Another handywork project
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Topic: Another handywork project
Posted By: Butch(OH)
Subject: Another handywork project
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2018 at 6:55am
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I have to keep my fingers into something all the time, LOL. Thought you all would like to see a Buckeye cider press that I have been rebuilding. Will be put to good use here in about a month as we have 10 apple trees in the yard. What we started with a couple weeks ago  Work in progress    And as it looks today. Bead blasted and painted, all new oak frame with Ash buckets and liquid trough. Still have to build the upper hopper and add some wheels so it can be moved around. Original hand crank was missing but anyone who has hand cranked one of these knows that is a blessing. We will run it with one of our hit miss engines.   |
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Posted By: bikley
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2018 at 7:05am
| cant wait to get some of that cider |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2018 at 7:21am
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Butch you done REAL GOOD !!! Should last several generations. I did like the 'working clothes' version though.... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2018 at 7:31am
Jay If it was going to sit on the porch I would have left it alone as is the current rage but we will use it. It came out of an old orchard where it had sat out its entire life and the wood was too rotten to save for use. Wife wouldn't let me toss the old wood frame, she wants it by the house to put flower pots on,, Women!!
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jaybmiller wrote:Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2018 at 11:50am
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Looks great, Butch! Nice to see another piece of the old machinery restored, you can't find anything that good these days. And you best do what the Boss says with the old frame, and no grumbling! ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2018 at 1:06pm
I want to see the old frame with your wife's flower pots! lol
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Posted By: Pat the Plumber CIL
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2018 at 9:05pm
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We had one just like it when I was a youngin. Put a fencepost on top and used it for leverage to squeeze every drop of that delicious juice. And yes hand cranking gets old quick. ------------- You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails 1964 D-17 SIV 3 Pt.WF,1964 D-15 Ser II 3pt.WF ,1960 D-17 SI NF,1956 WD 45 WF. |
Posted By: Tracy Martin TN
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2018 at 9:08pm
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Looks great, I need to fix ours up like that!Tracy ------------- No greater gift than healthy grandkids! |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 31 Jul 2018 at 10:28pm
| great job! can we get a vid of it operating? |
Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 01 Aug 2018 at 6:07am
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We will try to remember to do a video. |
Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2018 at 5:51am
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Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2018 at 5:59am
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The finished product, added some wheels and handles for easy mobility. Now we wait for apples.  |
Posted By: Brian F(IL)
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2018 at 7:22am
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Posted By: JoeO(CMO)
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2018 at 8:00am
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That Butch is real crafty. Looks real good! ------------- |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2018 at 9:14am
| I'd probably be heading for the store for apples just to try it out. |
Posted By: HD6GTOM
Date Posted: 02 Aug 2018 at 8:13pm
| Dad gum that is good work. Old gals and precision wood work really try my patience.. Dad gum hands shake so much being real precise is hard to do. I do like fresh cider. Last I had came from wallmart was sour, her old goats loved it. |
Posted By: Ted J
Date Posted: 07 Aug 2018 at 1:46pm
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work of art Butch. NICE JOB!! You're an artisan....... ------------- "Allis-Express" 19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17 |