Fruit Press or Apple Press?

[princess]

Do you have one? Maybe one you're not using and would be willing to part with for a rea$onable price?

I want one.

Must be able to crush apples into cider.

 

[miamirick]

sure just give GALLAGER a call   hes got a garage full of em!!!  

 

 

[mossymo]

Princess

Here is a good thread on using a sausage stuffer to make cider - http://www.smoked-meat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9952&highlight=stuffer+apple

Just noticed your post and thought maybe you could use some ideas with your stuffer.

 

[princess]

Hey Mossy... I tried to click that link this morning and there was nothing there... :(

Princess

Here is a good thread on using a sausage stuffer to make cider - http://www.smoked-meat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9952&highlight=stuffer+apple

Just noticed your post and thought maybe you could use some ideas with your stuffer.

 

[arnie]

I have an old sausage stuffer I could part with

 

[princess]

I have a 5lb Grizzly, but the gears are plastic.  Hrmmm... this bears looking in to. I finally figured out how to see MossyMO's link (I had to join That Other Forum) and they're still hypothesizing. I'm waiting on this one...

I have an old sausage stuffer I could part with

 

[mossymo]

Originally Posted by Princess  

I have a 5lb Grizzly, but the gears are plastic.

I believe LEM 5 lb. replacement stuffer gears (metal) will replace the gears in your Grizzly. Better to have them if your stuffer breaks down than to not have them a ruin a sausage project. http://www.lemproducts.com/product/1470/Vertical_Stuffer_Parts

 

[princess]

For 430 it may be worth a shot. If they don't fit... have you ever returned something at LEM? Are they pretty good about it? 

 

I believe LEM 5 lb. replacement stuffer gears (metal) will replace the gears in your Grizzly. Better to have them if your stuffer breaks down than to not have them a ruin a sausage project. http://www.lemproducts.com/product/1470/Vertical_Stuffer_Parts

 

[mossymo]

Princess

Here is better info - http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/forum/thread/83983/replacement-gears-for-the-5lb-grizzly-stuffer

 

[beer-b-q]

Princess, the LEM Gears fit, they are the same machine other than the gears...

Be careful using the stuffer as a press as it also has a plastic plate.  I would grind the apples first then put the grindings in some cheesecloth and then run them through the stuffer to press the juice out.

Or you could just run the apples through an electric juicer.  I have a Jack LaLaine Juicer that works great for extracting juice...

 

[Bearcarver]

Princess,

Only thing I found:

http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/category_food-processing+fruit-crushers-juicers-wine-presses

Bear

 

[jacobss914]

You got skills?  I have a 20 ton press, seems to me a plate, the fits inside a cylinder with a hole would do the trick, and then let the press do its thing.  I crush oil filters this way, don't think you want to use it to press apples.  Juice and 5w30 does not go together.

Or Mother Earth lets you know how to build one out of wood, again got skillz?

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Do-It-Yourself/1976-09-01/How-To-Build-A-Cider-Press.aspx

 

[mossymo]

You got skills?  I have a 20 ton press, seems to me a plate, the fits inside a cylinder with a hole would do the trick, and then let the press do its thing.  I crush oil filters this way, don't think you want to use it to press apples.  Juice and 5w30 does not go together.

Or Mother Earth lets you know how to build one out of wood, again got skillz?

cowgirl makes tortilla's with her drill press, this CAN be done!

 

[cowgirl]

cowgirl makes tortilla's with her drill press, this CAN be done!

lol Yes it can be done! lol Thanks Marty.

 

 

[princess]

Is there anything Cowgirl CAN'T do?!? She's a total rockstar. :)  I swear, I learn something new from her every week!

cowgirl makes tortilla's with her drill press, this CAN be done!

 

[Bearcarver]

Is there anything Cowgirl CAN'T do?!? She's a total rockstar. :)  I swear, I learn something new from her every week!

 

LOL---Join the crowd!

She's amazing, but you got a pretty good start yourself.

Bear

 

[dnovotny]

one day i was looking on utube and saw a guy using a garbage disposal  so i want on ebay bought a 3/4 horse  one for $80.00

with a ten year warrenty  put  a 16" sink above that and pvc at the bottom and grinded it into a bucket with a fruit sock(inside the bucket)

and took it to the press and it works great... now i can get my pulp to make wine...

 

[Bearcarver]

one day i was looking on utube and saw a guy using a garbage disposal  so i want on ebay bought a 3/4 horse  one for $80.00

with a ten year warrenty  put  a 16" sink above that and pvc at the bottom and grinded it into a bucket with a fruit sock(inside the bucket)

and took it to the press and it works great... now i can get my pulp to make wine...

Sounds like a great idea to me!!!!

Bear