Home Oil Press?!

[garnetmoth]

This is at Bountiful Gardens, about $20 cheaper than Lehmans.....

www.bountifulgardens.org/prodinfo.asp?number=SOI-9418

Im going to try sesame, sunflower, and poppy again but doubt Ill have enough to press oil... something to think about for regional/sharing?

[mjc]

If you've got a modicum of metalworking skills or know someone who does, you should be able to get by a lot cheaper than that...

journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/oilpress.html

[garnetmoth]

Neat article! so far the internet is telling me the 2011 price of such a jack is $80 at least... I welded a bit in a college sculpture class. Liked it a lot, but dont have any such fine skills :-)

[mjc]

Um...yeah, 3 ton jacks aren't easy to find...so I'm going to go with a 4 ton

www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200304827_200304827

a bit cheaper that way (can find them locally for around that prices, too).

[toad]

Here's a Dutch hand powered oilpress, can be bicycle powered
www.piteba.com/eng/index_eng.htm

[garnetmoth]

When I ask Google, it says about $143 USD from Euros (European units are whole numbers,decimal place iirc. USD are whole numbers.decimal place) but the one at BG is $ 164

Anyone using the purchased ones? they look kinda nifty.

[Walk]

We tried a Piteba press but returned it after trying it. We had inquired if it would work for poppy seeds (they said Yes) and found it did not. We thought it was rather poorly constructed and overpriced.

[garnetmoth]

Bummer, but thanks for the review.

There is a workshop/cooperative fairly close in town, and I think if I practiced I might be able to make the one MJC posted. (Or barter/pay for someone to make it). I took metal shop in college one quarter but that was a while ago and my welds didnt win any beauty contests!