Antique hydraulic cider press
Greetings friends,
We have a small apple orchard and this old press has been waiting patiently in the barn to be brought back to life. I want to try and rebuild it so we can put it to work again. I'm wondering if anyone here is familiar with this machine or has any information about it. I'm guessing it's about 100 years old, and the brass plate indicates it was manufactured by the Hydraulic Press Company out of Mt. Gilead, OH.
It is set up to be run on a belt drive and the top shaft has a scratter/grinder integrated into it. It looks like it could do some serious work, though it was definitely built back before safety features were commonplace.
u/austinbicycletour — 19 hours ago