Comments on: Cider Press Plans

By: Granny Sue

Granny Sue — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:40:12 +0000

Love it. We looked for two years and finally found a slightly used press and grinder that does a superb job and cost a lot more than your homemade version. I'm glad we got one, but never considered the possibility of making one ourselves! go Warren! .-= Granny Sue´s last blog ..Remembering No. 9: Stories from the Farmington Mine Disaster =-.

By: Gary Dillon

Gary Dillon — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:42:40 +0000

I just run the apples over with my truck and suck up the juice where it puddles in the driveway....is that wrong? .-= Gary Dillon´s last blog ..simple sunday =-.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:31:23 +0000

WOW! I am impressed once again with your handyman skills. Was this press version 1.0? Anyhow, I don’t think I have ever made fresh cider. My grandma has some apple trees and we usually cut and dried the apples for fried apple pies. The apple trees always scared me because it seems like the biggest hornets I have seen in my life were hovering around those trees. I hope you don’t have that problem when making your cider.

By: tipper

tipper — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:31:14 +0000

I had to watch the video to see how it actually worked-you can tell I'm not mechanically inclined. Very neat. Love the sunflowers below too. .-= tipper´s last blog ..Civil War Letters 4 =-.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 21:49:04 +0000

Hahaa, wouldn’t be the same without a yellow square (I love the logic behind it). You are a pretty handy guy, you should live down the street so I could just come borrow yours instead of make my own
.-= Debbie´s last blog ..Bust a move– Indian style =-.

By: warren

warren — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:18:14 +0000

Thanks everyone! We love using this thing and it makes fall almost bearable. I love the flavor of cider and even better is that every batch is different depending on the apples I get.

I have seen the whiz bang press but I built my press a little before he released his info. I like to think that my “holes in the pot” approach inspired him to test his “holes in the plastic bucket” approach that he tested slightly after I showed my initial build.

Anyhow, cider is so easy to make this way. But on a smaller scale. anyone can do it by pureeing a handful of apples and smashing them between cookie sheets (you’ll need to work out the logistics to prevent a mess) or something similar that will allow you to exert manual pressure (you don’t have to use a bottle jack for a small batch) without breakage…

By: Kevin Kossowan

Kevin Kossowan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:43:03 +0000

I’ll second the whizbang cider press reference by Rad – that’s where I acquired most of the ideas for my build. I like the bolts in your frame – good idea to overbuild to that degree.
.-= Kevin Kossowan´s last blog ..Major, Major Beef Sourcing Score =-.

By: the inadvertent farmer

the inadvertent farmer — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:18:58 +0000

Yummmmmmm! Great job, Kim .-= the inadvertent farmer´s last blog ..Fun With Photo Editing and Manipulating =-.

By: rad

rad — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:56:23 +0000

A good book on building your own apple grinder and cider press can be found here;

http://whizbangbooks.blogspot.com/2007/12/wb23.html

By: warren

warren — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:23:55 +0000

Sorry to anyone having trouble with the video. It works here but I tried on another machine and found it didn’t work there until I closed another web page I had open…it’s weird…