They contain very small trace amounts of a substance that eventually metabolizes into a cyanide compound. Cyanide is harmless in the doses you'll experience by eating apple seeds. Tapioca has more cyanide than apple seeds yet people eat that stuff all the time without dying.
Your sister's children will have a great time turning that crank; I know how kids are always drawn to the handcranked blower for my blacksmith's forge. :-)
I'm interested in building a grinder and I want to be able to grind lots of apples really fast. I'm thinking of having a skill saw motor (2hp) to power the grinder, but they run at around 5400 rev/min. I'll need gear reduction to slow the angular velocity. So what's is the max angular velocity you would suggest for the wood cylinder cutter? I'm thinking I might need to put some medal bearings and gears to help with the higher speeds.
I wouldn't recommend anything faster than about 600 RPM, but people have run apple grinders much faster. But you end up getting too much backsplatter. At 600 RPM, one ton of apples doesn't actually take that long.
I love the trick of cutting the pulley on the table saw. Do V belts have a standard degree of angle from the sides inward? Also, you have these nice motors that you say you got out of the trash. You must dumpster dive all the time!
It looks like Motts Sauce Apple Co is still safe, LOL Good development and we like to see the R&D, to know that not all your designs work right out of the box. Thanks
The seeds don't get crushed in the grinder or press anyway. Silly rabbit. They used to put the pressings into cattle feed where I live. Guess they still do.
@InsaneVender Wood is perfectly safe for non-meat food handling use as long as it is kept clean with periodic washing. Besides, the acid content of apples is quite sufficient to deter bacteria growth.
I've read that apple seeds are poisonous. Might want to look in to that. They are fine on a small scale, but grinding them up and putting them all together could be hazardous from what I understand. Maybe try coring the apples first?
And yes, I know they have very little poison in them, but crushing them and then combining on a large scale could potentially be an issue for small children and the elderly I would think.
FYI - people used to eat apple seeds. They survived.
Also, ever tried to squeeze the juice out of apple seeds?
They contain very small trace amounts of a substance that eventually metabolizes into a cyanide compound. Cyanide is harmless in the doses you'll experience by eating apple seeds. Tapioca has more cyanide than apple seeds yet people eat that stuff all the time without dying.
Your sister's children will have a great time turning that crank; I know how kids are always drawn to the handcranked blower for my blacksmith's forge. :-)
I'm interested in building a grinder and I want to be able to grind lots of apples really fast. I'm thinking of having a skill saw motor (2hp) to power the grinder, but they run at around 5400 rev/min. I'll need gear reduction to slow the angular velocity. So what's is the max angular velocity you would suggest for the wood cylinder cutter? I'm thinking I might need to put some medal bearings and gears to help with the higher speeds.
where do you find all of these motors?
in garage
I wouldn't recommend anything faster than about 600 RPM, but people have run apple grinders much faster. But you end up getting too much backsplatter. At 600 RPM, one ton of apples doesn't actually take that long.
I love the trick of cutting the pulley on the table saw. Do V belts have a standard degree of angle from the sides inward? Also, you have these nice motors that you say you got out of the trash. You must dumpster dive all the time!
How do you deal with the seeds? Do some escape into the output?
It looks like Motts Sauce Apple Co is still safe, LOL
Good development and we like to see the R&D, to know that not all your designs work right out of the box.
Thanks
Would the grinder be more effective if you cut the pushing block to match the diameter of the cutting spindle? Like So.....---( O
You should shape the part that pushes the apple on the cylinder shaped as a hollowed out portion, like removing a cylinder from the block.
What did you seal the wood with? Tung oil?
The seeds don't get crushed in the grinder or press anyway. Silly rabbit. They used to put the pressings into cattle feed where I live. Guess they still do.
what's the mashed apple for?
@InsaneVender Wood is perfectly safe for non-meat food handling use as long as it is kept clean with periodic washing. Besides, the acid content of apples is quite sufficient to deter bacteria growth.
yay! home made scrumpy on the way
I've read that apple seeds are poisonous. Might want to look in to that. They are fine on a small scale, but grinding them up and putting them all together could be hazardous from what I understand. Maybe try coring the apples first?
this is cool but why would you want to shred apples?
You should build a shredder
Then don't ever drink apple juice. Cause nobody separates the seeds.
making cider?
why would you do that?! what did those apples do to you >:(
And yes, I know they have very little poison in them, but crushing them and then combining on a large scale could potentially be an issue for small children and the elderly I would think.
Why couldn't the gears be used with the pump motor? Was it too fast?
I think it's wrong side rotation.
15 degree shoulders each side.
Well put :)
You are cool dude!!
@TheLegoboulder i know
Matteo you are simple fantastic... :-)
Canola oil
Do you realize you would have to eat 85 grams of apple seeds to dye?
@Bomberzone1745 nope
He's short with people because he doesn't like to waste time repeating himself.
Isn't it motorising
Wow Matthias, that sounded kind of rude, didn't expect that from you.
OM NOMNOMNOMNOM
@TheLegoboulder eeeewwwww gross
FIRST
Uyou are aware the seeds contain cyanide? And the worst thing you can do is grind them well before ingesting, even chewing them is a bad idea
wtf
I eat it all the time ... Perhaps it's a (very) slow death ...