sashurlow
Well-Known Member
I'm done.
I didn't like the abilities of a garbage disposal grinder so this past winter and summer I have been building a wheel grinder. I used the idea of a large wheel with stainless strips for teeth. I made the bearings without metal to keep costs down AND succeeded. I managed to turn a bench top grinder into a motor with wooden pulleys AND succeeded. I put it all together and it didn't work. I repaired the spectacular failure of version one and created verion two. Version two morphed quickly into verson three. Version three got built and tested this morning and I nearly broke the whole thing. I'm done. No more. I envisioned a Hollywood ending of kicking the crap out of it with strapenel flying everywhere (but avoiding any of my major organs) but settled for simply putting everything back in the garage.
On to freezing and thawing the apples and grinding them with a drill powered paint stirrer as suggested on this site. The apples I have collected so far are now in the chest freezer (along with the piggy) awaiting the purchase of a bucket and paint stirrer.
The different versions where all different configuration of the hopper, BTW...
I need a cider but I'm becoming late for work as I write this....
I didn't like the abilities of a garbage disposal grinder so this past winter and summer I have been building a wheel grinder. I used the idea of a large wheel with stainless strips for teeth. I made the bearings without metal to keep costs down AND succeeded. I managed to turn a bench top grinder into a motor with wooden pulleys AND succeeded. I put it all together and it didn't work. I repaired the spectacular failure of version one and created verion two. Version two morphed quickly into verson three. Version three got built and tested this morning and I nearly broke the whole thing. I'm done. No more. I envisioned a Hollywood ending of kicking the crap out of it with strapenel flying everywhere (but avoiding any of my major organs) but settled for simply putting everything back in the garage.
On to freezing and thawing the apples and grinding them with a drill powered paint stirrer as suggested on this site. The apples I have collected so far are now in the chest freezer (along with the piggy) awaiting the purchase of a bucket and paint stirrer.
The different versions where all different configuration of the hopper, BTW...
I need a cider but I'm becoming late for work as I write this....