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.

Lacking a pointy bottom it might not be as efficient as a jelly
bag and I would not recommend it for someone who is going out and
buying fruit and berries, but for the abundant wild fruit and
berries I collect a little inefficiency would not matter, and it
would be easier to work with than a jelly bag.

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.

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.

I was wondering if anyone uses a smaller version of this type of
juice extractor.

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