Recent content by Waynes World

Having a clear out and as I will no longer need this, as we no longer have apple trees, its kit form from now on for brewing so this mite aswell go. It wored well with an air gun aswell. Just lazy way to use it lol. I used a large stewing Stainless steel pot to press the mulch in and ateak top...

Hi all. So after all the scratting and pressing the lot is on second fermentation and clearing nicely. I have just taken this pic after a week in second ferm and was wondering if it has, what i wold think are bits of apple that have got in there. Will it be ok to poor from these bottles to...

That is my next project. I will be using a juicer for now for the first load.

Well here we have it, the finished fruit press. I cant do anything normal so i made it Pneumatic with the help f my compressor and a new windy gun, my old one has rusted to one solid block due not being looked after so a good excuse to get a new one. The Jack is from a Peugeot or Citroen van...

All mine are eating types, the pears that i am getting are eating also, Conference type, are there any different in pears than eating ?

And you thin they will be pressing all them with free cider on tap lol. Good pickings there, i have been asking for weeks but not many folk seem to have apple trees around here.

A lot that i found need the grubs or what ever has dug into them, not many browned i think, i will check tomorrow what thy are like then ;)

what would us chaps be with no shed for collecting esssential items. I shudder to think but there is no changing me on that score. T needs permission before she dares go in there lol.. I wasnt expecting so many apples never mind the pears i need collect this weekend. I am going to see how the...

Nice idea, but lots of work i guess to get it down to what i need. I will look into it. cheers matey

A year or so ago i made a strawberry cider using 4x concentrated strawberry juice and it was a dam fine tipple, just by chance i found it in Morrisons but now unable to find it. Anybody know where i can get hold of some, i got a 1/2l bottle and added half to a DJ. cheers Wayne

Small update as had a lot on today I found a baking tray for the drip tray and a perfic fit. this will be sat on 18mm ply base. the old ally inner stew pot is 2cm smaller in diam, so a nice fit and i have found a few 16l that will fit alos and will get one soon. sods law i sold my sandblaster...

I though it would be best to start a thread on this new project so to call it. So here we go, being a tight git still and to tight to buy even a cheap fruit press for £38 i have rumaged around the garden and shed and found this lot. 8 foot length 50mm x 50mm x 3mm SHS length of steel pipe...

Just using what i have to hand for this one. I have two bottle jacks but 10 ton, a bit OTT for this. I am thinking on making a SS press with 240v hyd ram. Be fun to build. Anyway i have started the press today, mite do a bit more tomorrow.

I am not bad at DIY sooooo Since i posted this i decided to do a srap heap challenge fruit press. Got some gear together and i mite start this weekend, i will make i though so at first i will use the scissor jack and then if i want later i will go to the Trapezoidal Lead Screw type.

I am after a fruit press and i am able to make one fairly easy enough either screw or hydraulic, but for speed and ease i am considering one of these but in a 6l for now as not sure how good they are, cheap rubbish that dont last long ? or worth the money ? which i see is not much and i can...