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The "bike-powered" juicing system, the Pedal - Powered Vegetable Squeezer - Juicycle ® since 1990, from In-the-Sun Engineering - A MEANS FOR HEALTH 'For hire' at home parties. It also makes nut-butters and & snow cones. With other attachments, can also 'quick change' to a flour mill, or a beverage blender. These pages outline an appropriate technology design effort. Presenting the public domain release of the Parker Pedal-Powered Vegetable Squeezer (pppvs) 'do-it-yourself' Juicycle ® 'classic' stationary home-built plans. The prime directive has been to create this 'peace machine' from common parts, using common tools, carpentry and bike skills, and requiring no metal welding. Plans are included below. Print and build. The plans specify common fasteners and hand tools. The 'prime mover' centerpiece is a step-thru (women's') bicycle frame, with a five- to six-inch head tube. The primary wheel can be (3, 5, or 7spd) gear-hub, or single-gear 26 inch free-wheeling wheel with a 'solid' airless tire, and "Aero" spoke covers for safety. A bare 20-inch front wheel is used as the secondary power take-off. The axle of this ‘secondary’ wheel is adjusted so that a ‘stub’ is on one side, the remainder of the axle is protruding on the other. This allows cantilevered mounting on the system 'module'. The second wheel is driven by the pedal-driven wheel. One spoke of the open end of this ‘secondary’ wheel ‘pulls/pushes’ the accessory handle around like a steel finger. This food processor arrangement is a personal fitness motivator, an aerobic monitor, a field produce concentrator, a compost enhancer, can be adapted to produce emergency electricity, and is compatible to a wide range of physical abilities.
Juicycle© - SANTA CRUZ 2007
Instructions:
MODULE
(¾" marine plywood, 12ga. steel, aluminum,
or Lexan). The front, back, and bottom plates can use a ‘dado’ treatment -
for extra strength and stability. Overlapping edge joints make for simple
alignment and assembly. Cut, pre-drill, and join : glue, screw, chamfer outer
corners, sand & seal appropriately. If used out of doors, cover and place
in warmer area when not in use. Use l
Front plate 5” x 12”
Rear
plate 5” x 13”
Bulkhead
plate 12” x 17 1/8”
Cutting
area/sneeze guard - Plexiglas ¼” 18" x 14” ( 2” access hole)
The plexiglas cutting board *top* can be one piece with a cutout for the wheel protrusion, or two "L shaped" halves.
The unique box ('module'). Use marine wood, glue, screw, lots of paint, dado joints. Be sure there is room for the secondary wheel between the front and aft plates.
*Mark,
& drill hole, install secondary wheel, six inches above the juicer clampdown
plate, center to the module front and rear plates. Check squares of all box
sections. Drill 1/4" hole in seat post and shape a 1/4" slot in
a a 3" x 1" ‘U’ bracket as shown. . Mark module center in line with
secondary wheel, and attach channel bracket/seat post assembly .
Slotted slider allows power spinning to wrench big loads.
assemble with lots of glue, nails or screws. Classic box shapes must be kept square...
Cutting board. Remove when adapting the 'tailgaters' blender.
Module complete::
Cup holders 'holes' can
be located at strategic points of horizontal 'cutting boards' . Hefty
box -once all put together with 3/4" plywood.
Attach
‘slider’ channel plate (2” x ½” x 12” “C” – shaped channel) to the stool underside
, Sandwich 2x4 'blocks' below a 27-inch tall ALL METAL high chair, (no “swivel”
seat feature) or metal-and cushion boating seat - with machine screws, washers,
and locking nuts. *Drill
3/8 in. holes here for wash down 'drains'. Install
3/8" x 8" bolt and wing nut and heavy ‘slider’ washers as indicated.
Sandwich a thick rubber grommet (shock hardware) for flexibility. T
FRAME /PRIME MOVER
*Reverse
cranks, break & reinstall chain and pedals.
*Prepare
2 ea. brackets, using flat lumber brace materiel about 4-5 inch length, drilled
for 10mm axle (recommend gear hub wheel), and a second ¼” hole to allow appropriate attachment to the
frame rack boss.
*Fit
solid tire (high-pressure tire, puncture-resistant tube, and stop-leak goop
will suffice, keep inflated!), install spoke covers, install wheel, support
brackets, axle washers, and nuts, adjust chain, and tighten axle nuts. Lubricate
all threads, and washers, and moving parts with appropriate anti-seizing product.
This insures long usability.
*Cut 2 ea of ½" EMT tubing, mark, dimple
with hammer, & bend per pattern. Flatten 1" at the ends, per sketch.
