sounds almost like the grinder my dad built 30 years ago. Still in use.
He built his own press. Used several oak 6x6 beams to make a frame. Bottom had a formica table with edges (SS would have been better) that caught the juice.
He took thin oak slats and may several 16x16 square "plates" out of them. he would put one down, put a 12x12x4" wood frame on top of that. line the frame with burlap square that was probably 36x36ish (don't really know) and filled the frame with ground apples. then folded the burlap over, took the frame off then put another slat/plate on top of it then the frame again, burlap and fill.
THen he had a large wood block (2x2ft) that sat on the top slats and would put a hydraulic bottle jack on the wood block and would jack against the frame and woosh would come the cider. Just about maxed out the jack. He would let it sit for a while and drip then repeat.
caught the juice in a large wash tub and then put it thru a Surge bulk tank milk strainer into a bucket and then from the bucket into the 1 gallon milk jugs then to the freezer. wish i had a picture but i don't.
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