Fruit Press
Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2020 3:11 pm
G'day Guy's,
Firstly hopefully I got this topic in the right forum as it is for crushing the goodies out of the fruit to make life a heap easier when it comes to the task :laughing-rolling:
Last night I was chatting with a local and it looks like I can get a good supply of apples from the local co-op so over a doz or so of beers last night :obscene-drinkingchug: :obscene-drinkingchug: :obscene-drinkingchug: the mind got to thinking about the task of designing one and making it.
This morning all i could think about was those rio rounds I have so after a couple of morning caffines off to the shed to have a look at them. Got the tape measure out and at 350mm diameter they looked purfect for the frame so grabbed 5 of them and cut n welded 4 of them. I bought a 5kg spool of gasless wire for my 181 amp uni mig and after spending ages tweaking the gauges so the inverter wouldn't keep going bonkers due to over current :angry-banghead: found by turning the volts down and the amps up did the trick :happy-partydance:
Got the frame all tacked up and to finish the welding I'll use some TC16's and arc weld them to ensure the frame is rock solid. This week I'll grab some wood to line the inside then I can get the diameter for making the platten. I have a heap of 1" acme thread and i'll screwcut a new nut for it out of brass so it runs nice and smooth.
I'm going to make it so when the platten is raised it can just swing out of the way so the fruit can be loaded and once the crushing is finished undoing a few bolts will allow the press to be raised so all the pulp can just fall into the tray making for easy cleanup.
Just like my signature says nothing is impossible to make it just takes a bit of moonshine or beer to think up the design then just get on and make it, bugger spending days drawing something up just get on and do it.
Cheers Bryan
Firstly hopefully I got this topic in the right forum as it is for crushing the goodies out of the fruit to make life a heap easier when it comes to the task :laughing-rolling:
Last night I was chatting with a local and it looks like I can get a good supply of apples from the local co-op so over a doz or so of beers last night :obscene-drinkingchug: :obscene-drinkingchug: :obscene-drinkingchug: the mind got to thinking about the task of designing one and making it.
This morning all i could think about was those rio rounds I have so after a couple of morning caffines off to the shed to have a look at them. Got the tape measure out and at 350mm diameter they looked purfect for the frame so grabbed 5 of them and cut n welded 4 of them. I bought a 5kg spool of gasless wire for my 181 amp uni mig and after spending ages tweaking the gauges so the inverter wouldn't keep going bonkers due to over current :angry-banghead: found by turning the volts down and the amps up did the trick :happy-partydance:
Got the frame all tacked up and to finish the welding I'll use some TC16's and arc weld them to ensure the frame is rock solid. This week I'll grab some wood to line the inside then I can get the diameter for making the platten. I have a heap of 1" acme thread and i'll screwcut a new nut for it out of brass so it runs nice and smooth.
I'm going to make it so when the platten is raised it can just swing out of the way so the fruit can be loaded and once the crushing is finished undoing a few bolts will allow the press to be raised so all the pulp can just fall into the tray making for easy cleanup.
Just like my signature says nothing is impossible to make it just takes a bit of moonshine or beer to think up the design then just get on and make it, bugger spending days drawing something up just get on and do it.
Cheers Bryan