A Pressing Project

Actually, we won't be able to use this for a while.  But when our five native apple trees bear fruit, we want to be able to make fresh (and hard) cider.  So, when we happened on an antique apple press at an estate sale, we jumped on it.  It was manufactured by the Superior Drill Company in Springfield Ohio sometime in the second half of the 19th century.  Cast iron, it weighs a ton (almost).  Still in working order, the last owner, a handyman, welded a new platform and modified it for an electric motor.  The apples are ground from the top bin, then the slatted buckets are placed under the screw press that squeezes out the juice.  A pail catches the cider draining from the trough. We have a bit of cleaning and restoring to do; a winter project.