“Here is how I built my own combination cider and cheese press.
After a great apple harvest this year, I was inspired to obtain my own cider press. However, after pricing one and seeing that they cost exactly one arm and one leg to purchase I started thinking about building one myself.
While no advanced rocket engineering degree is needed to understand the basics concept of apple cider making (apples+ pressure=cider), it took some thought as to how it all fits together.
At the same time, I was interested in learning cheese making so I put a homemade cheese press on it as well.
So, I looked at some other press variations online and in magazines and this is what I came up with…”