23 b a plurality of nuts 24 a first bushing 25 a and a second bushing 25 b hand press 50 is interconnected to carrier 20 and to base 60 carrier 20 is translationally connected to shaft 30 and receives cylindrical cutting core 27 shaft 30 is also connected to ejecting member 40 and to base 60 in some embodiments shaft 30 may be connected attached or integral with base 60 in such a way as to prevent rotation and or translation of shaft 30 relative to base 60 if base 60 is included in coring apparatus 10 thus shaft 30 may provide a guide for carrier 20 first and second sleeves 21 a 21 b each include an aperture although only the second sleeve aperture 21 b u2032 can be seen extending therethrough that is sized and shaped to accept shaft 30 such that sleeves 21 a 21 b may slide in a translational direction t along shaft 30 also in this embodiment hand press 50 includes a pair of first press arms 54 and a pair of second press arms 56 and hand press 50 is connected to carrier 20 by a carrier rod 58 that is inserted through first press arms 54 and carrier 20 in some embodiments it may be desirable to have carrier rod 58 be cylindrical or near cylindrical in shape so that it may act as a hinge and or otherwise not impede rotation of hand press 50 relative to carrier 20 second press arms 56 are connected to base 60 in base slots 62 in such a way as to allow.