Make a 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

 

[1muttsfan]

Very clever! Not sure if I could pull it off though - not so great with electricity.

BTW, how did you wife feel about the ceiling fan demolition

 

[HowToLou]

Thanks. I did not use that fan from my daughter's room

I recycled one that somebody threw away!

 

[1muttsfan]

Welcome to BYC

 

[HowToLou]

Thank you!