Manual Fruit Crusher for Apples, Grapes and Berries

Steel frame, stainless hopper, and a flywheel that keeps turning

• A steel frame that stays put

  The powder-coated steel frame carries adjustable clamp knobs on the frame and rubber-tipped leg feet that adjust in height. Tighten the clamp on a counter edge and the unit holds steady while you crank, even when the bucket is heavy. It is a sturdy base for a job that takes a while.

• Stainless hopper and steady flywheel

  Whole fruit goes into the brushed stainless funnel and drops onto the crushing gears. The large green flywheel carries momentum from one turn to the next, so the crank feels smooth. If you want to press the mash afterwards, a juicer press machine pairs well with the crusher.

From whole fruit to pressing-ready mash in three steps

1. 1
   Clamp and level the frame

   Set the crusher on a firm counter edge or stand, tighten the clamp knobs and adjust the rubber-tipped feet until the frame sits flat.

2. 2
   Feed whole fruit and crank steadily

   Drop apples, grapes or berries into the stainless hopper and turn the black grip crank at an even pace. The flywheel keeps the motion smooth through the batch.

3. 3
   Move the mash to the filter bag

   Scoop the mash into the filter bag, close it up and head to the press. Use the wooden hopper cover board to keep fruit from flicking out while you work.

Everything you need to start crushing

• Fruit crusher with stainless hopper×1

  Steel frame, hand crank and flywheel assembled

• Filter bag×1

  For holding mash while you press

• Wooden hopper cover board×1

  Keeps fruit in the hopper while cranking

The harvest that sits too long

The bucket that never empties

The first picking fills the bucket faster than you can chop it. Every apple needs a knife, every grape gets squeezed by hand, and the counter slowly turns sticky. By dark you have a pile of bruised fruit and not much juice to show for it.

A crank that does the hard part

Set the crusher on the counter, clamp it down and feed in whole fruit through the stainless hopper. A steady turn of the black crank drives the rollers, and the mash comes out even. Less knife work, less bruising, and far less juice left behind on the cutting board.

Pressing day, finally calm

Once the bucket is mash, it goes into the filter bag and onto the press. The kitchen stays tidy, the work moves at a human pace, and by the end of the session you have jars of your own juice or wine lined up on the counter.

Why the crank beats the knife