Build a Rack and Cloth Apple (Cider) Press

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7 жыл бұрын

This press is very easy to build with simple lap joinery and a few mortise and tenon joints. The entire press is held together with carriage bolts so it can be easily disassembled for storage. I made mine out of white oak but other species could also be used. The accessories consist of a tray to collect the juice, racks(lattices) to direct the juice out of the stack, a form to hold the apple pulp as it is loaded, a top plate, and a press block.
See the press in use: • How to make Apple Cide...
Website article and plans: www.mattcremona.com/build-vide...
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@bobafetting6373 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating to see how your style (not to mention shop and equipment!!!) have changed across the years. Such consistently good content over that time too.

@Kris_at_WhiteOaksFarm 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! I've had an Apple Press on my list of projects for a long time. I get the house restoration and the solar array and the granary and barn jacked up, I'll be building one!

@edrennie2864 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful workmanship. And yes, I have serious workshop envy!

@billyjoe3309 7 жыл бұрын

This guy is so good. I I lived near him, I would like shadow him all day watching his work :P Very nice!

@RobinLewisMakes 7 жыл бұрын

Nice one Matt, some great tips about hiding glue joints. I've seen these presses get used before, but I didn't realise it was such a simple machine to do it. And wow, a LOT of juice came out of it!

@theresazelazny7445 Жыл бұрын

I loved your design, process, and video. Well done! Easily followed.

@SuperMacDaddy66 6 жыл бұрын

You have a woodshop that would make most men envious! You turned out a very professional looking and beautiful piece that is also functional, great job!

@mcremona 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@WoodworkingBarcelona 7 жыл бұрын

Very interesting work Matt. I enjoy all the process. Best part IMHO is the jig you made for gluing up the racks. Regards!

@craftedworkshop 7 жыл бұрын

So freaking cool. I want some cider now!

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Johnny!

@frankkelly2245 7 жыл бұрын

Been waiting for this Matt! Great timing with the season.

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Frank!

@MRrwmac 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent build AND videography!

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mac!

@jamesonelam 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome piece Matt!

@TobyKennedy 7 жыл бұрын

Loved this, Matt! My Dad and I built one of these a few years ago - although not as beautiful as yours - and it's still going strong! I'm sure you know, but once the apples are formed (in muslin, or cheesecloth, etc) it's called 'a cheese'... ...mmmmn, cheese... All the best, Toby.

@ScrapwoodCity 7 жыл бұрын

Really cool build. looks really nice

@jackreeves3001 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing craftsmanship. Thanks!

@BuiltByN8 7 жыл бұрын

Very cool build. You make it look so easy

@gooddrugsfarm9105 7 жыл бұрын

I started watching this thinking maybe he can show me how to make one. I thought I had enough tools but now I see I just have baby tools. What a great job. Love this video!

@calenquick9606 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Going on the build list for sure.

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@LarryTait1 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic.! I was just about to research making a cider press! I love the stuff, and I get about 5% alcohol by volume in a week, using champagne/cider brewer’s yeast.

@nordyfamily 3 жыл бұрын

Great work Matt!.

@Cactusworkshopchannel 7 жыл бұрын

That's massive!! awesome!

@Mark-Huigen 7 жыл бұрын

It looks incredible!

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

+Mark Huigen thanks Mark!

@FredMcIntyre 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome job Matt!

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Fred!

@reforzar 7 жыл бұрын

This is awesome. Makes me want some cider.

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Brian!

@RandomChannel967 7 жыл бұрын

Really great video Matt, many thanks.

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@woodville8873 7 жыл бұрын

Great video Matt!

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@danthemakerman 7 жыл бұрын

That thing is massive!

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

that's what she said?

@AndrewKleinWW 7 жыл бұрын

Such a cool project man!

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andy!

@GregBaervids 6 жыл бұрын

gorgeous build!

@mcremona 6 жыл бұрын

+Greg Baer thanks!

@Pete.G 7 жыл бұрын

imPRESSive build Matt! :P

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

oh boy...

@GuysShop 7 жыл бұрын

So cool. That was a lot of work my friend!

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Guy!

@matt_williams1015 7 жыл бұрын

Great video Matt! I want some apple cider now...

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt!

@MrMojo271 7 жыл бұрын

Nice incorporation of Triton

@billarmstrong1250 5 жыл бұрын

Really nice job!!! Thanks!!!

@mcremona 5 жыл бұрын

thanks!

@mihumus 7 жыл бұрын

I've enjoyed it, very interesting project to do it. Cheers!

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@KKhhoorrnniittee 5 жыл бұрын

Nice one. Mrservecool once made a wooden press at the beginning of his cider hobby. It didn't hold up, so he had to make one out of steel.

