WAX SQUEEZING PRESS SEBEȘU DE JOS, Sibiu county, 18th century
The press is built of solid oak wood, having a pressing beam (cracana) 8.9 m long and 0.5 m wide; the supporting pillar (replaced in 1954) is 2.1 m high, while the screw (vortex), made of wild hair by turning, is 3 m high. remains from the comb after honey extraction) to obtain wax, in two large metal boilers, the smoke being discharged through a brick chimney. The fire was fueled with wood, later used tires.
A shed (shop) with stone walls and Jimbolia tile cladding houses both the installation and the hearth for boiling the bostina. The press operated until 1997.
In the past, the wax from the Romanian Lands was of the best quality, being one of the main items exported to the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Hungary, Poland, Germany, Genoa and Venice.