HELP with my cheese press!

[Jonathan]

I'm making a home made cheese press that basically looks like this:

http://m.chickensintheroad.com/cooking/ ... ese-press/

My question is - how many pounds of gym weights do i need on top of the cheese press in order to press a single 7 or 8 inch diamiter wheel of parmesean? I'm getting very different suggestions from different places.

Thanks so much!

Jonathan

[DiggingDogFarm]

The method at the bottom of the following page is what I've used for years.....

http://www.cheesemaking.com/Parma2.html

~Martin