I love this. I don't think I've ever tried apple cider but after watching this, I hope I like it so I have an excuse to make this. : ) Great design and video.
Your mannerisms and the way you present a project hasn't changed since you began making content. You still scream HONESTY in every frame. You just got older, but haven't we all. Great video
Cool contraption! Now if I can just get my apple tree to produce some apples! Question: What prevents the plunger from hitting the stainless screws on the grinding drum?
I had been thinking of stuff like that. But my experience is, grinding is already faster than pressing. Of course, there are commercial machines one can buy that automate almost everything, but for lots of $
Matthias Wandel my friends have one that is cast iron from the late 1800s still works fine and makes great cider it has a press where you put the mush in a shirt crank the shell and it is like a vise and the grindy part has three paddle like wheels it sounds old!
I just found out about this channel today and i'm totally impressed. i'm pretty new to building, as in the last time i built anything with wood was probably when i was 13 years old. but watching these videos makes me miss the smell of hot wood. < i meant what i said...
From marbles machines, to the selfmade tools, up to a lot of other genius stuff: I LOVE your creative genius - chapeau, as a french man would said - Chapeau! greetings from germany and my fully respect at your work - i like to see your videos, without any other interests on handmade productions. I'm just a stupid, lefthanded office guy - but i love it, how you made an idea into an functionally result or product. That's great, simply great!
Hi neighbor. That's an awesome build. I just found it in my feed. Thanks for posting it. My wife has made applesauce from deer apples we get from a local orchard. This would be a welcome change. Started following you when I saw the bench tool carousel video. Have yet to build it as I was still collecting tools for it. Now I am just about ready.
Fantastic looking apple crusher -- make for a great home DIY project. One recommendation: You need to use a cheese clothe type strainer bag over a bucket to catch your larger bits; separating your juice from the bits. Then you can build a larger box frame with a screen at the bottom and a weighted press on top to put the bit bag into and gently apply the weight to to squeeze out the remaining juice from the bit bag. I guess the bit bag contents can go back out to compost.
I think that's why historically there has been so many fermented alcohol drinks. Alcohol kills a lot of germs. In fact, just googling, it appears that drinking alcohol with a meal reduces your chance of food poisoning!
Great job. A lot of people think you need to buy everything instead of make it yourself. Could you use a inclined ramp to automatically feed the apples? I like the multiple speeds available on your electric motor. Bart - Laveen AZ
Looks like something I'm going to have to make. I have a tonne of apple trees at my cottage, so many that we never know what to do with all of them when it comes time to harvest. We usually end up giving most of them away to friends. But if I can grind them all to make my own hard cider, that would be quite excellent.
Dude you are awesome...and so are your homemade contraptions. Tip of the hat to you my friend. Great ideas and fun stuff for building practical things.
Old fashioned grinders used a large cast iron flywheel on the grinder. IMO this helps quite a bit keeping up momentum when mulching through apples. Quite a fine bit of woodworking though!
I think you'd be better using mineral oil instead of vegetable oil. Vegetable oil can go rancid over time but mineral oil doesn't. I think Lemon oil is okay, too. I'm not sure about others but I've read a number of warnings about using vegetable oil in woodworking. Nice little machine, though, Matt. Take care, Larry
So being prudent, a healthy eater, and very understanding of what can go wrong in the human body, should be compared to a female body part that gets pleasure from taking a pounding? You are weird.
Kriplovski well I aim to be clear, due to some very stupid people hanging out in comment sections. I guess I found one. I won't lower myself to your level. Get outside, enjoy life, have fun.
Very much aware of the reprap. I just don't have the patience for that sort of stuff. Much too slow, and it's hard to find anything you could make on one of those that would actually be useful. Plus, it's been done before, no need for me to play with it.
i designed something that would work and posted it (safety nazis aside), but due to health issues i cannot realize it yet in my own shop. these days of recovery are SO MUCH easier to pass while watching your work. thank you for your willingness to share your amazing talents!
Very nice indeed. You, sir, amaze me with your "wood everywhere" things. I made a press for fruits to make juice and since I wanted only liquid with no pulp and no peel, I went and modified (and cleaned very well) an automotive supercharger with twin scrolls that squishes everything. I even made juice from parsley and other general dry plants/fruits. I should make a video of it.
My V1 apple grinder was built like that. The V2 just had a 5" diameter ash cylinder that I cut teeth out of with my table saw. That worked real well. The V3 was going to be much the same but I was going to cut slots and hammer in steak knife blades from $1 store knives. All that being said we moved over to using a 6 HP chipper for apple smooshing. We make ~30 gallons in a session and you can dump a 100 pound feed back chock full of apples into the chipper and have mush in seconds. With any of my homebrew smooshers it took longer to smoosh them then it did to press them. Oh, we also have a 100+ year old press, but we use a hydraulic jack with it. No torsion on the frame and a lot more pressure.
