Tofu Press

prusaprinters

<p>Hi!</p> <p>I had always wanted a tofu press, but most are rather expensive, hard to get, or require you to check on them often to adjust the pressure.</p> <p>So I designed one of my own, it is easy to print (no supports), easy to use, and works great!</p> <p>On my tests I managed to extract 125ml of water of a 340gr block of firm tofu pressing it overnight on the fridge.</p> <p>It consists of 4 parts (body, lid, pressing lid, pressing pole), they all measure less than 20cm and in total you would use about 250gr of material.</p> <p>The body has 2 variations:<br/> 1.- With holes for draining.<br/> 2.- Solid, for easy pressing with no need for another container.</p> <p>There's also an optional base to raise the bottom of the body with holes and let the water flow even on a flat surface.</p> <p>This press works with elastic bands, so you can adjust the pressure depending on the texture of your tofu by using more or less bands and/or by using elastics of different strengths</p> <p>To make your life easier, place the elastic bands on the lid before you put the lid in place.</p> <p>As a final note, before using this you should do some research on food safety with 3D printers, it's completely safe to use if you inform yourself before using it.</p> <p>links about 3D Printing and Food Safety:</p> <p><a href="https://formlabs.com/blog/guide-to-food-safe-3d-printing/">https://formlabs.com/blog/guide-to-food-safe-3d-printing/</a></p> <p><a href="https://3dprintergeeks.com/pla-food-safe/">https://3dprintergeeks.com/pla-food-safe/</a></p> <p><a href="https://www.myminifactory.com/blog/3d-printing-for-food-cooking-deadly-or-safe%3F">https://www.myminifactory.com/blog/3d-printing-for-food-cooking-deadly-or-safe%3F</a></p> <h3>Print instructions</h3><p>Print at whatever layer height you want, just make sure to use at least 2 shells/walls so it is as leak-proof as possible.</p> <p>I highly recommend you do some research on whether the material you are going to use is food safe.</p> <p>Most PLA and PETG are somewhat food-safe, ABS is most definitely not food safe and I definetely reccommend you not to print with it. It doesn't need supports to be printed.</p>