Fixing a major flaw in my grape crusher and destemmer

[@lowrylabs]

If it works it works; the stainless steel cog would be quite costly and hard to find. I do think that keeping the chain in a groove per se will help keep the chain from jumping off; thanks for showing the behind and the scenes look at all of these sorts of vineyard jobs! I am also very curious about the wine press you mentioned a long time ago that you were building ! Keep up the inspiring work!

[@mycountrylife810]

Hi there Thanks for your comments. Hopefully, we can do some more interesting videos using these machines come harvest time. The press we are using is a water press from Hydropress and we should be able to do a video on that too. Thanks for watching.

[@peterroberts5835]

Great videos on your vinyard, I'm in worcestershire and it is my dream to set one up here, eventually! Sometimes plastic gears are used as a safety feature, if something such as a branch or human limb gets trapped in the mechanism then the plastic will shear before too much damage is done to the rest of the machine or person !

[@mycountrylife810]

Hi there. Good point regarding plastic. I think they may have used plastic to cut the costs down, but I take your point. Good luck in Worcestershire - we're practically neighbours!!

[@8johnw8]

Love the music on the lathe - it had the feel of 70's Lathe-Porn!😀

[@mycountrylife810]

Wow…. I’ll have to listen to it again now🤣🤣

[@markh4013]

Nice fix.The extra weight will help as it will act as a flywheel keeping things turning. Sadly everything today is made only just good enough to function.If that had been made back in say the fifties it would have been overbuilt in order to last a lifetime. Planned obsolescence was a terrible idea for buyers.

[@mycountrylife810]

I couldn't agree with you more regarding 'just good enough' to function. I makes me quite angry that to an even untrained eye, things are badly designed or badly built by supposed experts. It is especially annoying when a part that would last a lifetime would only cost pennies more than the cheap part they put in. Like you say, planned obsolescence is a terrible for the buyer.

[@sonyawells3275]

The cynic in me says they used the plastic wheel to save money! Nice close up video shots

[@mycountrylife810]

Thank you. Yes, I agree with you, it's all done for cost saving. Its annoying that the machine is still quite expensive and a decent part would only cost a little bit extra.

[@forenamesurname1183]

Probably plastic for food safety, that is to say any wear, chipped teeth, burrs from the gears dont wind up in the food

[@mycountrylife810]

Hi there. That's a good point. That said, I think they should have used something less flexible. Fingers crossed my mod actually works.

[@roberthousedorfii1743]

Yeah, but this is wine. We Filter it...