Matthew Kleinmann The chiper is a cool idea. Does it pulp the applees sufficiently? Cutting is not as good as mashing. Back home, pressing is much slower than grinding.
Matthias Wandel The chipper works great. The apples are turned into mush that works real well in the press. I built a stand of sorts that the chipper sits on so the chute is just a wee bit taller than a standard 5 gallon bucket. I also wrap a tarp around the chute and hold that on with a bungee cord. Without that the speed the mush comes out of the shoot it will bounce back out of the buckets. The tarp keeps most of it going where you want it. BTW, if you use the chipper for other stuff and you are worried about yuck in your cider you can run some bleach and than a few buckets of ice through the chipper. I run the chipper about 1 notch up from an idle.
@moakbik94 Because this is what he does. Check out some his other videos if you haven't already. This dude made a band saw out of wood! It's really impressive stuff to me.
Matthias, I've watched many of your videos and love not only your designs, but also your explanations of potential problems in the designs and how you've overcome them. For this one specifically, rather than just letting everything fall under the drum and making a mess, why not create a funnel or downspout to direct the mash?
Very cool design! If you use it outside, look out for wasps. They can smell the crushed apples from a long way and like to help themselves to the juice. :)
Well done! I really like how accessible the parts are, as the video shows it makes it real easy to clean. Make it for grapes with a destemmer and you'll have wine lovers pounding on your door, lol.
would it help if you made the piece of the grinder that pushes the apples down arched to the form of the grinder and a stopper so that it wouldnt grind wood and get the most out of the apples?
I have watched a lot of your videos. I really admire your skills at crafting anything you need by using mostly wood. You are a genius. May I ask where you learned all of this, or what got you started learning this stuff?
Good job, again. One question though, would be better to use linseed oil(flax-seed oil) instead of canola just to stay on the safe side with lubrication.......
Firstly Matthias, you're a genius. I love your videos and hope to someday make some of your amazing contraptions. Secondly, have you considered coconut oil for all of your polishing needs? I use it for my cutting boards, and even to season wrought iron pans. Works wonders and doesn't go rancid.
+Matthias Wandel this is too advanced for me, i have just a few tools like skill saw, drill, jig saw and basic hand tools. Would you consider making me one?
so dos the wood is like sterilised or cleaning it wit soap good enough and wen fermenting the juice do u have to add anything or let it sit for how long and does it relly change colour
how important is the sharpness of the screw heads? I've made the grinder, but the screws I have used have a kinda soft edge, and make it more mash like? :)
Have you ever thought about going into green power? ie either treadle, water, or wind power? I love drawing up and thinking about things like...wind powered clothes washers and whatnot. it would be neat to see what you could come up with. i would love to build a remote house that had a windmill on it that could power different household things for simple and green living.
Really cool mechanism Matthias! I think it would've been easier to place some sort of netting under the grinder wheel so you don't get chunks of apple, seeds or stems in the bowl. You also wouldn't have to wring the juice out later. I'm guessing you would still be using this after four years or have made any changes? Still, awesome contraption!
thx for sharing this video! what kind of apple are suitable for juicing and cider? we are in southern california and i believe we can grow quite a bit of varieties.
Does the wooden Plunger pad contact any of the stainless steel screws ? I didn't notice any stops. Is that simply not an issue here? Great job on the grinder / juicer!
Have today I've your vids you got some skills goin on here I wish I had time to try and make cool stuff but living in the city understand all that.Again good job looks great!
Hello, My name is Marian Defelipe from Argentina. Congratulations on your page, it's been very helpful to me. I am a fan of tools so I have set up a shop in my house as a hobby. I would like to fabricate this press and I am very interested to see if you can put-up a video showing plans and detailed dimensions of this. Thank you very much.
great viideo, would you make one and sell it.i do not have the tools you have. and im not a woodworker. , or maybe you know where i could look too purchase a apple grnder. . thanks.. thumbs up.
I love this. I don't think I've ever tried apple cider but after watching this, I hope I like it so I have an excuse to make this. : )
Great design and video.
Did you try apple cider? And did you like it enough to make an apple grinder? If so, how did it work out?
12 years later, you're still inspiring and putting smiles on the faces of people all around the world.
Much love from Stockholm, Sweden.
You are actually making the world a better place!
All these schematics you provide are priceless.
Cheers to you, cheers to the age of technology.
