Looks like it may be a good year for apples and we've been promised quite a few!
Here's the almost finished item!
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Cider press!
Cider press!Myself and my buddy on the allotments, a retired joiner who's always recycing wood, decided to construct a frugal cider press!
Looks like it may be a good year for apples and we've been promised quite a few! Here's the almost finished item! I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
- Pablo Picasso
Re: Cider press!I was going to put one of those together over the winter ready for next year...
Now, I see you're just down the road in Grantham (20 mins south of me) and I have an abundance of apples. Would you perhaps be willing to meet up at some point? Cheeky I know, but don't ask, don't get. Perhaps I could bring a present for Julian ;)
Re: Cider press! Stormrider Did you get my pm? I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
- Pablo Picasso
Re: Cider press!Yes mallard, sorry for not replying sooner. Just sent!
Cheers! Re: Cider press!Would you like to share your design/plans?
Sometimes I wake up grumpy other times I let him sleep
Re: Cider press!The fine details are in my friend George's head, but these two pics are the basic plan! They are from a web site that no longer exists; a word document can be found with an extensive search.
We've decided the slatted bits between the pulp bags may be better with plain board and a few holes!   I'd like to live as a poor man with lots of money.
- Pablo Picasso
Re: Cider press!That looks excellent mallard,its another project on my 'list'
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