@Vatsek 7 жыл бұрын

Nice project.

@plakor6133 7 жыл бұрын

Well done. you are really good at this content creating.

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@KagedCreations08XX 7 жыл бұрын

That is really cool!

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@dpmeyer4867 11 ай бұрын

lot's of good techniques...

@tooljunkie555 7 жыл бұрын

good stuff matt! my uncle would love this thing! might have to buy him the plans

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Joe!

@tooljunkie555 7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Cremona ALWAYS!!🖒🖒

@lgallant 7 жыл бұрын

Nice build!

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Leo!

@jamieirving7558 6 жыл бұрын

Well done.

@joseantoniogarciasiles4002 6 жыл бұрын

genial. muy claro y didactico

@ChetKloss 7 жыл бұрын

Very well done Matt. I don't need one, but somehow, I want to build one :)

@willemkossen 7 жыл бұрын

Nice project

@rexr9762 7 жыл бұрын

glad to see I'm not the only one that uses a jig saw for random stuff like that lol.

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

lol it comes in pretty handy

@ringerson4x4 7 жыл бұрын

I almost forgot you were a wood worker with all the fabrication videos lately.

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

+ringerson4x4 me too

@scotthaun8582 7 жыл бұрын

very cool!

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Scott!

@MrSpinkle1 4 жыл бұрын

Nice build, I wish I had all those tools. =P

@marcitecture 7 жыл бұрын

awesome

@JackmanWorks 7 жыл бұрын

Really cool build Matt. I bet that thing weighs more than you! :)

@randyallaway4085 7 жыл бұрын

If it's clear and yella, you got juice there, fella! If it's cloudy and brown, you're in cider town!

@DrivewayWorkshop 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@WildmanTech 7 жыл бұрын

Good work Matt! Are you going to ferment any of that juice?

@user-sj7qn2qs6v 4 жыл бұрын

good video ... I'm doing a similar pres. Tell me for a jack of 5 tons of oak beams in size 100x100 will be enough? and the upper beam 100x200?

@SGudur 7 жыл бұрын

Damn Matt!! The floor is so clean!! Did you upgrade the shop or did I miss a Shop update video!!

@MaxMakerChannel 7 жыл бұрын

What are your thoughts about finishes and food safety?

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Finishes are inert once cured

@MrPeterwaldi 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a great piece and a great video! Thank you so much. Building something like this is one of my dreams :D I guess the oak was from your own milling? And was the press for a client or for yourself? :)

@Mitermikeswoodshop 7 жыл бұрын

Nice Matt i didn't know how they made apple juice, one day i may make this if i get a farm....lol.

@David-fv7zg 7 жыл бұрын

It saddens me that I only have one thumbs up for this video, I wish I could have given it three. I have never used a bar top finish, what was the torch used for? Thanks again for making this Matt, great build. I just put in a dozen apple trees, that gives me about 5 years to get one made for myself! LOL.

@TheAtherion 7 жыл бұрын

I think he uses the torch to get rid of the bubbles that tend to form in epoxy.

@SGudur 7 жыл бұрын

Quick question. Is Epoxy food safe? If Yes, I have some use here with my old projects.

@happyhillsfarm8567 7 жыл бұрын

Glad to see my jointer isn't the only one where the shield doesn't retract and cover the blades when it's pushed out of the way haha

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

haha I haven't realigned the spring still

@happyhillsfarm8567 7 жыл бұрын

I tried but won't stay in place anymore, need to call grizzly and see what to do. Kind of scary when running wood across with it opened up that's for sure.

@AprilWilkerson 7 жыл бұрын

I like how you laugh when you tested it to it's limit. Haha.

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Destroying my projects doesn't even phase me haha

@ronron8464 7 жыл бұрын

Nice edit job Matt!! Ron, Littlewierdshop

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron!

@StructEdOrg 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I'd be very interested in doing a quick structural analysis of this for a video, what are your thoughts? Show what the height of that top bit that broke off should have been?

@Cepashit 7 жыл бұрын

Hi, Matt. How much of pressure your jack can create? I use 2,5 t pressure jack.

@user-sj7qn2qs6v 3 жыл бұрын

hi !!! Tell me please, what glue did you use for gluing the gratings? how long can these grids last? will the juice not corrode the glue?

@henrikhv5084 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Matt. Great Video :-) what type of glue did you use for gluing up the lattices? is it water resistant, or just normal wood glue?

@dannybowman7792 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this great info. One question, when you guys were pressing the apples, what kind of cloth were you using to wrap the apple pulp in?

