Our family has close to the same press (dated 1858). Ours has a larger fly wheel adjacent to the gears. We have an annual 'cider sunday' that has been running for 15 years. In order to make it more user friendly, we added a small electric motor (from a washing machine) that runs a leather belt, which runs the flywheel. 20 bushels made 50 gallons of cider. Great family tradition indeed. Enjoy!
For the bands on the barrels i would suggest stainless steel as apple juice can be acidic and will corrode mild steel and taint the juice. We made a press from scratch and used an old beer keg, cut two, 2'' strips off of it and drilled and screwed the oak slates to them, worked a treat. On any of the presses made today the cheaper ones are powder coated mild steel but the quality ones will be stainless and I now you have an eye for quality! Looking forward to seeing the end product.
Really looking forward to this project. I'm currently living in a travel trailer with my family. The main reason is that we will be traveling the country over the next year or two. The kids will learn about the country and it's history. The wife and I will be looking for where we want to start our homestead. I hope to be following in your footsteps within a couple of years. Thanks for giving me entertainment and a constant reminder of the ultimate goal!
Red sounds great. I think that by painting it red the people that come to use it during your family "pressings" will remember it more. Red being such a visionally strong color. Sounds like a great project. I agree with many of the other commenter in tring to save the lettering on the side. If you can not put the letter back on the apple press, maybe hang the old boards on the wall of you shop. Also, the weather'd wood, would make a handsom chair (not that you need another project).
I'm excited to watch you restore that press. We live in Portland and every year we buy fresh cider, so I'm jealous you get to make your own. Someday we plan on having a homestead like yours
Good morning Wranglerstar Family;Well you really have a good founfation for the groungwork,needed to restore another great project,we know this will be nothing short of a marvelous transformation.your work is always precise &dedicated.Always with "HIM"guiding you. we look forward to the next step in this project.any color you choose will be right. Hoping this finds all is well. " GOD BLESS " Ter & Mel in Canada.
It will take you a full day just measuring centerlines and taking measurements to make a drawing to go by. Great project, no doubt you will do a great job on the restoration of this press.
i have eaten apples from all over the us. Washington apples are the best. I cant wait for my local stores down here in az to start getting them. My favorite time of year.
Red on the barrel hoops and black on flywheel sounds good. You probably want to keep the gaps between the barrel staves to help the juice leak out from all orifices.
I am looking forward to watching you rebuild this. Apple cider is a memory from when I was a kid as well. I think the color scheme you were talking about would be great. Red on the barrels and black hardware. Maybe make the flywheel red as well. Thanks for making the videos.
Mt. Fuji, Fuji apples? It all makes sense now! Fart squirrels and giraffe sheep in the yard? All you need is a Bigfoot sighting and I'm a lifelong subscriber! But seriously, great job and keep the ideas coming!
As I mentioned on the last post- Splitting firewood, Cottonwood leaves falling and Bitterroot McIntosh apples. One of my favorite times of the year. Awesome press. Hard to buy anything that will last like this machine made today. Ever make apple cider vinegar?
I would go with green for the metal parts black on the drum rings. For the press structure myself I would rebuild it with Maple a Pacific Northwest species, finish it with a good industrial clear finish. It will be an interesting project it should keep your busy.
We, as a family, have decided to start looking for a press. We would have to visit an apple orchard to get good apples as we do not grow our own, however, we have many here in Minnesota. And if we get lucky, one of the orchards just might have a old press we could buy.
I think a combination of an off-white and red would look excellent. It would retain the look of being "aged" and "old world" while also appearing "cheery." Not to mention that apples (or at least many varieties of them) are the same colors... Whatever you do, it will be beautiful.
I know im asking randomly but does anyone know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account..? I stupidly forgot my account password. I love any tips you can offer me.
@August Nicholas i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
Looking to build my own press next year, so huge thanks for posting, I will definitely be taking some ideas from these videos. I need to be able to pack it down out of season so will modify the bench legs so they can be unhooked similar to a bed construction (two ends connected by hardware). Again thanks Cody, another great video series
Soak the rusty metal parts in a solution of 4 parts white vinegar to one part molasses for a few days and the rust will dissolve. Then brush with a wire brush while rinsing in water with baking soda to neutralize the vinegar acid. solution
My grandfather had one like this one but by another company and a slightly larger flywheel. His was red with the lettering in white. I feel that yours was red originally as well as the hopper's outer plates are still red (their convex shape kept them mostly out of the weather), it is very close in style to my grandfathers and his was red, also most orchard equipment is traditionally red & white or yellow & red. If I can find a picture of it, I'll message it to you to help in the restoration.
I am rely looking foward to this restore series.I cant wait to see how it turns out, I think the red and black will be a great color combo. Will you Put the compny lettering back on it?
There you go again, making me jealous. MAN, I'd love to do that project! As far as color--You referenced "fun" many times in your description of the event of Apple-Pressing. Black doesn't say "fun" to me. I'd go with Red, with GOLD on the band and/or the cast iron parts. Make it look as festive as a kid jumping into a pile of autumn leaves!
