floodwaters for catfish....each person takes a five gallon bucket of fresh duck guts.........and it is not uncommon to catch a coupla hundred pounds of fatties in an all night excursion.....this is a dangerous prospect and a few lose their lives every year in accidents.......one f'n mistake in debris filled fast moving water and you can go from a fisherman to a statistic in an instant........choose fishing partners wisely!
As soon as some $$ comes back for this crop, I'll just drop the cash on a good stainless press. I'm just trying to get input from folks with direct experience using a press. I don't get why all these manufacturers are using a hardened piece of thread stock in a cap made of softer material. I'd like to not order the Piecemaker. That thing is expensive!
