Blast from the Past: Can You Name These 20 Forgotten Retro Household Items?
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What heavy manual press was bolted to a table to crimp metal caps onto glass soda or beer bottles?
Explanation
A manual bottle capper is a vintage cast-iron desk stand featuring an oversized lever arm. For home bottling of soda, beer, or cider, empty bottles were slid beneath a metal capping head that crimped crowns securely onto bottle necks with a pull.