Hi Ken >Keith writes: > > >Why not use a meat grinder? Not the home model, next size up or so, > >something that a local butchery would use to make mince meat. If > >there are still such things as local butcheries. that is. You might > >be able to adapt it without too much hassle. > >I think the problem is that a meat grinder, like a nut grinder, is >designed to chop up everything and push it out all together. There >are traditional systems used in many places that are similar, but the >oily mix after grinding is then wrapped up (in cloth, basket mat'l, etc) >and pressed under rocks or with a car jack to separate the oil.
They have some very cunning ways of doing that. >Definitely a batch process that way. A continuous oil press needs >two very separate outlets for oil and cake. Not saying the grinders >couldn't be modified, but that's the nature of the modification you'd >have to do. Yes, I agree. I was thinking the cake could come out the end, like the mince, and holes or slots or a screen or something or other could be provided in the body for the oil. It's not a regular screw, the pitch(?) shortens as it gets to the end to build up the pressure, so something like that might work. It would need some experimenting, by a cleverer person than me. Regards Keith ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Will You Find True Love? Will You Meet the One? Free Love Reading by phone! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Deo18C/zDLEAA/Ey.GAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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/
