I live in apple country so I'm really excited about this build. Fantastic as always, Matt!

Both this video and the build were terrific! Congratulations on making such an efficient high-yield machine. Beautiful.

Fantastic video and project!! I got married at this orchard in may and had some of this cider at my head table. Excellent stuff.

Cheers! from Finland! That is the best looking press by far! I´ve made cider few times with my own hand made press, and you just can´t beat the taste! Once you figure the best way to work with your own press, it´s fun and very rewarding. Even better if you get your family and friends to make it with you!

Looks pretty solid. Glad to see it stands up to all that pressure. Love watching you build things.

Hi Matt! I bought the cider press plans right after this video came out and made a slightly scaled down version made of softer wood. Every year we throw a cider pressing party, slowing growing in size over the years. This year I swapped the manual 12ton bottle jack with one that is Air/Hydraulic and used a compressor to drive it. Our first year we pressed 30 or so pounds to make just a couple gallons of juice as a trial. This year we had over 40 guests! We bought one bin ( 800-900 pounds ) of apples in bulk, and made about 60 gallons of juice! All in about 5 hours thanks to your plans! To get the apples into pulp I repurposed an 14amp electric chipper/shredder. It will chew through apples as fast as we can throw them in! Thanks again for creating the plans. The press has created memories that will last our lives. Next year we might tackle 2 bins, that's close to 1ton of apples, and over 100 gallons of juice!

Ha! That is crazy, and looks like a lot of fun.

That's awesome! I've made a few batches of hard cider with store bought juice, but never anything fresh pressed. I bet it'll turn out amazing!

Yep, I got to make 1 for my dad now. nice demo. It worked just great

Thanks for squeezing out some more juicy details on making cider! 🍎🍏

Great project Matt. Hope you get lots of customers for that press.

That applecider looks great! Greetings from Belgium

I had been wondering how you would use all those extra frames (we always just used one). I see you only ended up using one as well.

didn't think this would be all that interesting since i can buy apple juice or cider. But i was wrong. This was super cool and fun to watch. Great job Matt and Steve!!

Wonderful video. My wife is anxious to add this project to my list.

Nice work you guys!

That looked like it was so much fun

Great video guys!

Awesome! I can do this!!!! You guys are geniuses!!!

Nice video, well edited.

Really cool Matt!

Hello. Great job. Loved it.

Definitely going to make a similar press. I've got grapes, pears and apples. They'll all make great juice and fermented beverages.

Super cool, Matt!

Amazing! tnx for sharing, this is inspiration for many people. Greetings from czech republic ;-)

Very informative video. One thing i didn't noticed mentioned is never use apples off the ground, as there are documented cases of e coli from using such apples for cider.

Needed a shot of JR sampling the end result. Or at least you. How was the juice? Do you need to refrigerate the whole yield, and do you have space for it?

I'm so proud that Matt didn't drop the camera in the grinder. Would have made an awesome shot but u can only do it once on that camera.

That was really cool Matt! But now I'm thirsty for apple cider!!! 👍 Ron, Littlewierdshop

Wow that was awesome, so much juice coming out!

To grind my apples and other foods, I built a small frame to hold a single stainless steel sink and a new food disposal unit high enough to direct the flowing juice to a container for processing. It is not as fast as this grinder, but using 'reclaimed' components (not the disposal unit!) you can save some $$$.

That looks SO good!!!

This was so cool!!

Impressive juicing. Although with the trickling cider noise in my headphones, I now have to pee.

That was GREAT !!!! I felt like reaching into my monitor and grabbing a glass full......Your boy is really getting big ( sorry I forgot his name) GOD Bless him ........ And a cameo by Pancake........Keep up the great videos , we learn something new with everyone you make.............and as always ....Protect Your DIGITS................Gregg

awesome video as always!

I was so interested in every aspect of this that I didn't notice the boy being silly in front of the camera until about my fifth time watching. LOL gotta love kids! My kids have "ruined" many photos and video clips and annoyed me. But when it's someone else's kids it's funny. This is a great reminder that we are making memories that we'll look back on and laugh and even their kids will laugh! Thanks again for the great videos my press is finally done.

that's great stuff!

Hi Matt, it looks like at about the 1020 mark that the top left part of the upright was cracked. I'm wondering because I plan to have one made but wont if the design wont hold up to the pressure. I'd appreciate your input on this! Thanks

Very interesting.

I'm sure I'm not the first to say it was neat watching the fruits of your labor at work. Or perhaps more precisely, the materials you used in the making of the press bore fruit? In any event, really neat project and thanks for sharing. Mike

Wow, I'd love to try some cider from this.

If you have a grinder that produces mush rather than chips would you get more juice?

This video is so much fun to watch. Apple juice the best way.

