I've been collecting my tools for a while now and almost have enough to start my first real project which is a cider press. Havn't decided the style I'll do yet but if people are interested they can check out this thread:

http://forums.tfguild.net/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showthreaded&Number=28526&#Post28526

I'm still having issues with the engineering. From my calcs the timbers need to be huge to get the pressures I want. So either I won't get the pressures that I want or I'll need really huge timbers or someone who actually knows what they are doing will show me where I'm going wrong.