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Year 5: Monday - cleaning up and shipping out
Monday was another nice day, perhaps not as warm as Sunday but still very pleasant. Kauf, Kelsey, and Andy helped out with cleanup in the AM, then headed back to Boston after lunch. In the morning we … more →
Five Islands Orchard
Year 5: Monday - cleaning up and shipping out
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fiveislandsorchard wrote 1 month ago: Monday was another nice day, perhaps not as warm as Sunday but still very pleasant. Kauf, Kelsey, an … more →
Year 5: Sunday - the last of the cider
fiveislandsorchard wrote 1 month ago: Sunday dawned clear, still, and warm. Breakfast consisted of French toast, made with some of the mu … more →
Year 5: Saturday - cider on!
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fiveislandsorchard wrote 1 month ago: Saturday morning Emily and I screwed together the base grate while people drifted in for breakfast. … more →
Year 5: Friday - setting up
fiveislandsorchard wrote 1 month ago: I got up around 6AM on Friday and spent the day setting up and preparing for cidering. Joshua and K … more →
Year 5 Photos by Sarah and Johanna
fiveislandsorchard wrote 1 month ago: http://picasaweb.google.com/jmathieu/Cidering# … more →
Year 5: Prologue - getting there
fiveislandsorchard wrote 1 month ago: Getting the cider equipment to its home in Maine was a bit more of a project than I had hoped. When … more →
Holly's videos from the weekend
fiveislandsorchard wrote 1 month ago: HG took some short videos of the hardware in action – see http://www.youtube.com/user/HollyGat … more →
Fifth Annual Cider Weekend - Overview
fiveislandsorchard wrote 1 month ago: The fifth annual cider weekend took place October 23-25 in Five Islands, Maine. Thanks to all the p … more →
Last minute press and grinder hacking
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fiveislandsorchard wrote 1 month ago: Fragmentary notes on recent hectic progress: Turned steel adapter to thread on end of hydraulic ram … more →
Pedal hydraulic power system - Working!
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fiveislandsorchard wrote 2 months ago: I pushed through and got the bike hydraulic power system working this evening – it’s pre … more →
Bike-Hydraulic Cider press - dry fit, ram in place
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fiveislandsorchard wrote 2 months ago: A quick update – Holly, Brandon, and I did the final dry fit assembly of the new cider press, … more →
Pedal Hydraulic Cider Press - timbers rough fitted
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fiveislandsorchard wrote 2 months ago: Holly, Brandon, and I put in a good effort on the new press this weekend. We drilled holes in the o … more →
Bike PTO design - work in progress
fiveislandsorchard wrote 3 months ago: The hardware design phase of Cider Year Five is only 48 hours or so from complete (or at least, that … more →
Cider equipment development: kicking into high gear
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fiveislandsorchard wrote 3 months ago: Recent progress: I ordered a 4″x30″ hydraulic cylinder and a 2-stage hydraulic pump from … more →
pedal grinder design refinements
fiveislandsorchard wrote 7 months ago: The pedal grinder worked pretty well last fall, to the point where it seemed worth going over the de … more →
Double-barreled counterpressure bottle filler
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fiveislandsorchard wrote 11 months ago: This morning I tried out a new gizmo that I’ve been thinking about since last fall – a t … more →
Cider equipment plans
fiveislandsorchard wrote 1 year ago: WordPress has a nifty little page where it says which posts on a blog get the most attention. From t … more →
Fourth annual cider weekend - fantastic!
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fiveislandsorchard wrote 1 year ago: Cider year four: we went to Five Islands this weekend with trailer in tow, carrying the pedal grinde … more →
Photo from Pete and Ben's
fiveislandsorchard wrote 1 year ago: Showing the double-stack modification to the tie-bar cider press. Breaker bar with 3/4″ socke … more →
