Back in the day these units were referred to as lard press, fruit press and butchering on the farm were put to good use! Cooking down fat from pigs and then leftovers into the press you made cracklings ! A litte salt and that was just like eating popcorn . We used the press to make sausage links and baloney ! I have one which I used until it got to heavy to move around so I completely restored it and bought a new vertical unit! Parts are available on Google