Any homemade basket/juice press plans?

[Vinegar]

Pretty broke after 5 surgeries since August, looking for an inexpensive diy to get the most out of my fruit.

 

[RevA]

Pretty broke after 5 surgeries since August, looking for an inexpensive diy to get the most out of my fruit.

two buckets. drill holes in one, put fruit in a bag in the bucket with holes in. use other bucket to press the fruit.

 

[Vinegar]

two buckets. drill holes in one, put fruit in a bag in the bucket with holes in. use other bucket to press the fruit.

Yeah building the basket would be the easy part I have no idea how to build the rest of it lol

 

[ChuckD]

@wood1954 made one with a long simple lever. Perhaps he can post a photo. I recently bought a dilapidated old cider press for $100 so I could salvage the screw press and gears for the grinder.

 

[Cap Puncher]

two buckets. drill holes in one, put fruit in a bag in the bucket with holes in. use other bucket to press the fruit.

I agree with RevA. Bucket press is the cheapest way to go and it works pretty decent.
https://winegrapesdirect.com/how-toWine Grapes Direct has a good explanation. Not sexy, but does the trick!

 

[sour_grapes]

Yeah building the basket would be the easy part I have no idea how to build the rest of it lol

If it helps you to imagine what to use for the rest, the bucket press is sometimes called "a butt press."

 

[Cedar Hill]

If you are looking for a large one, "The Homebuilt Winery" by Steve Hughes has plans for a foldable, 250 pound capacity press.

 

[Rice_Guy]

There are several threads with several approaches in the search function on the menu bar. My mom used a flour sack hanging from the kitchen cabinet with might get 40 to 50% extraction. I am lazy so I put umph on the bag, ,, and usually get 80% extraction.
Example

*one gallon is small and I am tempted to say not cost effective to manufacture.
*my mom’s answer was a press bag hanging from the kitchen cabinet pull over a bowl, twist for pressure
*my answer is a threaded rod frame to push a press bag with a reverse bar clamp, the basket is PVC pipe with holes, mostly I use a six inch by 20 inch but I built others sizes too. There are a number of variations on WMT. A tall skinny basket is more efficient than a squat basket. Constant load is important, commercial folks do this with hydraulic (home a pneumatic cylinder).
*to date I freeze apples rhubarb, raspberries, mulberry, etc and then press. When I get above a bushel I will look toward a small grinder. Yes large/ hard particulate is difficult to press, but freezing breaks tissue such that you can squeeze juice by hand out of single apples
*as a start look for a pail press on WMT with nylon press bag. Efficiency is about 50%, similar to my mom’s twisted hanging bag.
*for gallon volumes a juicer is worth looking at

I can’t operate, makeing country wine without a press
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