Punch or drill 1/4" hole centered on those flats. Assemble with hose
clamps at center bottom area and strap clamps at axle area. Study the image
for details. Use large, thick washers on the strap clamp cap screws to secure
the triangular brace from sliding.
FINAL ASSEMBLY
*Install rear support, u-bolts & nuts. Check for alignment (seat tube is square to a level floor). Attach module to rear support ends with hefty screws, slide seat post in place (damper attach) - Clamp so that module is square to the floor and secondary wheel contact is made. Tighten seat post clamp. Install gear control shifter to seat tube and syncronize.
note the "broom handle" 'handgrip' /brace.
The
'handlebar' steady grip for the operator exists in many fashions, though the
'broom handle' method is the best. This item also braces the juicer mount
area nicely. Tamper is a polished 1 inch sch 40 pvc pipe glued to a 3/4"
cap, cross-drilled and zip-tied to the articulated handle. The
tamper arrangement could also be a flat spring with tamper, cantilevered from
the back area, or a loose freehand accesory. Wrapping
the (steel) secondary wheel with wire (cat5 surplus) and gaffers tape (to
match mating wheel shape) works fine. A nylon wheel is better shaped, and
overall quieter effect. There is always the option to improve inertial mass,
usually added to the primary lower wheel. Avoid top-heavy conditions! Clamp juicer, aligning to the shaft
center carefully. Install two stainless screws at the base for future juicer
locator, and two 'cup retaining screws' or a non-slip surface under the spout
location. I find that an articulated arm with a ramming tamper really helps
the juicing operation. Install the (hardwood or bamboo basket) produce source
racks, and safety shields. Install a fitness computer.
Indexing locator screws.
Version
-GSI blender: use handle supplied - it will 'slip out' of square drive attachment unless a short RUBBER hose is placed between PTO axle and handle center. This will maintain engagement nicely; Boost w/ 1-1/2" hardwood block.
There
are other juicer makers with mountings much shorter. By setting the mounting
plate to this smaller dimension will limit the rapid interchange of taller
processors. The 'Wheetena' standard simplifies some
access requirements.
some views of the 1" sch40 pvc ram tamper, return spring, rear support attachments, zip tie arrangement . Tightened friction hinges also suffices.The rear module mounting bolts are 1/4 in. or some metric zip screw equivalent. Note the "round dowl" support of the plexiglas sneeze guard/cutting board.
Most of the time I'm'a juicin' - sweet natural unfermented juice. The flour mill has been my latest thrill. I have always been a fan of 'fresh' milled flour for my baking. The enhancements implemented to facilitate this adapting is a snap. However it adds more inertia to the unit. Whilst not milling, install a wheel lock whenever 'underage' rug rats are around. Safety first.
The
GSI Blender ARRIVED and it's slick, very sturdy. Plexiglas juicycle sneeze
top has to swing out of the way. Two speeds, the *upper* (slower) speed aligns
up perfectly, the handle slips off its square drive without a bit of inward
pressure while turning. Again, it's your constitutional right to hand-crank
this unit. Martini monday!
and here is what the wheat-grass juicer assembly looks like:
= = = Juicycle Instructions for use:
- Align
clean juicer with index and tighten clamp securely.
- Place
a cup under spout, and hang a pulp-catching bucket off of the ‘pulp outlet
screw’, OR let pulp fall onto newspaper as “compost art”.
- Adjust
chair for adequate leg extension.
- Keep
clothing, children, hands, and jewelry clear of moving machinery!
- Warm
up slowly, beginning with easier gears. Stop when obvious! Ease up, or back
pedal while shifting gears. Maintain a rapid pace during peak juicing loads.
- (after
use) Remove, disassemble, wash, then dry the juicer and Juicycle.
- Lubricate
shaft and all threads (lard or jojoba).
- Reassemble,
aligning the strainer carefully.
- Process only clean, fresh organic produce
& enjoy!
=
= = Make sure all fasteners are secure. The drainer basket on one side is
for the produce & and herbs. A bucket hangs neatly from the juicer 'pulp
outlet adjusting screw' for the spent solids. Lately I have been letting the
pulp drop to a newspaper on the ground.. the color art is very striking. Some
pets love this pre-chewed delivery. Some could be used for carrot cake. A
chair for the visiting dignitaries completes the working environment.
=
= = Keep it Clean: The spent pulp is where some fermenting will begin
almost immediately. A hearty soup base can be started with the leftover pulp.
