Having built the whizbang press a few years ago, I finally got around to building the grinder... Unbeleivable, I could grind apples faster than my wife could cut them in two pieces. We made 7 gallons of apple juice and asian pear juice in less than two hours.

This is fantastic! Thank you for making this video!

Wow. What a great life you're living. It shows in your videos. I wish you were my grandpa. I think there are a lot that you could teach me, and I bet it's fun spending time with you. One day I will also have, what you have.

Hello. This is a great video. Thanks for producing it. My disposal is a big one but doesn't grind as fast as yours. I solved the over heating problem I drilled a hole near the motor brushes and welded on a male air fitting. Hooked it up to my air compressor and set the pressure to about 5 pounds. Solved the over heating issue. The other thing that works nice is I took a very large stainless bowl for the apple hopper. Just used a hole saw the size of the hole in a sink and buzzed it in. The bowl works nice and looks cool. Hope this helps someone. Thanks, Ed.

Great video just love your set up. Thanks for sharing-Tim in MI

Thank you so much! I would love to do that.

Nice video. Greetings from Poland!

Always fun to bring the grandkids into projects! I do the same with mine!

I’ve never heard of the wiz bang series. After watching these I will going to be adding them to my arsenal. Ps.the grandkid is too cute. My grandnephew would love it

What’s the name of the system again?

Brilliant!

How long do you leave the apple juice in the maturation chambers before you get the cider and what yeast do you find is the best?

perfectly!

I'd like to built or buy something like this to just grind up extra fruit from our tress and produce to feed chickens. What is the cost on this thing when it's done?

Can you identify the brand & model number of the disposal?

What brand and model of the disposal did you use for this?

I've used a couple of disposals and not all are created equal. The better one has a 1hp motor. I modified it to let the pulp through faster, but its still not as fast as yours, even with the large motor. My next plan was to add a ventilation fan to the bottom to force air directly through the motor housing and out side vents. Even though the motor is not probably designed for continuous duty, I suspect that will keep it running, if not indefinitely, then for a long time. Have you tried that? It would be a lot less expense and messing about, and also lighter and smaller. I built a table for mine. The longer portion of the table has 1/4 inch hardward cloth, so you can dump on buckets of wet apples, or rinse and sort them on the table before pushing them over and into the grinder. I like the disposal grinders, but one issue is that they mash apples more than scratter or slicer/crusher type grinders do. The hammer mill just beats them up a lot. That's okay if the apples are firm fleshed, but over ripe or many dessert apples can turn into apple sauce which is hard to press. I've also ground biochar in mine. It wasn't super fast either, but it's okay. The occasional nail or rock is also an issue, but the guts of those things are pretty tough. My char it usually quite dirty as I make it outdoors in piles and pits.

You letting your kid grind apples like that is great! We need more hands on parents like you in the world.

thanks you for this!

I made an apple grinder from a wood chipper. Actually all I had to do was to sharpen the blades and change the upper part to a funnel that lets whole apples go through.

Where can I get these grinder? is that from rubbish grinder ?

The garbage disposal will be challenging to sanitize, and will grind up seeds and cores, adding bitterness and traces cyonide to your juice, other than that, looks like a cheap, effective way to pulp the apples.

Hey , take and build a apple slicer. Make it to set over a bucket , has stationary blades with plunger handle. Drop apple in tube ( 4-5 inch) plunger pushes apple against blades, slices and drop in bucket. As fast as you can drop , pull , slice. No danger of knife and a lot faster.

Does the grinder break the seeds open at all. I'm just wondering how this would work for grapes. It's my understanding that you don't want to crush too many grape seeds when you are making wine.

Little furureman is dying to see what happens if he jams his arm down there

I like to make a similar apple grinder but then I need a drawing that is easy to follow. Do you have the drawing on your website? Also the electrical motor (mark name and quality) and horse powers (1/2 HP) are important. You used a disposal grinder and made a grinder of it. Really smart and it seems that the electrical motor is excellent for grind apples.

If you plan to make more than say 5-10 gallons a season it's worth investing in a grinder that can take any sized whole apples without cutting. Say you're grinding and pressing 500lbs of apples in a day, it would take an absurd amount of time to cut them into halves or quarters. There are many reasonably affordable options on the market, although I'm sure they aren't as inexpensive as this is. I guess if you had people helping maybe this system works well

omg !! you're allowed to have and outdoor sink ? in the state of New York > do you have to pay extra property tax ?

haha wow, 1/2 HP?

The method is simple and easy to do. But the latest finding says that the apple seeds are poisonous. I think it is good to slice the sides of apples leaving the central part containing seeds to trash. And use only the seedless portion.

Humm I bet I can use an onion chopper to separate the cores out.

Can you let the mash ferment for 10 to 14 days and then press it into hard cider?

I am all about kids helping but you have more trust in a child that young than I do.

There are quicker grinders available without a persuader

Great info, tragic music!!

Hello, do you have an electronic version of the book Anyone can build Whizbang Apple Grinder & Cider Press?

Not sprayed equals full of codling larvae? Why is keeping the apples free of invasive pests a negative?

Is there Arsenic in ground apple seeds?

Can this grinder do grapes also

Dude what about the seeds

Does no one worry about worms and so forth? I harvested a ton of apples from my trees and about 95% of them have holes from worms, which are usually still in the apple...

I want to grind apples not to make juice

The reason that you want to use a sanitizer or bleach in the water is to avoid comingling any apples that may have listeria. Listeria although unlikely and not expected to be found has been found in the calyx and deep in the stem of apples. The bleach will help to kill any bacteria that could be lurking. If you are making hard cider the chances of it living decrease but why not take the extra step? :)

"the whizzbang cider making system is remarkably efficient" ... requires hand slicing every apple. hmmmmmm

I don’t like this design

Watching the kids grind those apples made me cringe how close to pushing his hand in trying to push apples down not great parenting I wanted to scream NO!

Your lucky you didn't have bonus footage of you rushing to the ER with your grandson and his mangled hand. Maybe you are OK with him having a hook for a hand.

those apple seeds are toxic and should be removed before mashing..i dont like u mashing apple seeds into the mix..i dont want cynide in my belly

Am surprised democrats didn't tax you for the apples.

This work is dangerous for a child

Thumbs Down cuz I was sick of the stupid music he was playing.