A fantastic video! I just converted a wood chipper into an apple chipper....... I think if you add some vertical strips of metal, just above the blades, the apples will not circulate with the blades, but are quicker chopped into pieces.
Thank you. I might give that idea a try but I would be concerned it may make it more prone to jamming. It's actually very fast as is being capable of more than 2,000 lbs per hour.
The final version has 12 sets of blades that are 10.718 inches long (10 7/8"). I don't think that many is strictly necessary but it works well. The current spacing of the blades from top to bottom is - one set of blades, two nuts, another set of blades, then a 3 inch space, a set of blades, single nut, blades, single nut, blades, single nut, blades, about a 3 inch space, then the rest of the blades clocked about 45 degrees apart. The fan setup I had in the video was a problem. If I needed to stop for some reason before the apples were fully chopped it made them very difficult to remove so I needed enough space between blades to get at least a partial apple out the bottom.
A fantastic video! I just converted a wood chipper into an apple chipper....... I think if you add some vertical strips of metal, just above the blades, the apples will not circulate with the blades, but are quicker chopped into pieces.
Thank you. I might give that idea a try but I would be concerned it may make it more prone to jamming. It's actually very fast as is being capable of more than 2,000 lbs per hour.
How many sets of the four blade groups did you end up using in the final machine, and what is the length of each blade?
The final version has 12 sets of blades that are 10.718 inches long (10 7/8"). I don't think that many is strictly necessary but it works well.
The current spacing of the blades from top to bottom is - one set of blades, two nuts, another set of blades, then a 3 inch space, a set of blades, single nut, blades, single nut, blades, single nut, blades, about a 3 inch space, then the rest of the blades clocked about 45 degrees apart. The fan setup I had in the video was a problem. If I needed to stop for some reason before the apples were fully chopped it made them very difficult to remove so I needed enough space between blades to get at least a partial apple out the bottom.
Nice work!
Thank you. I've now used this chopper through 3 apple seasons and it has worked flawlessly. It is fast, efficient and just plane fun to use.
Thank you