[TheForge] The hard cider is good... OT:

[Andrew Vida]

The normal commercial juicer doesn't have anywhere near the oomph to 
juce a large loade of apples.  And it take a LONG time.  We did that 
three years ago and it was impossible.  Some friends gave us a juicer 
they didn't want any longer so we tried it.  Not good.  At all.

AFAICS, a  good old-fashioned cider press, whether hard-mechanical or 
hydraulic is the best way to go.  We have one in the barn, borrowed from 
a neighbor.  I'd like to build one, but with a QR screw so we would not 
have to unscrew the ram all that way, but rather could simply release 
and raise it quickly.  When you're pressing 500# or more of apples, it 
is helpful.  A hydraulic press would be nice, too.

Bruce Freeman wrote:
> Ever see one of the "modern" fruit & veggie juicers?  A perforated
> bowl with teeth, spinning at high speed.  Grinds the fruit or veggie,
> centrifuging the juice through the "sieve" and kicking the pulp up
> over the bowl.  In principal, they could do any amount, but the
> recepticals fill up and, besides, they won't take anything larger than
> a carrot.  Apples would have to be cut up.
> 
> 
> So..... SCALE IT UP!  That would be a project of sufficient
> complication to interest a blacksmith!
> 
> Of course, that's probably how the commercial juicers work anyway.
> 
> On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 8:49 PM, Jerry Frost <akfrosty at mtaonline.net> wrote:
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "CGRAF" <adveniam at att.net>
>> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2010 1:31 AM
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] The hard cider is good... OT:
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>>> On 10/24/2010 4:50 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:
>>>> Geez you guys are getting complicated! Can't I just use the juicer
>>>> attachment on my Kitchen Aid mixer?
>>>>
>>>> Jer
>>>
>>> Gee Jerry, consider who you are talking with..
>>> A simple solution? Come on man get real.
>>>
>>> Mike Graf
>>>
>> Good point Mike, thanks for the "reality(?)" check. Now you have me thinking
>> about a blacksmith's version of "Sledgeomatic". Maybe lay the apples out in
>> a long line and drop a tree on them?
>>
>> Jer
>>
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