I was just thinking that, what if we had like 100, 1000 more like him..
Wild yeast. Either leave it standing in an open container like a bowl for a while, or add a shot of cider that is already fermenting.
By far my favorite video of yours! Nicely done.
Your mannerisms and the way you present a project hasn't changed since you began making content. You still scream HONESTY in every frame. You just got older, but haven't we all. Great video
Cool contraption! Now if I can just get my apple tree to produce some apples! Question: What prevents the plunger from hitting the stainless screws on the grinding drum?
Houston Firefox The pivoting handle that the plunger is attached to only goes down so far.
Where do i get plans for this
@@geraldtompkins7209 if plans exist, they are in his website. Check the description. He has plans for almost all of his builds
I had been thinking of stuff like that. But my experience is, grinding is already faster than pressing.
Of course, there are commercial machines one can buy that automate almost everything, but for lots of $
Matthias Wandel my friends have one that is cast iron from the late 1800s still works fine and makes great cider it has a press where you put the mush in a shirt crank the shell and it is like a vise and the grindy part has three paddle like wheels it sounds old!
I just found out about this channel today and i'm totally impressed. i'm pretty new to building, as in the last time i built anything with wood was probably when i was 13 years old. but watching these videos makes me miss the smell of hot wood. < i meant what i said...
From marbles machines, to the selfmade tools, up to a lot of other genius stuff:
I LOVE your creative genius - chapeau, as a french man would said - Chapeau!
greetings from germany and my fully respect at your work - i like to see your videos, without any other interests on handmade productions. I'm just a stupid, lefthanded office guy - but i love it, how you made an idea into an functionally result or product. That's great, simply great!
Hi neighbor. That's an awesome build. I just found it in my feed. Thanks for posting it. My wife has made applesauce from deer apples we get from a local orchard. This would be a welcome change. Started following you when I saw the bench tool carousel video. Have yet to build it as I was still collecting tools for it. Now I am just about ready.
Dude, you're a genius. Your stuff is always so satisfying and pleasing to see in action.
Do tell what sort of electric grinder would do the job? And apple grinders, if you do know where to get them, are quite expensive.
Not once it's fermented. Alcohol is a preservative.
Yes, click the description to go to the website.
how you like them apples now?
CCD566 applesauce, bitch! 😉
Depends. 60-70% yield by weight yield is about normal.
Fantastic looking apple crusher -- make for a great home DIY project. One recommendation: You need to use a cheese clothe type strainer bag over a bucket to catch your larger bits; separating your juice from the bits. Then you can build a larger box frame with a screen at the bottom and a weighted press on top to put the bit bag into and gently apply the weight to to squeeze out the remaining juice from the bit bag. I guess the bit bag contents can go back out to compost.
Looks really nice. I'm thinking about building my own during this summer. Definetly gonna use this as inspiration.
They get ground up too. No juice in the stems though.
I think that's why historically there has been so many fermented alcohol drinks. Alcohol kills a lot of germs. In fact, just googling, it appears that drinking alcohol with a meal reduces your chance of food poisoning!
Great job. A lot of people think you need to buy everything instead of make it yourself. Could you use a inclined ramp to automatically feed the apples? I like the multiple speeds available on your electric motor.
Bart - Laveen AZ
Looks like something I'm going to have to make. I have a tonne of apple trees at my cottage, so many that we never know what to do with all of them when it comes time to harvest. We usually end up giving most of them away to friends. But if I can grind them all to make my own hard cider, that would be quite excellent.
Dude you are awesome...and so are your homemade contraptions. Tip of the hat to you my friend. Great ideas and fun stuff for building practical things.
The question is... will it blend?
+Ismael Kafeltz the whole machine could blend :D
Idk
Will it grind...? That is the question....
Very nice... coming from someone who LOVES hard cider and who has made some himself some years ago. Now I'm lazy and buy all of my hard cider.
Old fashioned grinders used a large cast iron flywheel on the grinder. IMO this helps quite a bit keeping up momentum when mulching through apples. Quite a fine bit of woodworking though!
I think you'd be better using mineral oil instead of vegetable oil. Vegetable oil can go rancid over time but mineral oil doesn't. I think Lemon oil is okay, too. I'm not sure about others but I've read a number of warnings about using vegetable oil in woodworking.
Nice little machine, though, Matt.
Take care,
Larry
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Now Rainbow Dash can make all the cider she wants.
Mineral Oil is great for coating wood. It's food safe and doesn't go rancid.
isent mineral oil a laxative
+Anthony Crumpler Yup, but it's also used as a protectant for wood. Mix it with beeswax and you have a great wood conditioner
Mineral oil is a byproduct of the petroleum industry. I rather keep that off or in my body.
