Yep

10 ton press no, what is your evidence? What is your engineering qualifications,? watch the video, you can see that before ANY pressure applied, ie. just the weight of the scratted apples, the juice is running. Look at the press construction that is not able to withstand 10 tons. I am only replying to this comment for the people who may think you are offering valid information!

? No trench box required, no workers required in trench.

Thank you for your comment. I am unsure of to what you are alluding. However , we dig and grade with one back hoe with bucket width twice pipe diameter, and lay and back fill with another smaller backhoe with PIPE PILOT laying and gripping a special blade/bucket to back fill. No detachment of PIPE PILOT required.

Ben Hastings beat me

Very funny

Yep, do you have a video of how to do that ! That would be very interesting.

Andy thank you for your comments and those that it generated, I think you answered your own question " if the excavator operator isn't that good" ........ There are many benefits of using a pipepilot, see below, and as you have inferred operators in the trench do not ensure that joints are made correctly, but rather the skill of them. SAFETY; and I quote from OSHA doc www.osha.gov/Publications/osha3072.html referring to the usage of slings! "To varying degrees, all employees in numerous workplaces take part in materials handling. Consequently, some employees are injured. In fact, the mishandling of materials is the single largest cause of accidents and injuries in the workplace. Most of these accidents and injuries, as well as the pain and loss of salary and productivity that often result, can be readily avoided. Whenever possible, mechanical means should be used to move materials to avoid employee injuries such as muscle pulls, strains, and sprains. In addition, many loads are too heavy and/or bulky to be safely moved manually. Various types of equipment, therefore, have been designed specifically to aid in the movement of materials: cranes, derricks, hoists, powered industrial trucks, and conveyors. " and removing the "necessity" of having workers in the trench is another great safety feature. Just these features alone are a cost justification, let alone the pain and suffering and possible deaths of trench operators. Just some thoughts to consider.

+Glenn Ryzebol I made the drum from hard wood, as stated in previous replies, the rest from plywood. beech or birch veneered, i do not KNOW if it would taint the cider, but in in my opinion I doubt it would have much, if any, contribution to tainting the resulting cider, main reason, it is not in contact for long enough. the hard woods I would guess have a slower absorption than softwoods and therefore would clean up easier and leave less residue year on year.

+colincox1whichnet ooops, thank you for you comment

+BklynRandom sorry i do not understand your point.

+colincox1whichnet you don't understand, the apples are dirty, didn't you see?

+BklynRandom yes, to make natural cider, you need to keep natural yeasts, so therefore no washing.

+Allium Fields I will try.

could you send me some more info on how you set up your drive shaft, [email protected]

+Taylor Vanconant Hi, I hope this helps, I had as part of the kit from I think Jacksengines.com there was an extension to the crank shaft that was already fitted to the engine on the grill side, i think it was a splined the universals joint (which looked like it could be made from the parts available at TSC) fitted on the spline and the other end was slid over the plane bar drive shaft that goes to the Bevel Gear Box and there was a grub screw to tighten on the the round shaft. the only extra thing I did was to file a flat on the drive shaft so the grub screw could tighten down on that flat, and of course some loctite bearing fit it all. I just looked at the video date and see that is hae been working great for over 5 years now. the tractor many used for tilling and snowblowing. (tiller would I think put more stress on the universal joint that any other attachment good luck.

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Yes that looks good. THANKS, re the diode question it came from Jacks engines and I cant remember and I just knew I needed something. soory cannot help, I sort remember that I did queries in google. I can have a look and take a picture , bully me if I forget. :-)

+Mike Railes My apologies for late reply. I have moved countries now in USA so no time fo answer these type of things. the the drum is made of slices of a thick plank of mahogany, the slices were glued and screwed together. the screws were indeed offset by the width of approx 3/4-7/8 of the diameter of the screw head.

+pks342 it works good REALLY, I donated the scratter to a small group of people who were (proper old fashioned) organically raising fruit and veg. I recall about 7 -10 trees. The extraction ratio was (by weight) about 70-80% with the scratter and press shown. I do know know the exact apple types, but would guess coxes, worcesters, all sweet eaters. We were making apple juice that was pasteurized and or frozen. For UK or Hard Cider (alcoholic) a real rough staring point is to use pure cider apples which are bitter and very tart but high (think it is) Malic acid (this makes the cider have body, without it, the cider is thin tasting and has ether tones that are not pleasant. to most people) starting with a 50-50 ratio with some sweet eaters. Or, as there are very few places that have cider apples, 10-25% crab apples mixed with sweet and more sharp cooking apples. Cider It is an art that is developed over years, and keeping meticulous records. I hope this helps and if any others have their thoughts on this PLEASE PLEASE share

Good Stuff! I'm interested in brewing my own apple cider too!

yes or turn them sustainably into bacon and eggs, pigs and chickens love the remaining apple pulp

How do you know you know that tee is level and why was that guy in the trench

How did your scratter turn out do you have a video.

Sir, I should have replied to you a long time ago, my life has taken a number turns I was not expecting. My mother always said better late than never..... I think I have stretched this a little too far Best Regards Colin 🤛🤝🤝