Egyptian Bag Press

                         

What it was used for:

    The Egyptian Bag press is what the Ancient Egyptians used to make wine. They would sqeeze fresh grapes and then ferment the juice to make wine. It was like an ancient juicer.


I built a bag press, to replicate what it was like to squeeze fruit during the ancient times.


The building process:

    First I built the frame by making a u-shape with three pieces of wood. Then I created holes on either side of the frame and drilled iron pipe flanges to the sides of the holes.

    After I built the frame, I attached plywood triangles to the L-shaped parts of the frame for stability.

    Using an old linen cloth, I sewed a skiny, pillowcase-like bag with a loop on one of the ends for a dowel. I put grapes in the linen bag and then I put the sides of the bag through the holes on the sides. I put the first dowel through the loop on the bag, and the second dowel was twisted around the bag.
    Once it was set up, I put a container in the frame, and spun the dowels each a different direction so that the bag twisted and the grapes isdide whre squeezed and the juice fell into the container underneath.
Finnally I poured the juice into a cup and drank it.


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