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Looking to have a go at making cider and i want to use a cider press as there are hundreds of fruit trees all round me with apples and pears (cor blimey guvnor!!) going begging all the time. Have had a look at the traditional cylindrical cider presses and they seem to go for an absolute fortune, so have had a quick google and i reckon i can make a decent job of building a bottle jack press (make a box frame and use the jack in the middle to squeeze the pulp) - The recommendation is that hardwood be used as pine could taint the fruit and hardwood would be strong enough to cope with the pressures being exerted by the jack, but am having difficulty in opening my wallet and coughing up the fortunes required for oak (especially reclaimed oak), so has anyone got a recommendation for a good hard wood that will be able to take the pressures required while still keeeping me in the black? Think i want to limit the spend to around forty quid as after that I may as well have bought a purpose built press. I was thinking maybe scaffold boards - Any views chaps?
