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["Helga and Bert Dunn" <helbert@idirect.com>]

Hi Claude & Tom
I have used this very press for a number of years, doing approx 40 gallons
on cider in an afternoon (mind you we had a few bodies to assist).
Our miller does not make a what I believe is a slurry
however if milled in the morning and allowed to sit in vats for a few hours
the % of juice one recovers is more than if you just mill and press. We have
almost no pulp squeeze thro the slats. When we pull the sides off the press,
the "cake" stands there without sag. Perhaps this says we do not mill fine
enough.
Cheers

Bert Dunn   RR4 Tottenham   Ont    zone 4b
HARDY GRAPES-NO PURE VINIFERA
temporary website www.sentex.net/~tolenio/hardyg



----- Original Message -----
From: "Claude Jolicoeur" <cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca>
To: <nafex@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 3:27 PM
Subject: RE: [nafex] Grinder Details


> A 14:23 00.06.22 -0400, Tom wrote:
> >Hi,
> >I bet it looks like this:
> >http://www.sentex.net/~tolenio/hardyg/press.htm
> >At least mine looks something like this.
>
>
> Tom, I see this is a wine press with a center screw. You will not be able
> to use pressing bags with such a press - unless you make a hole in the
> bottom of the bag (but I wouldn't recommend it). Normally, apple presses
> are framed differently with an exterior frame for the screw. If you give a
> look at the Happy Valley Ranch www site I mentioned earlier, you should
> easily see the difference (www.happyvalleyranch.com/cat.html). I have
never
> used a wine press for apples and I don't know how it goes for this type of
> job. Maybe someone else on the list has tried it?
> Claude, Quebec.
>
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