Floor corker

[Sasquatch]

Hi all,

can anyone recommend a good floor corker? and where to buy?

thanks

[Cellar_Rat]

Yeah..

I bought one of these http://www.brouwland.com/shop/produc...=865&dt=24&l=2. WITH crowncork-adaptor fr 020.016.2, 26+29mm.

Not the cheapest corker you will buy. But ..

- It runs synthetic corks properly (no curling or veining)
- It runs real corks of all types.
- It caps beer bottles (this bit is brill)
- It caps champagne bottles too (with a larger crown cap)

I spent a lot of time trying to get floor corking right with synthetics. There are some very detailed threads on this....
Also important is the size. There were some cheapos on ebay, but when measured, they were very very small -backbreaking in operations.
Made by ferrari. So you get to tell your friends you have a Ferrari in the garage

[lockwood1956]

This is the one I have, and can heartilly recomend it (it is the ferrari)

http://www.hobbywinesupplies.co.uk/product_reviews_info.php?products_id=103&reviews_id=9

Not sure how much the shipping would be on it

give Karl at hobby homebre a ring

regards
Bob

[lockwood1956]

I moved the thread to here

[Sasquatch]

Thanks for that cellar rat. I see what you mean about price, and especially when you add on the p&p. Will wait and see if there are any other recommendations. There is another Ferrari http://www.hobbywinesupplies.co.uk/p...roducts_id=103
a lot cheaper but obviously only does the corks....hmmm

[Sasquatch]

Thanks for that Lockwood, I just found the link in one of the threads. I will give them a call when back in the good old UK tomorrow.

[Rich]

I have the ferrari too, also from Hobbywine. It's performed really well for me so far.

[Cellar_Rat]

I looks to me to be the same one. Does it have two lugs either side of where the cork goes in?

[clayhill]

I bought one of the ferrari corkers from hobby wine supplies last year.
After 800 bottles of wine it was still going strong, propper job every time.
I'll be using it again this year . . . 1200 bottles of our 2011 vintages.

[Cellar_Rat]

You might find Karls are the same one. The capper fits on these to lugs.


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