Constructing a Fruit Juice Press

This article which is part of the UK ciderwiki which is a free resource aimed at promoting real apple cider.

It describes in detail how to make a apple juice press using wood, cloth and a hydraulic jack.

This is really detailed as can be seen from the few pictures below and would allow anyone with woodworking skills to make a press.

Basically the crushed fruit is wrapped in cloth (called cheeses) and stacked in the press. Pressure is then places on the stack forcing the juice through the cloth producing a cloudy apple juice.

This video shows a press working – the operating conditions are not what the would need to be for a juice making operation!

It seems to me that this kind of press would work well with many fruits – pineapple & cashew apple as well as deciduous and citrus fruits.