Homemade Apple Scratter to make cider
After seeing the homemade apple scratter article on UKCider, some mates and I built a
unit in an evening and a day easter just passed.
I’ve attached some pics.
Total cost is under $100AUD.
Timber sources are building sites (table frame is offcut KDH), scrap
ply, and glass shipping crates (feed table), and a piece of celery top
pine that was floating around for the drum.
Bearings and pulleys were all bought in (one of us works at an
industrial supplies place).
The motor is from, something, probably a tip salvage site.
All the chambers are heavily impregnated with beeswax.
To stop the spray out of the top we place a lid over it, rather than
lifting a lid to feed them in.
The only real issue is the cut is a bit heavy, so I’ll be moving the
screws in a bit on the next run.
Cheers,
Ian Alston
Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia
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