Press, Straw
Press used to cut palm leaf table mats, Mount Lebanon, NY
Description
Mat press. Press has a wood frame which sits on two feet. On the right side there is a foot treadle which when pressed pulls down an arm which pushes a wooden platform up. The platform has three oval grooves, one set inside another. A secondary attachment is secured to the upper cross bar with threaded bolts; attachment has a metal oval surrounding a oval block of wood, which when the platform raises up, the metal fits in the smallest of the three oval cut-outs.
New York Mount Lebanon
