Based on the experience with my previous apple grinder i already knew this one would work.
Electric apple grinder diy.
Jan 28 2017 how to build an electric apple crusher using a garburator.
It looks like the pattern of his screws might push the apples toward the middle of the grinder which makes good sense.
It is a half horse stainless chamber.
Because i wanted to make a detailed set of plans available for this one i carefully designed the whole thing in cad before i cut any wood.
Our friends and neighbors david and barbara invited us and another neighbor over to their backyard to observe the process of grinding and pressing apples.
I printed out a 1 1 side view of the apple grinder using my bigprint program.
Building an apple grinder.
Your basic entry level apple grinder is a hand crank grinder often affixed to a basket press.
This presentation will give tips and show the procedure to build an efficient grinder.
Apple grinders hand crank grinders.
These are typically made of steel or cast iron and consist of a collecting area hopper a crank and a rotating cylinder with embedded teeth which grinds up the apples as they are fed into the hopper.
The grinder attachment is from a friend that homebrews with me.
It is nothing more then a garbage disposer the he couldn t install in his house because of plumbing so he lent it for the cause.
How to build an electric apple crusher using a garburator.
But had quickly discovered that what we really needed was a cider mill which combines an apple grinder and an apple.
Apple cider press cider making dehydrator recipes hobby.
The down pipe is just the right height to put a bucket with a mesh bag in to catch all the pulp that is being spit out of the pipe.
I needed an apple grinder to make cider but i didn t want to spend the money for an expensive store bought machine.