Press builds

A forum for cider makers
Post Reply
User avatar
Peatbogbrewer
Piss Artist
Posts: 264
Joined: Thu Apr 17, 2014 10:33 pm
Location: Peak District

Press builds

Post by Peatbogbrewer » Fri Mar 13, 2020 4:00 pm

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
Steady Drinker
Posts: 80
Joined: Sat Jul 27, 2013 10:24 am

Re: Press builds

Post by bottles » Sat Mar 21, 2020 4:56 pm

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
Steady Drinker
Posts: 80
Joined: Sat Jul 27, 2013 10:24 am

Re: Press builds

Post by bottles » Mon Mar 23, 2020 6:27 pm

Here is a quick pic of my press frame. I find the processing of the apples takes the most time.
Attachments
IMG_20200321_155703.jpg

User avatar
MashBag
Even further under the Table
Posts: 2140
Joined: Wed Oct 23, 2013 7:13 am

Re: Press builds

Post by MashBag » Mon May 31, 2021 6:59 am

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

Post Reply