My new Jack Puck

tet1953

Well-Known Member
inspired contraption lol:

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I have been messing around with various methods of pressing and when I saw Jack Puck at the Augusta event I thought that's it! Took me a few hours over a couple days to gather parts and figure it out. Works great! I have some refinements in mind that I may incorporate then post in the DIY section with parts list and some simple instructions. It is a pretty simple device.

I heated the vessel in the oven at 240 for about 10 min.

Here's some more pics:

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And the end result:

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tet1953

Well-Known Member
Cool, what I had in mind BG. Might want to wait a little bit though, I have a couple ideas to make it better and easier to build.
 

tet1953

Well-Known Member
Nice job! The only thing I'd change is the thickness of the plates to avoid them bending.

alp
Agreed. I really didn't expect that. The plates are pretty rugged as it is, but I don't think the answer is necessarily thicker plates. I am going to look into putting the rods closer to the point of pressure. Plus, the middle plate doesn't have to be strong at all; there's no pressure there or on the vessel. So, a thinner plate in the middle will be easier to cut as well. I got some ideas :)
 

tet1953

Well-Known Member
One simple modification that I have made so far is to free the round vessel from the plate. I realized there's no pressure there so I removed the nut from the bottom. Now I can simply take it from the oven and drop it into the hole. It does make it slightly more difficult to remove the end product since I can't just jack it out (admittedly I haven't tried very hard either).
 

Chris_o

New Member
inspired contraption lol:

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I have been messing around with various methods of pressing and when I saw Jack Puck at the Augusta event I thought that's it! Took me a few hours over a couple days to gather parts and figure it out. Works great! I have some refinements in mind that I may incorporate then post in the DIY section with parts list and some simple instructions. It is a pretty simple device.

I heated the vessel in the oven at 240 for about 10 min.

Here's some more pics:

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And the end result:

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Could op provide a list of materials and instructions on how to achieve this press? Thanks
 
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