The Press is a Machine consisting of many Members; it is delineated in Plate 4.
- a a The Feet.
- b b The Cheeks.
- c The Cap.
- d The Winter.
- e The Head.
- f The Till.
- g g The Hose. In the Cross-Iron of which, encompassing the Spindle, is the Garter.
- h h h h The Hooks on the Hose the Plattin hangs on.
- i k l m n The Spindle.
- i Part of the Worm below the Head, whose upper part lies in the Nut in the Head.
- k l The Eye of the Spindle.
- m The Shank of the Spindle.
- n The Toe of the Spindle.
- o o o o The Plattin tyed on the Hooks of the Hose.
- p The Bar.
- q The Handle of the Bar.
- r r The Hind-Posts.
- s s The Hind-Rails.
- t t The Wedges of the Till.
- u u The Mortesses of the Cheeks, in which the Tennants of the Head plays.
- x x x x y y The Carriage.
- x x x x The outer Frame of the Carriage.
- y y The Wooden-Ribs on which the Iron-Ribs are fastned.
- z The Stay of the Carriage, or the Stay.
- 1. The Coffin.
- 2. The Gutter.
- 3. The Planck.
- 4. The Gallows.
- 5. The Tinpans.
- 6. The Frisket.
- 7. The Points.
- 8. The Point-Screws.
All these several Members, by their Matter, Form and Position, do particularly contribute such an assistance to the whole Machine, that it becomes an Engine managable and proper for its intended purpose.
But because the smallness of this altogether-Draft may obscure the plain appearance of many of these Parts; Therefore I shall give you a more particular description, and large delineation of every Member in the Press: And first of the Wooden-work: Where, Note, that all the Fram’d Wooden-work of a Press is made of Good, Fine, Clean, Well-season’d Oak.
¶. 1. Of the Feet.
The Feet (marked a a in Plate 5.) are two Foot nine Inches and an half long, five Inches deep; and six Inches broad, and have their outsides Tryed to a true square, as was taught, Numb. 5. §. 15. It hath (for ornament sake) its two ends bevil’d away in a Molding, from its upper-side to its lower, about four Inches within the ends; about four Inches and three quarters within each end of each Foot is made in the middle of the Breadth of the upper-side of the Foot a Mortess two Inches wide, to receive the Tennants of the lower end of the Cheek, and the Tennant of the lower end of the Hind-Post: The Mortess for the Cheek is eight Inches long, viz. the Breadth of the Cheek: And the Mortess for the Hind-Post is four Inches long, viz. the square of the Hind-Post.
¶. 2. Of the Cheeks.
The Cheeks (marked b b in Plate 5.) are five Foot and ten Inches long (besides the Tennants of the top and bottom) eight Inches broad, and four Inches and an half thick. All its Sides are tryed square to one another. It hath a Tennant at either end, its lower Tennant marked a to enter the Fore-end of the Foot, runs through the middle of the Breadth of the Cheek, which therefore is made to fit the Mortess in the Foot, and is about four Inches long, and therefore reaches within an Inch of the bottom of the Foot; But the Tennant at the upper end of the Cheek marked a, is cut athwart the breadth of the Cheek, and therefore can have but four Inches and an half of Breadth, and its thickness is two Inches, Its length is four Inches; so that it reaches into the Mortess in the Cap, within half an Inch of the Top.
In the lower end-Tennant is two holes bored, within an Inch and an half of either side, and within an Inch and an half of the Sholder, with a three quarter Inch Augure, to be pin’d into the Feet with an Iron Pin.
In the middle of the upper Tennant, and within an Inch and an half of the Sholder, is bored another hole, to Pin the Tennant into the Cap, also with an Iron Pin.