Adding water will foment fermenting (and interesting wines!). Layering with
straw, earth, and moisture encourages worms and the incredible heat/organic
materiel for (duh!) a backyard bio intensive permaculture show garden! Remove
& clean the juicer after use. Disassemble and scrub the juicer with a
bottlebrush & Scotchbrite. Bleach treatment is the industry sterilization
standard (approx. 1000 ppm).
= = = Set all parts in a warm, dry place. Treat un plated
machine surfaces with food-grade (jojoba, olive, safflower, etc.) oil. Assemble
completely dried. When reassembling this type wheat grass juicer, it is important
to position the screen carefully. This part is the first to get damaged by
incorrect reassembly. A drop of jojoba or lard to the shaft, retainer, and
nut threads will insure a smooth, long lasting precision tool. After reassembling
the 6 parts (thrust bearing flats facing each other, the key slot lined up,
retainer 'gland-nut' not 'tight') into the main body. Cast-iron has its own
lubricating properties when in contact with liquids at these speeds and loads
(a roller bearing upgrade improves available power). The complete machine
is like a 3kg. dumbbell - be wise! The 'pulp outlet screw' must be free to
turn, as this is the 'fine tuner' to the efficiency of the juicer. Back off
two turns after turning this adjuster all the way in. Trial and error adjustments
are required for the different juice materials. If there is a backup of raw
"stuff " in the inlet, back off (counterclockwise) the adjustment
1/2 turn at a time. A way to gauge progress is watching the spent solids ejecting
and twisting regularly. Re-introduce the 'spent' pulp again and get additional
1/3 juice. A hydraulic press could get nearly all the available juice from
the pulp. The wheat grass juicer (when properly adjusted) is really cool by
itself (i.e. hand operated, which is your constitutional right, and handy,
indeed). The multi-speed foot-operated Juicycle® will enhance a pleasantly
quiet experience. In my opinion one of the best inclusive features of this
system is that there is no packaging, no landfill contribution (you are growing
your own garden, yes?) A ceramic or enameled-tin cup works fine. The wheat
grass juicer sounds like open-mouth "chewing". Objects that are
as large as the opening will sometimes 'stall'. Twisting the produce at the
inlet aids throughput. Smaller items can get 'wedged' in the 'throat'. Let
one item get juiced before adding the next piece. A tamper
aids the egress. Most food processing methods can create damaging heat (130
Degrees Fahrenheit will damage beneficial enzymes). Back pressure (the 'pulp
outlet screw' adjustment), friction, effort, and warm weather can build up
'warmth'. Refrigerating the clean juicer, raw product, and even propping ice
against the operation, or popping an occasional ice cube thru the process
would prevent heat build-up. The mechanism gets 'warm' on a hot day (a shady
spot makes sense), but never hot.
Place
a paper, coffee, tin cup under the spout. Fresh-picked produce nearby, sprayed
clean, with anticipation of some luscious fresh juice! The carrots go in the
hopper. Process a half dozen (sliced long) carrots, then a half beet, then
some leek, and a clove of garlic (small 1 per cup!), many options of blends
occur at this point. Purists enjoy singular ingredients; some cannot handle
celery at all! Apple (only the hard ones) can mellow seemingly intense recipes;
so does some lemon (rind and all). Wheat grass is the craze, but is the toughest
to process. Move the gear shifter into 'low' and trickle some intense chlorophyll
'brain food' into your divine enameled tin cup. Empty the collected extractions
before splashing occurs. Dilute with equal amounts distilled water, and share
with someone a vibrant zing! Juice spiced with some Braggs & pepper: a
great morning alternative to coffee! Get aerobic while Juicycle® - ing! These
extracts are not "oxygenated", as with traditional ‘Champion’ juicer
design, but juice made the preferred 'triturating' method with a <wheat
grass> pressed-juice extractor. Upgrade performance with some obvious expert
improvements: racing cranks, pedals & clips, and inertial enhancements
can challenge and enliven your cycling and fitness environment. Be the envy
of the neighborhood! Put a Juicycle® in the garden. Start a client route schedule
with the "JuiceGo" (bike-mounted) Juicycle® for doorstep delivery.
Make fresh liquid herbs and live food for your people. Promote a gift of life.
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Quiet, healthful, & self-contained! Some will pedal the "Classic" Juicycle ® for fitness. Some pedal-power their juice for health! A food art functional sculpture.
