Rex Franklin wrote:

> Don, I saw ,in Tuscany, an ancient press like your sketch that used a
> massive oak beam ~25 ft long. But it used a large wooden screw under the
> "free" end to regulate the rate of applying pressure. There was a large
> capstan like device to turn the screw.

I too have seen one like you describe, it was from Austria... the tour
guide said that men or oxen would turn the screw to apply pressure.

--
charles

"Once ... in the wilds of Afghanistan, I lost my corkscrew, and we were
forced to live on nothing but food and water for days."
- W.C. Fields