How to Build a Cider Press
You can also make one out of an old Maytag washer evidently. (this article is awesome, especially if you are going to consistantly be doing large batches...)
THE MAYTAG CIDER PRESS
Here's another design.... CIDER PRESS
Another
I can't show you, you have to be a Craft Subscriber to view the online edition, but they recommend a 30 dollar home depot garbage disposal mounted on a frame and emptying into a bucket to shred the apples prior to juicing and pressing, for those of you who don't have a free juicer...
like this...
YouTube - Garbage Disposal Apple Grinder (Crusher)
YouTube - Seneca Falls Apple Grinders batch 5
This is cool too. But more work than a garbage disposal.
http://www.sentex.net/~mwandel/press/apple_grinder.html
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