Fresh homemade garden juicing - with The Juicycle ® - The Village garden health tool. The Juicycle® 'Classic' is a sturdy, and portable raw food processor system, using a (NOT ELECTRIC) wheat-grass hand juicer - you push (or cleat into) bike pedals and the Juicycle® re-directs leg energy to the juicer handle- freeing your hands to feed in FRESH vegetable produce - a blending of FRESH liquid extractions known to aid and enhance normal human gland and brain functions. The Juicycle® generates 1 to 10 oz/min fresh juice from an "easy" - to "hammer" pedaling (spinning) pace. This liquid refreshment contains naturally occurring nourishment for everybody. This nutritious concentrate is usually consumed immediately, avoiding packaging and landfill repercussions. This enables refreshment (with some simple garden ingredients, giggles, and little effort)! Certain common vegetable juices are free-radical nibblers (there's that anti-oxidant theme again, hmm). Many are fundamental ingredients to 'Smart Drinks'. This is genuine "nerve food". Initiates describe immediate and noticeable effects (after a sip of wheat grass-celery cocktail). Build a lifetime of fun and synergy. The turn-of-the century hand - juicer machine is oft mistaken for a "meat grinder" - a plated, cast-iron unit. The wheat-grass juicer has a spout. There usually is no steam (i.e. 'tip me over and pour me out'). The Juicycle ® turns the handle three or four times (normal hand-cranked rotations) faster and easier with a 'steel finger'. The Juicycle ® is a sturdy, adjustable, portable, and rugged tool set that will free your hands to blend together your own vibrant, healthful beverage. From In the Sun, inc. since 1990 - a unique quiet experience for fitness and health. Fresh juice. A natural health charge !
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BY LEG ENERGY A solar-based permaculture reality exists!
Health
& Vitality - Gland & Nerve repair! This empowering, detoxifying system
to prevent disease, and live a vibrant, natural life. There has been much
ado about pasteurization. stay totally live and raw! Read: "Raw Vegetable
Juices" by R. W. Walker (1936). The following suggestions all taste more
vibrant when served chilled, iced!
Fresh
juice tidbits:
Carrot
juice may be consumed indefinitely. This is usually the recommended base ingredient
for carrying the other flavors & herbs. Wheat grass blends well. The richest
source of Vitamin A, as well as gobs of B, C, D, E, G, and K. A pint of carrot
juice per day has more constructive value than 25 pounds of calcium. Believed
to be a natural solvent of cancerous and ulcerous conditions. Skin discoloration
after drinking this liquid food is from the reaction of the liver in a cleansing
mode. Carrot juice will furnish enzymes, vital atoms, and organic water that
most everybody's starved life-tissues crave. One of the best foods for the
colon is a combo of carrot and spinach juice.
Wheat
Grass Juice This is the star ingredient that is all the rage - the Wheateena
juicer is the best tool for this tough stuff, and loaded with key components
that cleanses the blood, rejuvenates the liver, and dissolves "bad stuff":
B-12 'anti-cancer' stuff.. I use organic wheat berries (hard red), soaked
overnight in a warm place. Rinse, strain, & drain 2-3 times a day for
2 days.. sprinkle sprouting berries on 2 inches sifted compost, berries barely
touching each other in density. Sprinkle with water, gently. Keep damp, covered,
& warm. Put in the sun after 1". Trim to 3" when 6" tall.
I get the berries in 15-25-50 lb bags (bulk food special order usually) at
organic bulk food stores. Sprinkle berries in areas to reclaim 'real estate'.
The best harvest is from sprouts directly in the soil. Too dense of planting
in flats slows down the harvest. Grab a hand full in one hand and cut the
grass so as to 'feel' the shoots getting trimmed (like hair). Tuck that tight
into your hand and grab another bunch nearby and cut and tuck, (etc.) One
hand full is plenty. Keep the harvest tucked in hand and transfer in small
pinches, right into the hopper of the juicer. This may save spreading the
shoots all over while juicing.
Green
Pepper juice The wild thing on this juiced is the silicon for the nails, hair,
tear ducts, and sebaceous glands in combo with carrot. 1/3 to 2/3 concentration,
that clears up skin blemishes. A heavy duty colon cleansing is recommended
concurrently.
Papaya
juice The green version of this tropical delicacy provides some amazing benefits,
the first of which papain, which has the equivalent effect as pepsin in the
intestinal process.
Cabbage
juice One half pint raw cabbage juice has more food value than 120 lb.. of
canned or cooked cabbage. This juiced refreshment is tied to miraculous recovery
of duodenal ulcers. A common side affect is gassing .. and is only the result
of dissolving toxic buildup in the intestines. High in iodine, sulfur and
chlorine, and with carrot, vitamin C, an excellent cleanser and fighter of
adipose weight, aiding infected gums, and preventing pyorrhea. (Note: do not
add salt!) Potato juice Surprisingly, a small organic potato blended into
the carrot mix has natural sugars. When cooked these are converted to starch!
