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Show Wi wit Wi i, The two Blocks fourteen Feet long eac h. The Piles twelve Feet long, and twelve or thirteen Inches thick: It muit be obferv’d to about fixteen Inches thick at the Head, make thefe with counter Dove-tails to thofe of twelve at the Bottom, the Cheeks ; thefirft is placed at fifteen Inches The Screw fifteen Inches at the Be>ttom from the Bottom of the Cheeks ; one ought to before it is {quared, thirteen Inches, according put three from the Top, to that which is in to the Foot of the Screw which forms the the Ground, andthelatter fhould be even with the Topofthefalfe Stiller. Upon the Piles of the Cheeks, and upon {piral Line, and twelve Feet long, thofe of the Blocks, are placed Braces of W ood nine Feet long, and about nine or ten Inches upon which are wooden Pegsfor four or five Inches hi gh, and one Diseten admitting thick, to bind themtogether. TheStillers fix Feet long, and about fifteen or fixteen Inches fquare. eight or nine Men in the Circumference of The Ground-plate eighteen Feet long, about eighteen Inches broad, and fifteen Inches thick. The falfe Beams fourteen or fifteen Feet long, about thirteen or fourteen Inches broad, nine Inches thick at the Bottom, and fix at the Top; thefe ought to be plained to the Size of the Keys, to fupport the main Beams. The crofs Piece of the falfe Beams fix Feet long, four Inches broad, and nine or ten thick The Keys of the Beams to the Direction of the Worm, five Feet and half long, eight Inches thick towards the Head ; but reduced to half the Size in the remaining Length. The Pegs of the Keys, fourteen Inches long, about five broad; andat leaft one and a half thick. The two crofs Timbers of the falfe Beams about eight Feet long, four or five Inches thick, and the fame Breadth of the falfe The Wheel ten Feet Diameter, with ‘Spokes of four Inches thicknefs, the fameasthe Ritbs, the Wheel. The Nut ofthe Prefs fix Feet long, two Feet broad, and fourteen Inches thick ;SaniCll ought to be crefted with Iron. The crofs Piece of the Cheeks fix Feet long, about a Foot thick, and of the fame Breadth as the Top ofthe Cheeks. The Spurs, which are placed under the Spindle, between the two Cheeks, fhould be of the fame Breadth as the Cheeks, and thirteen or fourteen Inches thick. The Girders, which ought to embrace the Top of the Cheeks, muft be two Inches higher than the under Part of the Spurs, one Foot broad, andabout five Inches thick. The Spindle two Feet high, and twelve or fourteen Inches thick: This is plac’d between the Spurs and the crofs Piece, anddo crofs the Cheeks and the Spindle with a Key, which ought to be worked very exact, for thereit is the whole Force ofthe Prefs refides. The Quoins two Feet long, about nine or ten Inches broad, and fix or feven thick. The Frame, in the framed Prefs, ten Feet Beams. The two other crofs Timbers of the falfe Beams nine Feet long; and about eight Inches thick. The Pofts fix Feet long, and about eight or nine Inches thick. The Pieces of Maye which are at the Bafon, twelve Feet long, about nine or ten Inches broad, and fix thick. The great crofs Timbers, ye as a Band between “the falfe Beams, fix or feven Inches thick. W i The Defcription of a , (his Sort of Prefs is much lefs chargeable _un the others; and it alfo preffés a much tefs Quantity of Wine ; but it is neverthelefs of great Ufe for private Perfons, who have no great Vintage, where this will be fufficient, for it will make eight or ten Pieces of Wine at each Tunning. The Conttruction of this flight Prefs, is much the fame with that ofthe other Prefles ; but I fhall explain wherein they differ. The Pit which is made in the Earth, ought to be four Feet ‘deep, fourteen broad, and eighteen long, more or lefs, according to the Size ofthe intended Prefs. They make three little Walls of Free-ftone crofs the Prefs, which occupies the Bottom of the Square of the Bafon, they makethe Wallsin the Middle two Feet, and thofe on the Sides two and a half thick; an Opening muft be left in the Middle of each of the fide Walls, about twenty Inches fquare, to place the two Cheeks one oppofite to the other on each Side of the Bafon, which fhould incline an Inch and half towards the Bafon: Thefe mutt be fquar’d and plain’d on three Sides, from the Top of the Stillings; but the Top fhould remain rough. In thefe Sides, which are toward the Bafon, they make a Notch at the Height of two Feet and a half from the Bafon, three Inches broad, four Inches deep, and two