When the Boy Scout troop Kevin volunteers with had the opportunity to utilize an apple orchard, they started looking for ways to make apple cider.  Techniques envisioned included garbage disposals, bearing presses, food processors and coffee cans. Yet after numerous home-made contraptions were experimented with, it became apparent that a full-sized dedicated press was the only satisfactory answer. 

The problem was that apple presses were hard to find in Southern California.  They considered trying to make the press machine components such as the grinder and screw, but one look at the components from Happy Valley Ranch convinced them that they were far superior than anything they could fabricate. 

Kevin combined his woodworking expertise and the machine components to produce what we humbly consider a superior design.  This design is explained in simple terms and thoroughly illustrated in order to enable the home craftsman to create a family heirloom.