Crusher/destemmer?

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WineYooper

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Would a crusher de-stemmer work on cranberries? I currently use my press for cranberries and find it to be a big job. I'm thinking that a crusher might help to break the berries open and I could put them right into the mesh bag and then hand press them when they are fermenting to get the juice out. The press works pretty good but in large quantity I have to do about four small loads to be effective. The other thing I'm finding is I get black particles from the shaft and ratcheting head assembly when I'm crushing. Not sure if they are from the metal to metal contact or a combination of food grade silicone and metal flakes. These maybe from the lube itself. May have to try it dry without lube and see if I get the same effect. Anyone see the same stuff with their press?
 

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