Potato juice will clear skin blemishes from the live enzyme content of potassium,
sulfur, phosphorus and chlorine. This is great for disturbances such as gout
and sciatica.
Kale
juice has similar analysis as cabbage and used as such.
Broccoli
juice I squeeze broccoli so as to do something with the (sometimes) 'woody'
stalks of this cool veggie. I need to cut everything in long quarters 'cause
the mouth of my juicer stalls the larger pieces above the chopper thing. Broccoli
is cool 'cause it is juicy like celery, and adds a sweet lightness to any
blend. Favor of the week: carrot, celery, broccoli, fennel, parsley and leek.
Good levels of vitamin A and C.
Parsley
Juice This herb, as a juice is the most potent, and must be mixed with carrot,
celery or lettuce in small quantities to avoid disarrangement of the nervous
system. This ingredient has properties essential to oxygen metabolism within
the adrenal and thyroid glands. It is also good to small blood vessel maintenance.
Eye ailments can be effectively aided with the assistance of parsley juice.
Beet
Juice The builder of red corpuscles and a toner of the blood. Women can benefit
with the combo of carrot and beet juice daily. Roots and tops. Again, a reaction
of nausea is from the cleansing of the liver. The natural amounts of sodium,
calcium, potassium, and a 8% chlorine furnishes a splendid organic cleanser
of the liver, kidneys, and gall bladder, and stimulating the activity of the
lymph system.
Celery
juice is unique in that it contains organic sodium and calcium. The sodium
maintains calcium in solution. This organic calcium also decreases the effect
of processed carbohydrates (breads, pasta, etc.) i.e. starches that degenerates
life - stream. Heating these organic compounds, or any enzyme above 130 degrees
Fahrenheit can make them bad, and clog up lymph, blood and colon until *organic*
sodium dissolves these 'free radicals' into suspension, and eventual elimination.
Sodium is also important to the elimination of carbon dioxide. Celery is also
high in magnesium and iron, great blood food.
The following suggestions all taste more vibrant when served
chilled, and with ice !
carrot,
beet and celery
carrot
beet and coconut
carrot, beet and cucumber
Celery
- wheat grass: 5 oz celery juice, 1 oz wheat grass juice, 1 oz distilled water.
Veggie
juice cocktail: 3 oz carrot, 2 oz celery, 1 oz rejuvelac, 1 - 2 oz wheat grass
juice,
Rejuvelac wheat grass juice: 2.5 oz wheat grass juice, 2 - 3 oz rejuvelac,
Lemon
wheat grass juice: 2 oz wheat grass juice, 1 oz lemon juice, 1-2 tbl honey
Carrot/Apple:
Juice 6 carrots 2 apples
Liver
Mover: 2-3 carrots ½ beet
Bromelain
Special: pineapple (skin & all)
Orange
or Grapefruit: 3 oranges (peeled) or 1 grapefruit (peeled)
Evening Regulator: 2 apples 1 pear
Digestive
Special: handful of spinach 6 carrots
Holiday
Cocktail: 2 apples 1 large bunch of grapes 1 slice lemon with peel
Body
Cleanser: 4 carrots ½ cucumber 1 beet
Rejuvenator:
handful of parsley 3 carrots 2 celery stalks 2 cloves of garlic
Cantaloupe
Juice: cut into strips and juice (rind and all)
The
Waldorf: 1 stalk celery 2 apples
Sunshine
Cocktail: 2 apples 4-6 strawberries
Energy
Shake: handful of parsley 6 carrots
Watermelon
Juice: cut into strips and juice (rind and all)
Potassium
Broth: 1 handful of spinach 1 handful of parsley 2 stalks of celery 4-6 carrots
AAA
Juice: 6 carrots, 1 apple, 2 stalks of celery, ½ handful of wheat grass and
parsley, ½ beet
Passion
Cocktail: 4 strawberries 1 large chuck pineapple 1 bunch black grapes
Morning
Tonic: 1 apple 1 grapefruit (peeled)
Digestive
Cocktail: ¼ lemon with peel ½ grapefruit (peeled) 2 oranges
Alkaline
Special: ¼ head cabbage (red or green) 3 stalks of celery
(I
sprout a hand-full of hard winter wheat seed at a time, sow in warm place,
keep moist, harvest when 4-8 inch tall.)
Also juice-able: brussels sprouts, dandelion, endive (chicory), green peppers, horseradish, lettuce, radish and tops (NOT THE WILD VARIETY), string beans, turnip and tops, watercress, alfalfa, coconut, and pomegranate.
2009 Juicycle ® "Classic" plans.