I bought a dish drainer board to funnel whey over the edge of the bottom board and it works quite nicely.  I sit the whole thing in a boot tray to catch the whey.

The dowels are a bit tall, as I cut the 4 foot sections in half, but I think I will leave it as is.  I made this press wide enough to hold two of my 6 inch cheese molds - thinking ahead to when she is fresh and giving me 5 gallons of milk a day.

I put 9 feet on the bottom board, wanting to give it lots of support. 

The one thing you need to be watchful of with this press is to make sure that the cheese mold is centered, otherwise you can end up with the cheese being a bit lopsided.  If that happens, though, just turn the cheese over, make sure everything is centered and press with some heavy weight for a couple of hours.

Karen

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I haven't used this to press two cheeses yet.  My cow has been dried off as of a couple of weeks ago and won't freshen again until mid April or so.  I'll try it out with two molds in it at that point.

With using one mold, I have no trouble at all with applying enough weight - I use barbell weights stacked on the top board.  In order to make sure everything stays level, though, I have to make sure that everything is centered.  Not too tough to do.

Karen

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