Went to the pumpkin patch today, and there was this old cider press that had been completely redone. I don't know if it's in working order, but it's pretty cool looking! :)
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This time of year starts me thinking about apples. Until last year, we had been able to take our apples to our friends' house and he would press all our apples into wonderful cider and afterwards I would be able to enjoy the visit with his lovely wife.
I am finally getting around to posting photos of the cider press that I built this year. I made 50 gallons of cider this year, mostly with donated apples...
Apple Cider Press With Grinder: An all-oak cider press with an integrated apple grinder.
Dempsey Woodworking - How to make an Apple Cider Press.
the problem So, someone gave me about tonne of apples for "personal use". I really need to get better at saying no to free stuff. I left maybe 300kg behind (showing huge restraint right there) so only ended up with a meagre ~900kg of apples… And no equipment to deal with them. First of…
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Homemade Cheese and Cider Press: Here is how I built my own combination cider and cheese press. After a great apple harvest this year, I was inspired to obtain my own cider press. However, after pricing one and seeing that they cost exactly one arm and one leg to purchase I started…
You might have an apple tree in your backyard, but here is how you can make your very own apple cider from those apples! DIY apple cider press is the perfect project to kickstart autumn.
This is a reader submitted guest post from Shannon of Island Shire Farm. Today we created a wine press. I used some ideas from a couple of guys on the Internet, with a few of my own modifications. Here are … Continue reading →
Looking for apple cider press plans? Build a homemade apple cider press for an efficient and delicious way to preserve left over apples from this fall’s harvest.
Small Homebuilt Cider Press: When life gives you lemons you make lemonade; when your neighbor gives you several bushels of apples, duh, make cider! However in my case, I didn't exactly have a cider press sitting around waiting to be used, so I bui…
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My Dad restored this old press back in the 1930s after finding it in an abandon apple orchard. We used it most every year till it fell apart and I had to rebuild it again. This time it is as close to the original as I could get.
Here's a project to make a cheap and simple press for apples (and maybe cheese), from readily available materials and components. This is going to differ from some of my previous
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[Dateline: 4 November 2008] I have been working over at least four cider seasons to develop a simple, efficient, homestead-size system for...