So being prudent, a healthy eater, and very understanding of what can go wrong in the human body, should be compared to a female body part that gets pleasure from taking a pounding? You are weird.
Kriplovski well I aim to be clear, due to some very stupid people hanging out in comment sections. I guess I found one. I won't lower myself to your level. Get outside, enjoy life, have fun.
thanks for uploading all the videos on saftey homeade tools and tips/tricks to use you make a lot of really usefull videos
I dont know How many Things are in your To-do list allready. But i would love to see you design and build a Press 😍
this would be great to use in place of the bucket in the mouse trap video
BAA HAA!!! ☝🏻😂
Holy shit...
I actually laughed at this comment😂😂👌
Aaron H wtf lol
I chucked out loud. Thank you.
Holy crap, Matthias, you are a wizard!!
Very much aware of the reprap. I just don't have the patience for that sort of stuff. Much too slow, and it's hard to find anything you could make on one of those that would actually be useful. Plus, it's been done before, no need for me to play with it.
i designed something that would work and posted it (safety nazis aside), but due to health issues i cannot realize it yet in my own shop. these days of recovery are SO MUCH easier to pass while watching your work.
thank you for your willingness to share your amazing talents!
Very nice indeed. You, sir, amaze me with your "wood everywhere" things.
I made a press for fruits to make juice and since I wanted only liquid with no pulp and no peel, I went and modified (and cleaned very well) an automotive supercharger with twin scrolls that squishes everything. I even made juice from parsley and other general dry plants/fruits. I should make a video of it.
I just added links to the description.
I just thought you should know that some young adults like me appreciate your lifestyle and your craft. It's fantastic.
Mate impressive ive watched a few of your videos now and im rather impressed keep up the good stuff
after grinding the apples you can get more juice by using a press I tink. Thank you for the video. you do great job.
i wouldnt have the patients to do this, i respect you m8, keep doing what your doing!😄
Yes
My V1 apple grinder was built like that. The V2 just had a 5" diameter ash cylinder that I cut teeth out of with my table saw. That worked real well. The V3 was going to be much the same but I was going to cut slots and hammer in steak knife blades from $1 store knives. All that being said we moved over to using a 6 HP chipper for apple smooshing. We make ~30 gallons in a session and you can dump a 100 pound feed back chock full of apples into the chipper and have mush in seconds. With any of my homebrew smooshers it took longer to smoosh them then it did to press them.
Oh, we also have a 100+ year old press, but we use a hydraulic jack with it. No torsion on the frame and a lot more pressure.
Matthew Kleinmann The chiper is a cool idea. Does it pulp the applees sufficiently? Cutting is not as good as mashing. Back home, pressing is much slower than grinding.
Matthias Wandel
The chipper works great. The apples are turned into mush that works real well in the press. I built a stand of sorts that the chipper sits on so the chute is just a wee bit taller than a standard 5 gallon bucket. I also wrap a tarp around the chute and hold that on with a bungee cord. Without that the speed the mush comes out of the shoot it will bounce back out of the buckets. The tarp keeps most of it going where you want it. BTW, if you use the chipper for other stuff and you are worried about yuck in your cider you can run some bleach and than a few buckets of ice through the chipper. I run the chipper about 1 notch up from an idle.
@Mathias: you can cut the tops off of those two liter bottles (or smaller bottles) and use them as funnels. Looks like you could use one.
Best idea ever. Never thought it would be so easy to make apple juice and cider. O_o
Your videos are great. You are incredibly knowledgeable.
Very good- the things you come up with - as quoted before - you are a genius - or someone that really takes the time to plot out a device like this.
@moakbik94 Because this is what he does. Check out some his other videos if you haven't already. This dude made a band saw out of wood! It's really impressive stuff to me.
Yes, and trust the big food industry not to not put all kinds of crap in your food!
This is one of the most badass things i have seen. Screw iPhones this is some smart stuff.
Dude. You are amazing. You really need to be the most subbed channel on UA-cam... I mean... Wow...
Matthias, I've watched many of your videos and love not only your designs, but also your explanations of potential problems in the designs and how you've overcome them.
For this one specifically, rather than just letting everything fall under the drum and making a mess, why not create a funnel or downspout to direct the mash?
That sounds pretty crazy with the supercharger. Please do make a video of it.
Very cool design! If you use it outside, look out for wasps. They can smell the crushed apples from a long way and like to help themselves to the juice. :)
Very nice! I made a wooden press for blackberries juicing, but it didn't look as nice as your grinder. You are an inspiration, thanks. :)
Nice Bruh
Nice
Please make a video of that! Its something all of us would like to see Im sure! Cheers!