Feet highin afcending towards the Head. They place the falfe Stillings upon the middle Wall, and ‘upon each of the other they place two Piles, which embrace the long or deep, andfour Feet nine Inches {quare, Cheeks, with four Fronts. The Nave eight Feet and a half long, Supporters and Dove-tails: In crofling the Piles and the falfe Stillings, a put the about five Inchespthiels one way, and fix the four Stillings in Notches, as in the other Prefies; other. All thefe Timbers fhould be Oak, except the Screw, which fhould be Elm, which will laft longer ; and the Spindle thould be of Walnut. One may make the moft Part of thefe Timbers longer or fhorter, according to the Size of the Wood madeufe of, and are joined to them by fquare Beams, and reach half the Length of the Head-pieces for a Support to cach, Theyafterwards make a Screw with the fame Inftrument as that ofthe other Prets, with a Square at Bottom, to join it to a Wheel, which fhould be laid “ho: izontally; well confolidated with the Screw, andjoined with Ribs and Spokes a Foot wide crofs-wife ; thefe Spokes ought to project out of the Ribs three or four Taches of half their Width, to be able to contain the Rope, which muft be round the Wheel. Under the Center of the Wheel, they place a Standard of the Length of the Space between the Cheeks, and eight Inches thick or more, to make a fort of Tenon at each End, which goes into the Notch of the Cheeks. The Standard fhould be fuftained by an Iron Pin, which goesin at the End of the Screw, to be held fufpended by it, in fuch a mannerthat it may waggle: In order to this, the End of the Pin, which is under the Standard, fhould play with the Key which holds it at the other End in the Screw. At ten or twelve Feet from the Prefs they place a Wheel, either horizontally or perpen- dicularly, with an Axle-tree, which ought to play in the Flyers of Woodwell fixed ; they bind tothe Wheel which is at the Top of the Bafon, to one of the Spokes, or one of the Pins which. is driven in for this Purpofe, the Oelet-hole of a great Rope twoInches and a half Diameter, They can turn the Wheel once or twice round with the Hand, before they take hold of the Rope; the Rope ought to go round the Wheel five or fix times, and be faftened at the other End thofe of the middie embrace the Cheeks, and to that which is at the Side of the Prefs. are joined to themas the Piles are, and fhould They employ feven or eight Mento turn this extend beyond the Piles which are behind the Cheeks, eight or nine Inches: The Top of Wheel. the Stillings ought to be notched an Inch and a half, fit to receive the Piles to keep the Whole together; then they put upon thefe the PiecesoF Maye, which they clofe, as hath been altieaeny faid, and the Bafon is the fame It is of great Confequence to ob- ferve, that when there is no more than one Turn and a Half of Rope about the Wheel, and if there is another Bag to pre fs, they fhould remit two or three Turns of the Rope to the Wheel to finihh the Preffing, otherwife they would rifque the breaking the Wheel at with the other Preffes. The Spindle of the Screw ought to be feven or cight Inches longer than the Back of the , and embrace them in their. thickeft 33 this is placed upon them, and fupported the Bottom, and laming the Prefers. When the Bagis fufficiently pref d, they ftop the perpendicular Wheel for half an Hour, to 2 the Keys, which crofs the Cheeks, by Standard Preflés, which is born by the Nave, and {upplies the Place of the great Beams This mutt be {tay’d behind the Cheeks a Key, and in Front with four Iron Bars, a Square of a Foot and half, bored at the four Corners with Pins and Nails four ne towards the Screw-tap. ndle they lay Planks ofthe fame ch they crofgs in fuch a manner, that their Ends are turned toward the Front he Prefs: Upon thefe Planks theylay two Dhe F. Framed S- Pieces and the Cheeks ought to benailed to gether ; and they muft put four crofs Timbers, which fhould take hold of the Head of the fs Pieces of the fame Ler ch embrace the Top of t Heads, they let them in a where they a ned. the Spindle, cheeks under h ¥ D Thefe crofs allow Time for the Wine to drain off. In this fort of Prefs, there is nothing but the which are in the other Preffes. ‘here ought to be one experienc *d Man, to whom the others ought to be obedient, to conduét the Prefling, and to cut and chop the Marc as often as it fhall need. The Particular Pieces of a flight Prefs. The two Che fixteen Feet long, and about eighteen or twentyInches thic k long, The |