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: Tom Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
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: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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: Re: [NAFEX] Apple grinder
Date
: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 07:09:40 -0500
Hi,
This competition sounds like the basis of a new event at the annual meeting.
Just needs the
"Pumace" cup. (smile)
Later,
Tom
Claude Jolicoeur wrote:
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To Don who wrote:
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>3. Of course you can engineer and build your own unit at home. Claude
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>Jolicoeur of Quebec did that, and is very satisfied with the result.
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>But I suspect that Claude is either a skilled machinist, an engineer, or
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>both. I wouldn't know where to begin to build a grinder without off-the
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>-shelf parts. Claude is pretty sure his grinder is faster than a
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>disposal, and one of these days I will load the disposal grinder in the
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>pickup and drive to Quebec for a grind-off with Claude. Win or lose, at
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>least I would get a nice trip to Quebec, and probably have quite a bit
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>of fun in the process.
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Don,
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Such a friendly competition would be, in effect, a lot of fun. And yes, I
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am a mechanical engineer, but I hired a skilled machinist to do the welding
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and turning of the rotor. I did myself the wood job around it.
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I will add, to the benefit of Del, that my grinder is based on the original
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"Jaffrey" grinder that I first bought. The general proportions are similar,
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but there are major differences: the whole rotor is made of welded
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stainless steel and is mounted on oversized ball bearings. Then I added a 8
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in. pulley on the rotor shaft and installed an electric motor with a small
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pulley (2 in). A standard V belt (automotive type) does the job of
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transmitting the power.
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Unfortunately, I don't have a nice mechanical drawing of the grinder - I
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guess this is one of the numerous things I ought to do in the future. And
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there are also a few improvements I would like to make...
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Finally I will add that both Don and I will loose the competition against
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my neighbour who bought last year a 700$ (CDN) italian grinder - a
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marvelous machine that runs on 20 Amp 240V (I forget how many HPs, but this
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is NOT a washing machine motor)... Grinds a bushell in under 30 seconds,
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and the purée obtained is just perfect for pressing.
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Claude
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