Well done! I really like how accessible the parts are, as the video shows it makes it real easy to clean. Make it for grapes with a destemmer and you'll have wine lovers pounding on your door, lol.
I've been watching a ton of your videos recently, you are awesome!
would it help if you made the piece of the grinder that pushes the apples down arched to the form of the grinder and a stopper so that it wouldnt grind wood and get the most out of the apples?
Very interesting and well made!
It is a gem of machine!
Well done!
Your videos are always awesome. Seeing things you've made and such. Really inspiring.
I have watched a lot of your videos. I really admire your skills at crafting anything you need by using mostly wood. You are a genius. May I ask where you learned all of this, or what got you started learning this stuff?
Good job, again. One question though, would be better to use linseed oil(flax-seed oil) instead of canola just to stay on the safe side with lubrication.......
Trees from abandoned farms, that's brilliant
Firstly Matthias, you're a genius. I love your videos and hope to someday make some of your amazing contraptions. Secondly, have you considered coconut oil for all of your polishing needs? I use it for my cutting boards, and even to season wrought iron pans. Works wonders and doesn't go rancid.
ur a really smart timber guy for me in school am doing timber learning to do box joints have any types of tips?
do you have a list of necessary tools that you would need with your plans?
+TheCaptivesfree The tools you need depend on how you work and your skill level. But I do have a video showing how to build it.
+Matthias Wandel this is too advanced for me, i have just a few tools like skill saw, drill, jig saw and basic hand tools. Would you consider making me one?
did you put a stopper for the "pusher" so the grinder wont damage the pushers surface?
You are very talented! I've enjoyed watching your videos!
How long will pasteurized cider keep?
Ingenious and practical. Very inspiring. Are plans available?
That is just plain awesome!! Excellent work!!
so dos the wood is like sterilised or cleaning it wit soap good enough and wen fermenting the juice do u have to add anything or let it sit for how long and does it relly change colour
that looks so flavorful and wholesome
Thats really cool that you make useful things like this, are you going to build a press too???
What need is a genral fruit press for homebrew , any ideas
how long do you let if ferment
I love your works ,man!
And soon I will build the same machines for my home.
Thanks a lot for your videos.
how important is the sharpness of the screw heads? I've made the grinder, but the screws I have used have a kinda soft edge, and make it more mash like? :)
do you have an apple press today?
Can it grind iPhones too?
Amazing channel! You are a very creative person.
Have you ever thought about going into green power? ie either treadle, water, or wind power? I love drawing up and thinking about things like...wind powered clothes washers and whatnot. it would be neat to see what you could come up with. i would love to build a remote house that had a windmill on it that could power different household things for simple and green living.
Really cool mechanism Matthias! I think it would've been easier to place some sort of netting under the grinder wheel so you don't get chunks of apple, seeds or stems in the bowl. You also wouldn't have to wring the juice out later. I'm guessing you would still be using this after four years or have made any changes? Still, awesome contraption!
Is there a apple press made out of wood vid on its way ? Seems like a nature follow up project
Hello, how are you making the v belt groove in the pulley? Is it just straight cut or is it an actual "V" shape.
Brad B V shaped. I tilted the blade for the final cuts. But straight would have worked well enugh.
Thanks for the reply.
thx for sharing this video! what kind of apple are suitable for juicing and cider? we are in southern california and i believe we can grow quite a bit of varieties.
Wow, awesome craftsmanship. Real beauty.
You have some amazing pouring skills
Does the wooden Plunger pad contact any of the stainless steel screws ? I didn't notice any stops. Is that simply not an issue here? Great job on the grinder / juicer!
Have today I've your vids you got some skills goin on here I wish I had time to try and make cool stuff but living in the city understand all that.Again good job looks great!
Hello,
My name is Marian Defelipe from Argentina. Congratulations on your page, it's been very helpful to me. I am a fan of tools so I have set up a shop in my house as a hobby. I would like to fabricate this press and I am very interested to see if you can put-up a video showing plans and detailed dimensions of this. Thank you very much.
does it crush the seeds? won't it have so much cyianide?
If memory serves, this was the first Matthias video I ever watched.
great viideo, would you make one and sell it.i do not have the tools you have. and im not a woodworker. , or maybe you know where i could look too purchase a apple grnder. .
thanks.. thumbs up.
This guy is super smart DANG 😄 keep doing you thing dude
never thought grinding apples would be so interesting!
Is there a limiter that prevents you from pressing the plunger onto the spinning drum?
Hi just wondering if its possible to put some kind of grate on the bottom to filter the mash and make apple juice instead of cider?(