This is awesome... makes me wish I still lived up North so I could start pressing apples! 🤓👍🏼

OK. Now I want to build an apple press ! But a smaller one ;-) What kind of juice can we squeeze out with this type of press ? I think to pear, plum, grapes. Anything else ?

Great vid..👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

nice!

The only thing I could think of the whole time I was watching this... "If it's cool and yellah, you got juice there fella. If it's warm and brown, you're in cider town!" - Ned Flanders

Could you drill a hole in the top cross beam , tap it to put a wheel to press it. You know so when the wheel turns a shaft downward it can do the pressing. Does that make sense? If I’m lose just tell me lol

That kid is fun. You should have him do more videos...

nice video

An garden shredder will make a perfect apple grinder ;)

Your face when he said it was going to be for sale soon was pretty much priceless.

Great couple of videos! Now I'm thinking about how I can make a press to use for juicing AND for just pressing various stuff for fun...

Just wait until it ferments a little bit, then you record a follow up Matt. I'm interested to see how the classic "Cremona laugh" gets more giggly 😜

Hi matt, thanks for posting this video. I'm wondering if you know how much the press weighs(even approximately) when not full of apples. Wondering because I may have one made but want to know how difficult it will be to move around for one person. Thanks again for the cool video

great thnx

The old ones had an acme screw for pressing with a big handwheel on the top. The jack probably works as well or better, but the acme screw would be a nice vintage touch. I have been to old cider mills where the press was powered by a water wheel turning a huge screw which I think was wooden, but I don't remember for sure. A question: If those are zinc coated bolts, won't the acid in the juice dissolve the coating?

How do you store fresh apple juice and how long does it last? Or is this just for making cider?

Great informative video! Was wondering how heavy of a jack did you use ?

Makes me thirsty for cider! Right after I go pee! Great video, wish I had apples to squish. Thanks Matt and Steve for sharing!

Maybe use 2 wrought iron plates bent in a U and placed as caps over the uprights using the through bolts, to help with the structural integrity as the jack presses up on the crossbeam. Something hand hammered would have a nice look to it. Where is Alec Steele when you need him? :-)

what about the hard apple cider?

btw Great Project.

I assume before there were bottle jacks, some sort of giant screw was used? Could the leftover crushed apple be used in pastry like apple fritter or a pie?

Great Video, I was wondering what Tonnage is your bottle jack?

Oddly, I got absorbed into the whole Apple grinding conversation. Now I want to press my own Apple juice.

Cool video! A couple of questions. Where do you buy cheap apples to make this juice out of? Is the apple pulp good for anything after it has been fully squeezed out?

What is the wood treated with?

Hey matt, I'm wondering what strength of bottle jack I would use on this? In terms of tons. What did you use in this video? Thanks

juicy video ;)

what do you do with the mush after the juice is removed? just toss it?

The kid was great!

Impressive press! What´s the approx. yield in percentage?

OK Matt, how come you made so many of those outer forms when it looks like you only need one to progress along?

That was pretty cool! Is some way to make use of the pulp?

Any idea how much 6 bushels weighed? I just did cider for the first time. 175lb of apples yielded about 12 gallons.

10:22 Matt is always thinking about pancakes! Were you worried there would be too much pressure and the whole press would just explode out the top?

When switching gallons why not put alittle cork pull in the drain?

just wondering what type of cloth you are using? tnx

Do you know where I can buy those cloth filter bags?

Can you press wine grapes in that press also

The kid at the end was hilarious.

What did you use for cheesecloth? Was it 50g, or was it nylon?

Nice video, Matt. In the UK, we call it 'apple juice'. Cider here is alcoholic apple juice.

That water fall of apple juice was awesome...now time to pee....lol

I'm surprised nobody mentioned it, but Matthias Wandel at woodgears.ca has an awesome homemade wooden apple grinder that seems to work just as good as the professional one. Anyway, awesome job!

Matt, you live in Minnesota? So do I. Greeting from Minneapolis

why 6 racks, looked like you only used the one?

all that activity in the background though.. too cute

why did you make so many frames. he seemed to only use one for the entire process.

Did it taste good??? :)

I smashed apples to press with a post and a big tub. Not as good as a grinder, but free.

Perhaps a stupid question, but couldn't you just fill the layers with apples and go ahead with just pressing the whole apples? - Edit, answer at 6:45.

Time to let some ferment for hard cider.

Weird to have a massive fireplace outside and it doesn’t even seem cold

Have you thought of pressing other fruits? Oranges, grapes, cherries, mangoes, etc? Or veggies? Make your own V8 juice. Actually, you could kick it up a notch and make V10 juice!

With 9 easy installments of $99.99 you too can squish apples in style!

And also I thought instead of an ending of "happy woodworking" you would say "happy Apple pressing".