After studying the video on the making of the Obelisco cigar (http://fairtradetobacco.com/threads/5947-Rolling-An-Obelisco-Cigar), in which a square-press mold is used, I pondered simple ways to make such a mold--not with the fancy tapers, but just a mold for simple, square-pressed sticks.
The simplest approach would be to use strips of triangular molding, similar to quarter-round, but just flat. Unfortunately, nobody seems to make that.
Square-press mold made from triangular molding strips glued to plywood.
Carving the individual cigar shapes from a block, with a 'V' gouge, might do the job. If the head of a cigar bunch is rolled with a taper, then it would come out of such a mold unaffected by compression.
Suggestions and comments welcome.
Bob
The simplest approach would be to use strips of triangular molding, similar to quarter-round, but just flat. Unfortunately, nobody seems to make that.
Square-press mold made from triangular molding strips glued to plywood.
Carving the individual cigar shapes from a block, with a 'V' gouge, might do the job. If the head of a cigar bunch is rolled with a taper, then it would come out of such a mold unaffected by compression.
Suggestions and comments welcome.
Bob