Homemade apple grinder
 

Stainless steel sink -$39 @ Menard's
1 1/4 (yes 1 1/4) horsepower disposal - $99 @ Costco
2 X 3 X 8 ft studs - 3 of them - ?$6 @ Menard's
Top of sink is about 3 1/2 feet.

I'm sure someone can do it cheaper and I know people can do it prettier but I don't think anyone can do it easier. :ban: I'll let you know how it works this fall.

Howard

Hell Yeah!!!! I wanna see a YouTube vid on that sucker throwing out some crushed apples!!!

Great idea! I wish I had an apple tree.

Will the seeds throw in an off flavor once they're shredded?

GTG

That thing would absolutely demolish an apple.. I too want to see a vid!

when i was a kid my dad used to use a drill and some crazy blade attachment. seemed to work great actually.

Wouldn't that thing completely tear up the apples? Kind of like a blender?

How will you be able to keep the insides sanitary?

My guess is that you'd dose the resulting puree with sulfites but you can also run starsan through the thing.

crushed seeds
 

You may want to look at mgayer's comments in this thread -
http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f32/cider-crab-apples-no-press-39200/

GTG