William take a look at this steam juice extractor and see if this is what
you have. If so I think you might have a piece of it missing. I have one
just exactly like this one and mine has four pieces to it, three pans and
the lid. It may be entirely different from yours.
Faye



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"William R. Watt" > wrote in message
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> I am thinking of looking for an old double boiler at this fall's
> rummage sales to use as a jelly juice extractor instead of messing
> with hanging up jelly bags. The idea is to punch holes in the
> bottom of the upper pot and lay a piece of cloth in it to act as a
> filtre.
> I've already tried this with a large enamel double boiler type juice
> extractor I rescued (salvaged) from someone's yard on garbage day a few
> years ago. I looked brand new, never used, and a shame to dump in the land
> fill. I didn't know what it was for but I put it away thiking I might find
> a use for it some day. The top container is about 5 gallons with holes in
> the bottom. The bottom container is maybe 2 gallons with a spigot. I tried
> it this year, laying a folded tea towel in the bottom of the top
> container, filling it about 1/3 with steaming hot mashed red sumac
> berries, and getting 6 cups of juice. The berries were heated and mashed a
> second time and put into this contraption again, yielding another 8 cups
> of juice.
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> The enamel contraption seems to work but it's too big for the smaller
> quantities I normally work with, which is why I'm going to try a smaller
> version made out of a double boiler.
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> I was wondering if anyone uses a smaller version of this type of
> juice extractor.