My first wine press

[Dirtydog420]

I finally got my first wine press today.. Its homemade with a small grinder built in.. Got it at an antique store for 100 bucks.. Was blown away.. I am going to replace the rusty metal bands on the basket and the metal screws with stainless steel.. Also want to protect the wood with something.. will be a great winter project to get it ready for next fall..

I will post pics when I actually bring it home on thursday cause I didnt have a camera with me today..

Just had to share cause I am excited... Been wanting one since I started a year ago

 

[Runningwolf]

Very cool, congratulations. I am sure you'll have as much fun restoring it as you will using it. I look forward to seeing the pics.

 

[Dirtydog420]

I just wish I would be able to use it on the new batch of blueberry I am starting tomarrow but I dont want anything rusty anywhere near my wine....

 

[Wade E]

Is it a grape crusher or apple crusher? Pics or you donty have one!

 

[Dirtydog420]

apple crusher.. I know I called it a wine press my mistake cause well Im going to be using for wine making.. so really its an apple press with crusher.. will have to get a grape crusher desteamer sometime but I havent touched real grapes yet nor do I have the money too anyway..

 

[Dirtydog420]

And I will post pics on thursday when I pick it up but my camera on phone sucks so I didnt bother taking any and I didnt have my camera on me today.. But they will be coming..

 

[JohnT]

I finally got my first wine press today.. Its homemade with a small grinder built in.. Got it at an antique store for 100 bucks.. Was blown away.. I am going to replace the rusty metal bands on the basket and the metal screws with stainless steel.. Also want to protect the wood with something.. will be a great winter project to get it ready for next fall..

I will post pics when I actually bring it home on thursday cause I didnt have a camera with me today..

Just had to share cause I am excited... Been wanting one since I started a year ago

There is a food grade polyurethane that is remarkable...

(EZ-DO by John Boos & Company).

I just reconditioned my own press and used this stuff on the staves. Man, did it look good!!

When I fininished pressing the grapes this year, the staves just rinsed clean!. No red stains!

The stuff is not cheap (about $25 a pint) and comes as almost a gel. I used a rag to apply (dipping the top and bottom of each stave to really soak them in). Applied two coats (smoothing with steel wool in between).

For a small press (#35 or lower), a pint is just about all you will need.

 

[robie]

Great find! It will be fun to restore it to a usable state.

 

[Dirtydog420]

A couple of hours and Ill have my new press home.. YAY..

 

[Dirtydog420]

So pictures of my new toy are on hold as I can not locate my camera right now and I am unsure where my girlfriends is at the moment... If it is still light enough by time she gets home, I will take pictures today, if not, I will ASAP..

Thank you for all those people who are interested and gave ideas for fixing it up...

 

[Wade E]

Cant wait to see the fore and aft shots.

 

[mxsteve625]

Pictures would indeed be great!!

 

[Dirtydog420]

So here are some pictures finally.. My plan is to totally rebuild basket with stainless steal and might get new wood for it too.. Going to power wash whole thing, put a food grade poly on all parts that touch juice and regular poly on rest of wood.. It will be a nice winter project for me..

So here they are.. After pictures will be in the spring

 

[JohnT]

HOOOO BOY!

Looks like it needs quite a bit of work.

johnT.

 

[Dirtydog420]

It does but I got it for 100 bucks and should be able to fix it for about 50 to 75 so in the end it will be a pretty good deal..

 

[ffemt128]

Looks just like the one DjRockinSteve has.