Very nice.

 

wfm; nice project. nice anvil also btw.

 

Awesome! Every fall then the apples are coming on we talk about building a press but have yet to every get around to it. Have you built your grinder yet?

 

Nice. I'm getting ready to start something too. Last year I just used a 5gal pail with holes drilled in it and my 20ton HF Press. Worked good but I want to do better this year.

 

Wow you single pointed that instead of just buying a piece of stainless all thread ...Not many guys do that anymore

 

I looked into buying one from McMaster-Carr. A 1-1/4” SS 3’ long threaded rod is over $150 with shipping. Plus, that defeats the purpose of having all of my machines and tons of brass, aluminum, SS and steel stock. They are no good if you don’t use them.

If this press works out, I may make another screw. I can buy a 1-1/4” – 4 TPI Acme nut from McMaster-Carr for $10 (or I could make one) and machine another brass screw. Then I won’t need to turn the screw nearly as many times as with the existing 1-1/4 - 7 TPI NC nut/screw. I had a nut and was kind of pressed for time as I want to use the press this coming weekend. I just came up with the idea less than a week ago.

1917 Flather & Co. 20" Lathe
1954 Southbend Lathe Works 9" Lathe
1910’s Silver Manufacturing Co. 20" Camelback Drill Press
1910’s Rockford Drilling Machine Co. Camelback Drill Press
1920’s Cincinnati No 1-1/2 Universal Cutter & Tool Grinder
1950's Diamond Tool Co. M-22 Horizontal Milling Machine
1910’s Builders Iron Foundry 12” Pedestal Grinder
1964 Index 645 Vertical Milling Machine
1940's Joba 15" Shaper
2001 MSC Horizontal Band Saw

 

NICE shop ...having machining envy attack right now

We needed a small piece acme threaded one time and i told the guy why don't you just single point it yourself
He looked at me as if i were some kind of alien fungus

I wound up shaping the cutting tool and cutting the threads ...i did have an acme thread gauge and no one else had one ...go figure

 

Extremely well done. That type of a project is out of my league. Kits used to be available where all one had to do was add wood but.... they're far and few between these days.
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I too would be interested in knowing if you were in a position to build your own grinder.

 

I made one years ago with the plastic bucket and a jack , Used some old c channel iron and flat stock for a frame . I have two tips for you cider guys, crush the apples as you put them in the squeeze bucket ,(you can make a crusher or just use a foot grinder) and use a white cloth bag liner .I had mushed apple squirt out of the bucket. Buy crushing the fruit first you extract more juice with less pressure.
gxbxc

 

The apple grinder was simple to make. A piece if 1/16" thick SS flat bar on a piece of all thread attached to a drill and a 5 gallon bucket. Chopped them up in about 30 seconds. Got 10 gallons of juice. Have it fermenting.

In the process of making another screw. 7 TPI is too fine as it takes 124 turns to travel 24 inches. I have a bronze valve stem from a large gate valve that came out of a steam plant. It has 1-3/8" - 3 TPI square left hand thread. The stem is 28 inches long but the threads on it are only 14 inches. So I will have to chase an additional 10 inches of thread. I am making a steel nut for it now.

 

Forty years ago I, with some friends tried that style press without much success. An old farm passed down several generations had ancient commercial grade equipment. It included a steam engine (we substituted a fifty year old tractor). The grinder was 10' up, a guillotine type door allowed batches of pumice. A stack was built from layers of oak racks made from two layers of 3/4" by 1/2" thick 3/4" apart. Burlap squares were laid on the wooden rack, a 1.5 gallon gob of ground apple was blobed on it, wrapped in burlap and covered with another wooden rack. A stack of these 18" tall would slide in a massive oak pan under a 10000 lb hydraulic press where it would spend 10 minutes.

 

great idea on the apple chopper ,how many presses did it take to get 10 gal. of cider,how many buckets of apples ? Thanks for posting
gxbxc

 

This was the second squeezing session for 5 gallons of juice. About 3-1/2 gallons of chopped apples yielded about 1 gallon of juice. Chopped and squeezed it twice. 7 squeezes total. Had 5 milk crates full of apples for 5 gallons of juice.

I know somebody is going to ask:
1967 GTO, frame off rotisserie restoration (done in my garage), 455 +.030" (462 cu in), around 450 HP, Muncie 4 speed, frame and underneath painted as nice as the top, PPG base coat-clear coat, 3:55 posi rearend, purchased for $175 in 1975, insured for $60K. Did all the work myself except the trunk lid graphic. Had every nut and bolt out of this car. Worked as a mechanic from 1972-1977 while going through H.S. and college.

 

Nice GTO also

 

A few more for all the gear heads like me.

Homemade rotisserie.

 

Why I have I never thought of that simple of an apple chopper? I made drum and hopper style that was alway bridging last year.
Your idea will be copied! Thankyou!

 

The Goat leaves me speechless !!!!!!!!!!!!!!