On Sunday I headed down to Woodbury, NJ to pickup a Rowley & Hermance door clamp and a very large sectional veneer clamp. The clamp was tucked away in the corner of the building where it had been for over 30 years.
To get it out I had to remove each section from the timber supports and roll it out to the door on a pallet jack. This process was made difficult by a rotten floor. Every few inches of movement would result in the pallet jack going through the floor. Once at the door, the sections had to be moved outside and leaned against the building. Once all the sections were outside, the timbers were removed and placed on the trailer. The next step was to reassemble the entire clamp on the trailer. Each section was strapped to the trailer and then all sections were strapped together. I figured that if one fell over, it would have to take all of them with it. The "oh crap" strap runs from the top of the last clamp to the back of the trailer.
Each section weighs approximately 900 Lbs. Needless to say, I has excessive tongue weight. The Hermance clamp helped balance things out a bit, but not quite enough to make it a smooth ride home. It was only an hour away, so it really wasn't too bad.
I haven't determined the manufacturer of the veneer press yet, but I did find some tags that were unreadable. I'll work on getting that question answered over the next few days. (edit: I've just determined that the press was manufactured by "Charles E. Francis & Brothers")
