I just made a Apple Cider Press for Cheap!

[HowToLou]

Hi Everyone - I wanted to share this before your apples all fell and went to waste. A hand-powered apple grinder/masher and cider press can easily cost you $700. I built this motorized grinder and press for under $75, with a ceiling fan motor and a few plastic buckets. The grinder is made by forming two 6-inch PVC end caps into a drum and studding it with stailless steel screws. This is attached to and driven by a fan motor. The press container is made with 5 buckets, one inside the other, for extra strength, and drilled with 100 holes to let out the cider. A threaded rod is used to press a wooden plunger to squeeze the apples. Here is a video to show how I did it. -Lou

 

[dickiebird]

Hi Lou
Welcome...
How many of those size apples does it take to produce a gallon of cider?

THANX RICH

 

[journey11]

Welcome to TEG, Lou. That was some really cool tinkering! I was fascinated the whole way through. Your video is done very well and doesn't waste any time getting down to business. Thanks for sharing this.

 

[HowToLou]

Rich - It takes about 60 apples to make a gallon of cider. They were the smaller farm-sized apples, like you saw in the video.

Journey11 - Thank you. I enjoy building things and making videos. Most are not garden related. The only other "garden" project is the Watermelon Basinett

 

[so lucky]

That's so cute! Welcome to the forum.

 

[Smart Red]

Hi, @HowToLou! I'm happy to make your acquaintance here on TEG. I hope you find a home here and we get to know each other as we grow together in the garden.

 

[Smart Red]

Lou, I have an old computer and couldn't see the press from TEG. I will go to your U-Tube site for a look/see later today.

Thanks for stepping in and being a contributor to our site.

 

[HowToLou]

Thanks, Start Red. Just search for "HowToLou Cider Press" on YouTube.

 

[Nyboy]

Welcome !!! last weekend friends and I tried to make apple cider. I bought a motorized crush off CL, it now sits in bottom of my pond !!!

 

[Nyboy]