Hi, I loved watching your vid, so much enthusiasm and passion for this beauty of equipment! I'm currently in the process of designing my own tortilla press, so doing some market research and thoroughly enjoyed your vid! Muchas Gracias!
Great video! Most of us don't have those machines and tools to make a tortilla press, so it's more realistic to buy a tortilla press instead of making one.
If you buy a new band saw, make sure you clean the blade that burning on the edges of all your cuts is because you either have an extremely dull blade that needs replacement or more likely your blade is covered in resin/glue from the wood you've been cutting clean the sides of the blade with rubbing alcohol and then touch the sides with a bar of soap while the blade is running to act as a lubricant. Your bandsaw motor and sander will thank you.
Thanks for the tips! I think I discovered the main problem; there were actually pieces missing that hold the blade in place, causing it to give a little when I put pressure on it. I'm in the middle of shopping for a new band saw as we speak.
Are you sure it is the tension mechanism that has problems and not the tracking mechanism? It shouldn't be that expensive to fix. Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching! Not sure what exactly the initial cause was, but the tensioning mechanism no longer holds. Been a busy week but I plan on opening it up and and taking a good look at it.
I never thought to check the thickness of the washers, but they were bigger, atleast a 1/16" thick. Even though the tortilla looked wonky, it was a good thickness.
Sorry about your bandsaw. I never use any power tools except a drill, and a lot of the time I use a hand drill. I live an a rather small apartment overlooking the lake downtown, surrounded by books, computers, tools and plants. I have no room for something like a table saw or a bandsaw. It's sometimes a project in itself to rip a 3-foot length of wood with a hand saw, but I manage. Sometimes I wonder how anything got done before the invention of electricity, but it did. I came here to look at your project, and it doesn't look too difficult, but I need some good hardwood and some hardware.
Actually, it doesn't have to be hardwood, most of the presses for sale online are made from simple pine. using hand tools is an awesome skill to have and builds patience. I should probably try using more hand tools myself. Thanks for watching!
You're absolutely right, I don't know why I didn't give the dimensions in the video. Probably because I was using scraps. Bottom: 10"x8.5", Top: 8.25"x8.5", Handle: 8.5"x1.5", two Brackets: 3.5"x1.5", Little stop brace: 8"x7/8"x1/2" All the boards I used were 7/8" thickness
I found 2 mdf boards in the disposal, 24.5 cm x 24.5 cm, 20 mm thick and made one with the two identical boards! On the base plate I placed 2 rectangular feet measuring 14 cm long and 15 mm high made of solid wood, and on one side of these feet I screwed 2 pine bases, drilled the holes and placed a solid wood slat as a lever! I joined the 2 plates together and placed a thin plastic layer between the 2 plates to mark the hinges! When I tested with 40-gram balls of dough, even though I pressed the lever a lot, the dough was barely crushed and expanded, it didn't exceed 8-9 cm in diameter! Looking in detail at the open press, I noticed that the upper (movable) plate is an absurd 4 mm below the level of the lower (fixed) plate. Could this be the reason for the problem? Friend, analyzing the situation again I saw that the tortillas that had a small diameter of 8-9cm were thick, exactly with this difference reported above 4 mm! Could this be the cause of the problem?
First of all, that's a great use of found scraps! As far as The thickness of the tortillas; it is hard to picture what is going on, but I do know that on of the reasons for the strip of wood across the top plate helps create more leverage for the handle and puts more pressure on the dough, making it flatter. If you have Facebook, maybe you could share pictures with me there.
This project was a lot of fun and gave me a good opportunity to use up some nice hard wood scraps I had laying around.
Hi, I loved watching your vid, so much enthusiasm and passion for this beauty of equipment! I'm currently in the process of designing my own tortilla press, so doing some market research and thoroughly enjoyed your vid! Muchas Gracias!
Loved your video 👏👏, the tortilla press is beautiful. 😍
Thank you and thanks for watching!