@geoffroberts4342 7 жыл бұрын

Hi Matt, in this video you mention going from jointer to planer to square off your stock. Do you have to use a planer? Or could this be done on your jointer? Thanks in advance regards Geoff ( I love your channel )

@krtwood 7 жыл бұрын

Good thing you had that x-carve. Marking and drilling all those holes for that jig by hand would have been really annoying...

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

+krtwood could you even imagine? Who would be that crazy

@glebarshinov3915 7 жыл бұрын

I heard a lot about your makita mitter saw. Is it good?

@skeets6060 7 жыл бұрын

What kind of glue and I couldnt understand what kind of finish you said you put on

@longshot789 7 жыл бұрын

Think you might do any yosegi type segmented lamination now that you have a press like this? Got any non-apple-pressing ideas?

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe not that crazy but I was thinking it would be helpful for simple segmented bowl blanks or veneering. Maybe if I ever need to press some bearings onto a shaft.

@BraxtonWirthlin 7 жыл бұрын

That thing is BURLY!

@tranceformer110 7 жыл бұрын

did you get a new table saw? i see in some shots the rigid is gone and then there's what looks like a sawstop in other shots

@akirch9 7 жыл бұрын

tranceformer110 Sawstops are pretty sawsome.

@bmartinson 7 жыл бұрын

Matt, what have been your impressions of the triton track saw? Have you been really pleased with the cuts?

@johnmcbride425 6 жыл бұрын

I'm redoing all the oak cider press frame and juice box on family press. What would you recommend for a finish so apple juice doesn't taste funny or is bad for us. The box stores haven't been very helpful on this.

@pattigoebel3136 6 жыл бұрын

John McBride Osmo claims to have the only FDA approved food grade finish I think

@Crazysammy27 7 жыл бұрын

whats the dimensions on the press cloth?

@jamesdelmage986 7 жыл бұрын

wow i got make one of these

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Go for it!

@KSFWG 7 жыл бұрын

I don't have a need for an apple press, but I can see this being used as a medieval torture device... or a Halloween decoration... or both! lol

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave! Pretty festive!

@HovingtonInstruments 7 жыл бұрын

That is a really cool project... would be really expensive to buy all the wood required though..

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Depends where you live. Around here the wood for the press would be around $150. Maybe you should move ;)

@HovingtonInstruments 7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Cremona lol, I moved out west because I really don't like snow.. here there is about a couple weeks of shovelling snow per winter... oak I guess here would be close to double that...

@N1ghtR1der666 4 жыл бұрын

awsome job, it looks beautiful but its so large that even the enthusiast wood worker is unlikely to have the required equipment

@Xyienced 7 жыл бұрын

Cutting boards need lovin too

@CalebHarris87 7 жыл бұрын

Man, this makes me really wish I had some apple trees.

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

I think I need some too now

@janpospisilm 6 ай бұрын

Will the epoxy finish stay waterproof? Wood changes and cracks. Many aspects of your design rely on the fact that wood stays sealed. For example I would be worried if those racks will not come apart after few seasons.

@edhorsegolfer4784 7 жыл бұрын

We should make brandy with that...Or should we?

@Retroweld 7 жыл бұрын

Awesome project Matt. I wonder if I could use that for both pressing apples and bending steel? ;-)

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Douglas! You read my mind :)

@peter_kelly 7 жыл бұрын

Or veneer...

@monolito8556 6 жыл бұрын

4 stars just for not adding a background annoying music, machinery sounds are more relaxing

@mcremona 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@stephenh7336 6 жыл бұрын

Great build. Jealous of your shop, would take me 30 years to afford all that. ;)

@brycefrank6107 5 жыл бұрын

The Demetri Martin of Woodworking

@Aletaire 7 жыл бұрын

At 1:50 what is the name of that wood glue bottle you have there? I see it in a lot of people's vids but never knew where people get the same one.

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

Glubot: amzn.to/2gVrac1

@DogsOnAcid 4 жыл бұрын

How many hours of labour?

@franksmodels29 7 жыл бұрын

If I have any questions will drop you a note... Starting to track down lumber...

@tacticalrooster6508 7 жыл бұрын

Hi, What bandsaw do you have? Thanks

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

+W L Rikon 10-325

@franksmodels29 7 жыл бұрын

May have to build one now .... Lol

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

please do :)

@thisisnotmyname91 7 жыл бұрын

For your jig to make the lattice... couldn't you have done just the perimeter dowels?

@mcremona 7 жыл бұрын

+Jason _ maybe. I wanted to make sure that under pressure they didn't slide around and I wanted to know exactly where to apply glue so I didn't have to deal with cleaning up glue between the slats

@thisisnotmyname91 7 жыл бұрын

Good point... I guess it's attention to detail lol I would've gone the easy way haha