Well Cody I might have to argue with you about where it is known for apples, yes is Washington has apples but here in upstate NY, is known for apples also.......
I vote red as well. A stainless steel pan would be good as well. Are you going to actually use this? Hope so. I would really like to see some vids of you guys making apple cider.
I am going to ask this here, as the pressing video is covered in people complaining about your handgun. What are the apples pressed against that filters them? There was no apple mash left over in the juice somehow, and i don't understand
It maybe a mistake using the barn wood, it may contain bactira or fungus that you would not want to put inside your cider or your body. I would suggest using new clean wood for the press. At least new wood for the plunger, barrel and bottom rack
I don't think you will want to paint any of the wood parts that touch the apples after being polarized. The acid will attack the paint and you will have paint in the cider. I would trust with electrolisys and paint the metal red.
Our family has close to the same press (dated 1858). Ours has a larger fly wheel adjacent to the gears. We have an annual 'cider sunday' that has been running for 15 years. In order to make it more user friendly, we added a small electric motor (from a washing machine) that runs a leather belt, which runs the flywheel. 20 bushels made 50 gallons of cider. Great family tradition indeed. Enjoy!
For the bands on the barrels i would suggest stainless steel as apple juice can be acidic and will corrode mild steel and taint the juice. We made a press from scratch and used an old beer keg, cut two, 2'' strips off of it and drilled and screwed the oak slates to them, worked a treat. On any of the presses made today the cheaper ones are powder coated mild steel but the quality ones will be stainless and I now you have an eye for quality! Looking forward to seeing the end product.
Really looking forward to this project. I'm currently living in a travel trailer with my family. The main reason is that we will be traveling the country over the next year or two. The kids will learn about the country and it's history. The wife and I will be looking for where we want to start our homestead. I hope to be following in your footsteps within a couple of years. Thanks for giving me entertainment and a constant reminder of the ultimate goal!
I live in washington and have many apple and cherrie trees. I press and can my own juice each year. best stuff ever!
so stoked on this restoration. i like restorations in general
Red sounds great. I think that by painting it red the people that come to use it during your family "pressings" will remember it more. Red being such a visionally strong color. Sounds like a great project. I agree with many of the other commenter in tring to save the lettering on the side. If you can not put the letter back on the apple press, maybe hang the old boards on the wall of you shop. Also, the weather'd wood, would make a handsom chair (not that you need another project).
I'm excited to watch you restore that press. We live in Portland and every year we buy fresh cider, so I'm jealous you get to make your own. Someday we plan on having a homestead like yours
Good morning Wranglerstar Family;Well you really have a good founfation for the groungwork,needed to restore another great project,we know this will be nothing short of a marvelous transformation.your work is always precise &dedicated.Always with "HIM"guiding you.
we look forward to the next step in this project.any color you choose will be right.
Hoping this finds all is well. " GOD BLESS " Ter & Mel in Canada.
great project, as a kid we'd go to blum ranch each years and pick apples for apple sauce. the press brings back memories.
It will take you a full day just measuring centerlines and taking measurements to make a drawing to go by. Great project, no doubt you will do a great job on the restoration of this press.
you guys grow some fantastic apples, no doubt. a blessed area for that.
love that cider too-- esp some from the "adults only" barrel
Nice bit of kit, can't wait to see it restored.
That is really cool. I am going to be looking forward to seeing your progress. Yes Oak very nice.
i have eaten apples from all over the us. Washington apples are the best. I cant wait for my local stores down here in az to start getting them. My favorite time of year.
Looking forward to this series...thank you.
Red on the barrel hoops and black on flywheel sounds good. You probably want to keep the gaps between the barrel staves to help the juice leak out from all orifices.
nothing better than cold, unfiltered apple cider! That's going to be a great project!
I am looking forward to watching you rebuild this. Apple cider is a memory from when I was a kid as well. I think the color scheme you were talking about would be great. Red on the barrels and black hardware. Maybe make the flywheel red as well. Thanks for making the videos.
Mt. Fuji, Fuji apples? It all makes sense now! Fart squirrels and giraffe sheep in the yard? All you need is a Bigfoot sighting and I'm a lifelong subscriber! But seriously, great job and keep the ideas coming!
As I mentioned on the last post- Splitting firewood, Cottonwood leaves falling and Bitterroot McIntosh apples. One of my favorite times of the year. Awesome press. Hard to buy anything that will last like this machine made today. Ever make apple cider vinegar?
I would go with green for the metal parts black on the drum rings. For the press structure myself I would rebuild it with Maple a Pacific Northwest species, finish it with a good industrial clear finish.
It will be an interesting project it should keep your busy.
We, as a family, have decided to start looking for a press. We would have to visit an apple orchard to get good apples as we do not grow our own, however, we have many here in Minnesota. And if we get lucky, one of the orchards just might have a old press we could buy.
I think a combination of an off-white and red would look excellent. It would retain the look of being "aged" and "old world" while also appearing "cheery." Not to mention that apples (or at least many varieties of them) are the same colors... Whatever you do, it will be beautiful.