Great video! Most of us don't have those machines and tools to make a tortilla press, so it's more realistic to buy a tortilla press instead of making one.
You know, I'm glad you said that because I have been thinking of doing a few projects with hand tools only and this one would be a good one to tackle.
If you buy a new band saw, make sure you clean the blade that burning on the edges of all your cuts is because you either have an extremely dull blade that needs replacement or more likely your blade is covered in resin/glue from the wood you've been cutting clean the sides of the blade with rubbing alcohol and then touch the sides with a bar of soap while the blade is running to act as a lubricant.
Your bandsaw motor and sander will thank you.
Thanks for the tips! I think I discovered the main problem; there were actually pieces missing that hold the blade in place, causing it to give a little when I put pressure on it. I'm in the middle of shopping for a new band saw as we speak.
Great build and tips. Keep up the good work.
appreciate it, and thanks for watching!
I loved this video, thank you for sharing ❤
Awesome! Thanks for watching!
Good job and thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Brilliant 😀
Thanks!
gonna make one, thank y
Awesome! Have fun!
Are you sure it is the tension mechanism that has problems and not the tracking mechanism?
It shouldn't be that expensive to fix.
Thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Not sure what exactly the initial cause was, but the tensioning mechanism no longer holds. Been a busy week but I plan on opening it up and and taking a good look at it.
Good job, wahat a sad tortilla. Hahaha
HAHA, yeah, it was. I guess I'll stick to the woodworking part.
What was the thickness of the washers/tortillas and was it just right? Thanks man
I never thought to check the thickness of the washers, but they were bigger, atleast a 1/16" thick. Even though the tortilla looked wonky, it was a good thickness.
Sorry about your bandsaw. I never use any power tools except a drill, and a lot of the time I use a hand drill. I live an a rather small apartment overlooking the lake downtown, surrounded by books, computers, tools and plants. I have no room for something like a table saw or a bandsaw. It's sometimes a project in itself to rip a 3-foot length of wood with a hand saw, but I manage. Sometimes I wonder how anything got done before the invention of electricity, but it did. I came here to look at your project, and it doesn't look too difficult, but I need some good hardwood and some hardware.
Actually, it doesn't have to be hardwood, most of the presses for sale online are made from simple pine. using hand tools is an awesome skill to have and builds patience. I should probably try using more hand tools myself. Thanks for watching!
Dimensions would be helpful.
You're absolutely right, I don't know why I didn't give the dimensions in the video. Probably because I was using scraps.
Bottom: 10"x8.5", Top: 8.25"x8.5", Handle: 8.5"x1.5", two Brackets: 3.5"x1.5", Little stop brace: 8"x7/8"x1/2"
All the boards I used were 7/8" thickness
Be creative man, use this video as the general idea
@@boydstongrove Thank you!
I found 2 mdf boards in the disposal, 24.5 cm x 24.5 cm, 20 mm thick and made one with the two identical boards! On the base plate I placed 2 rectangular feet measuring 14 cm long and 15 mm high made of solid wood, and on one side of these feet I screwed 2 pine bases, drilled the holes and placed a solid wood slat as a lever! I joined the 2 plates together and placed a thin plastic layer between the 2 plates to mark the hinges! When I tested with 40-gram balls of dough, even though I pressed the lever a lot, the dough was barely crushed and expanded, it didn't exceed 8-9 cm in diameter! Looking in detail at the open press, I noticed that the upper (movable) plate is an absurd 4 mm below the level of the lower (fixed) plate. Could this be the reason for the problem?
Friend, analyzing the situation again I saw that the tortillas that had a small diameter of 8-9cm were thick, exactly with this difference reported above 4 mm! Could this be the cause of the problem?
First of all, that's a great use of found scraps!
As far as The thickness of the tortillas; it is hard to picture what is going on, but I do know that on of the reasons for the strip of wood across the top plate helps create more leverage for the handle and puts more pressure on the dough, making it flatter. If you have Facebook, maybe you could share pictures with me there.