I built my own apple grinder from a 6" diameter x9" long cylinder of ash wood from the firewood pile which I turned on a lathe and put stainless steel screws in with the heads sticking out about 1/16" or so. I mounted the cylinder on a 5/8 shaft I had around from an auction and got flange bearings at the hardware store and made a box out of hickory to fit the cylinder. I drive it with a belt and a 1/3 hp motor, and I made a wood hopper for the top so it feeds itself and doesn't shoot the apples back out the top. There are lots of photos online of things like this, it only took about 3 hours to put together and it is pretty fast by my standards, it will finely grind enough apples to make about 2 gallons of cider in 10 minutes or less. You want to grind the apples as small as possible for maximum cider yield. I got an old press and grinder for $150 at a yard sale last fall, the grinder was worn out but the press is still working fine. Zach
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Today's Featured Article - Gettin My Old Tractor Home - by Clayton Sweeney. My name is Clayton Sweeney. I am from Southern Maryland in a small town called Lothian. I am 20 and my father and I are the proud owner of a 1954 Allis Chalmers WD-45. When I was 18, I dated a girl in the next county over. Her family are tobacco farmers. It was a cold Thanksgiving evening, and we were going up to her Grandparents house. As we passed one of their barns, I noticed something orange in the corner of my eye in this old shed. It was pretty dark and I asked what it was
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