I'm excited to see how this turns out brother....
Beautiful press! I'm really excited to see this series!
I know im asking randomly but does anyone know of a tool to get back into an Instagram account..?
I stupidly forgot my account password. I love any tips you can offer me.
@Mauricio Alfonso Instablaster =)
@August Nicholas i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@August Nicholas It did the trick and I now got access to my account again. Im so happy!
Thanks so much, you really help me out!
@Mauricio Alfonso you are welcome xD
Another great project!!! I remember Hank, that guy was a hoot. A yard mole stands no chance with you & Hank around : )
Looking to build my own press next year, so huge thanks for posting, I will definitely be taking some ideas from these videos.
I need to be able to pack it down out of season so will modify the bench legs so they can be unhooked similar to a bed construction (two ends connected by hardware).
Again thanks Cody, another great video series
Cant wait to watch this project! I think you should paint it red, would look sharp! Well done Cody!
Soak the rusty metal parts in a solution of 4 parts white vinegar to one part molasses for a few days and the rust will dissolve. Then brush with a wire brush while rinsing in water with baking soda to neutralize the vinegar acid. solution
This is gonna be great ! Can't wait
Holy crap, I try not to sware, but that is a great find..
My grandfather had one like this one but by another company and a slightly larger flywheel. His was red with the lettering in white. I feel that yours was red originally as well as the hopper's outer plates are still red (their convex shape kept them mostly out of the weather), it is very close in style to my grandfathers and his was red, also most orchard equipment is traditionally red & white or yellow & red. If I can find a picture of it, I'll message it to you to help in the restoration.
Neat old save Cody. I'm sure you will resurrect this old press nicely. All the hardware is there and in good shape!
We press and use apples up in the Northeast too!
Robert Pothier exactly what I thought lol. I used to do it all the time when I lived in Connecticut as a kid
Thats awesome! My family heads to hood river every year to pick. Its gods country for sure!
Looking forward to the restoration! I vote for dark green hardware :)
I am rely looking foward to this restore series.I cant wait to see how it turns out, I think the red and black will be a great color combo. Will you Put the compny lettering back on it?
There you go again, making me jealous. MAN, I'd love to do that project! As far as color--You referenced "fun" many times in your description of the event of Apple-Pressing. Black doesn't say "fun" to me. I'd go with Red, with GOLD on the band and/or the cast iron parts. Make it look as festive as a kid jumping into a pile of autumn leaves!
I'm also a fan of the all red look
I'm thinking candy apple red on all the cast iron parts. Great video, really do enjoy your channel one of my favorites.
Great vids always Cody xden
I would try to find some old pictures of what it was when new and go for that.
Well, the restoration of the cider press can't possible top the restoration of the pressure canner...but I'll stay tuned just in case. ; )
All red for sure!
Well Cody I might have to argue with you about where it is known for apples, yes is Washington has apples but here in upstate NY, is known for apples also.......
I vote red as well. A stainless steel pan would be good as well. Are you going to actually use this? Hope so. I would really like to see some vids of you guys making apple cider.
As far as color, do you know what color it was originally? Thats what I'd go with.
I would consider restoring it to it's original glory but red sounds better to me.
red and green would be really nice colors
i think your right,black would look best on the press, cool project.
Great project Personally i think red detracts from the natral form. .I think black or green unless it was origanaly red my two cents
I am going to ask this here, as the pressing video is covered in people complaining about your handgun. What are the apples pressed against that filters them? There was no apple mash left over in the juice somehow, and i don't understand
I vote for red hardware. I can't wait to see it work.
To remove rivets, you drill the heads off; drill the rivets on the ends.
It maybe a mistake using the barn wood, it may contain bactira or fungus that you would not want to put inside your cider or your body. I would suggest using new clean wood for the press. At least new wood for the plunger, barrel and bottom rack
I have a friend named Corcoran and Glen pronounces it Cork-core ran. Sorry about all the posts, trivia just sticks in my head-don't know why.
+Frank Gerlach I know what you mean. I am a storehouse of a large amount of basically useless information.
Do you live in the Yakima, Washington area?
I don't think you will want to paint any of the wood parts that touch the apples after being polarized. The acid will attack the paint and you will have paint in the cider. I would trust with electrolisys and paint the metal red.
I think all red whould look great
Also, I prefer black for the machine parts.
Apple cider, and cinnamon donuts.... yum, yum.... the best. ^_^
Do you have real cider or scrumpy in America? (use the Apple juice to make alcohol)
what state do you live in
Michigan?
and as for the paint i suggest fire engine red with flames.
Green and red for the cast iron...my two cents.
all red
Or classic red and yellow
red for red apples!
I find myself wondering if you ever sleep. :D
green
I think john deer green and yellow
Go Candy Apple Red all the way around.
red and zombie green!
PAINT IT RED IT WILL LOOK OLDER
red
Black with red accents.
Oh, black. Definitely black for the moving parts.
Pulverized
De-rust not trust. Sorry phone giving me trouble.
RED