Monday 12 November 2012

Tall story...

With the newly lowered press plate now in place (a bottle of cider secured loan of a collection of files) it's now possible to use the taller high-lift twin ram jack - could do with more umph though as it's only rated at 2.5 tonnes. The built-in gate valve designed to prevent overload means getting the last of the juice takes a bit longer too...
The wooden top sliding beam is a temporary solution until a steel one is fabricated and suitably large springs are procured. The bungee cords do offer a partial return and hold the beam up which saves taking it out at every pressing.



Batch 12 pressed yesterday (pictured) makes 1.050 - at least the OG remains largely consistent!

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