I just stumbled onto this site/ thread. I too have been looking into CEB press designs. I was frustrated because the only plans or presses I would find were metal construction (CINVA/ GRAGO Ram) which I do not have the tools or the budget to put one of these together. That led me down the wood and bolts road as well. I am impressed with Amedean's design and all of the thread ideas and feedback. My goal is to build a ECO-Shed using sustainable building materials that I can use to teach my students (high school science teacher) about such concepts as sustainability - show them that there are 'other' ways of building/ living...
I had an idea for the form/ removal issue - see attachment
Basically you could use your initial design but only permanently bolt/ screw one end and one side piece together to forms two separate L pieces - these L pieces could have doll rod or something else to just line the form up and it could be held together by a heavy duty ratchet tie down - press brick - release ratchet - take apart form… This is assuming a ratchet could get the job done… but they are cheap in staying true to the design idea
Not sure if this is a good idea or what but I figured I would throw it into the mix...
