We've never had anything other than sneers and rudeness from you, so it's hard to gauge what your "normal press standards" would be. I've said what the standards are for most people here, as they've said too, and why they're practical, in the "surplus crap" you've snipped. And this is your thoughtful and considered response. I guess it speaks for itself.
Keith >Perhaps you could use Grandma's old duck press to do the quantities >that you want .. by normal press standards, these are minuscule and totally >impractical. > >David > >At 05:14 PM 9/06/2002 +0900, you wrote: > > >Oh , actually what you call small, is actually minuscule. > > > > > >David > > > >Uh-huh? Well, if you insist, but I said "small", and that's what I > >meant. Ken's after a kitchen-size press and that might be miniscule, > >but I'd guess a lot of people would like one of those, as he says, > >including me. Not too useful for fuel production, but if you've got > >the seed anyway, nice to be able to crank out some fresh salad oil > >when you want it. > > >Snip >Yada yada yada >End Snip > >So, yes, "small". If you think that's miniscule then you're the one > >who's out of step, you and probably Carlos - savoiapower's 125kg/hr > >"Tiny Oil Mill" is massive overkill for most of our purposes. The > >Sundhara weighs 40kg, the "Tiny" press 500kg, it probably costs 7-8 > >times as much and can't be rigged by a local workshop. Industrial, as > >Jesse said, not small, certainly not "Tiny". > > > >Keith > > > >Snip >The rest of the surplus crap >End snip surplus crap reinstated: > >Oh , actually what you call small, is actually minuscule. > > > >David > >Uh-huh? Well, if you insist, but I said "small", and that's what I >meant. Ken's after a kitchen-size press and that might be miniscule, >but I'd guess a lot of people would like one of those, as he says, >including me. Not too useful for fuel production, but if you've got >the seed anyway, nice to be able to crank out some fresh salad oil >when you want it. > >The emphasis of this group is small-scale - for backyarders making >their own fuel, small farms, local coops: from our point of view, >Third World rural village coops. That's Reinhard Henning's emphasis >too, with the Sundhara press that will produce 15 litres an hour, >three gallons (60-70 kg/hr). I'd say that's about the maximum of the >useful range: that size and smaller, down to about 5kg/hr (Ken's >other choice, for fuel). Most drivers use about 10 gallons a week. A >local coop might want to make 30-50 gallons a day. If they want more >than that they'd run two processors rather than scale it up, same >with presses - get another one rather than a bigger one. > >So, yes, "small". If you think that's miniscule then you're the one >who's out of step, you and probably Carlos - savoiapower's 125kg/hr >"Tiny Oil Mill" is massive overkill for most of our purposes. The >Sundhara weighs 40kg, the "Tiny" press 500kg, it probably costs 7-8 >times as much and can't be rigged by a local workshop. Industrial, as >Jesse said, not small, certainly not "Tiny". > >Keith > > > >At 06:59 PM 8/06/2002 +0900, you wrote: > > >Hi David > > > > > > >Me thinks you need to take the time to read what is written on > >the pages .. > > > > > > > >then you will find what you went there for.. > > > > > >I don't think so, there is a 125kg/hr expeller there, but no small > > >presses and no prices. It's just a mirror of the Indian > > >manufacturer's site, there's a lot more information at the Indian > > >site, but still no prices. Might be cheaper from Argentina if you're > > >in the US, or maybe not, or cheaper from India if you're in Oz, or > > >maybe not. > > > > > >http://www.tinytechindia.com/oil.htm > > >Tinytech Plants - Tiny Oil Mill - oil expeller, machinery from >India Rajkot > > > > > >http://www.tinytechindia.com/index.htm > > >TINYTECH PLANTS - India - Rajkot- tiny oil mills - oil expeller - > > >machinery - exporter > > > > > >Best > > > > > >Keith > > > > > > > > > >David > > > > > > > >At 04:32 PM 7/06/2002 -0400, you wrote: > > > > >I don't know what Carlos is talking about. He's seeing > >something that I'm > > > > >not. I goto this URL and all that's there are three green industrial > > > > >grinders. Not only are there no small presses, there are no prices, so > > > what > > > > >is he talking about when he states "not expensive?" > > > > > > > > > >Jesse Parris | studio53 | graphics / web design | >stamford, ct | > > > > >203.324.4371 > > > > >www.jesseparris.com/Portfolio_Jesse_Parris/ > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > > >From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> > > > > >Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 3:48 PM > > > > >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Equipment Information > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >hello Keith: > > > > > > > > > > > > > >you can see a small and not expensive oil press at > > > > > > >www.savoiapower.com/tiny.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Carlos > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/