Press builds

[Peatbogbrewer]

My press ends up crippling me after making about 5 gallon. Frozen shoulder and bloody annoyed. So i'm looking at building a press. Im thinking of adapting a hydraulic press to into a rack and cloth press. Presses similar to these: https://www.gumtree.com/other-power-too ... ulic+press

Anyone else tried to do this?

[bottles]

Last year I made a wooden press that used a 10ton hydraulic jack. Also converted a kitchen waste disposal unit for my grinder. Managed to make 15 gallons in one long day.
Don't worry about the size of jack. If you push to hard it bursts the cheese cloth the pommace is wrapped in.
I tried to make everything compact for storage.
Andrew

[bottles]

Here is a quick pic of my press frame. I find the processing of the apples takes the most time.

[MashBag]

If any one is interested I did some plans years ago... Using a hydraulic car jack!