Olive pitting machine - video

**Altair** · Jan 20, 2019, 12:27 AM

Olive pitting machine. 2:42 video. Pitting mechanism shown at 1:12.

Previously:

olive/carrot/strawberry harvesting machine GIFs
Egg shelling machine - video
Bread dough rounding machine - GIF

**neilbourjaily** · Jan 21, 2019, 05:01 PM

After washing and sorting: size, singulate, poke, and draw. Simple, really, and rather Gatling-like, don't you think?.
Some of the most fascinating Rube Goldberg looking machinery can be found in agricultural processing. If you have the time, ask for a tour of a fruit or vegetable processor. It's compelling.

**ranald** · Jan 22, 2019, 02:49 PM

It is truely amazing all the work that has to go into olives to make them safe to eat & pitting them ready for stuffing is yet another process.

thanks for posting.

**marksbug** · Jan 27, 2019, 09:52 AM

so what do that do with all the olive pits? Ive never seen olive seeds/pits for sale..... Ive just starting out with olive tree addtion to my orchard, that give me some ideas.

**neilbourjaily** · Jan 27, 2019, 01:13 PM

There are scores of old driveways in California's Central Valley that are graveled with olive pits.

**marksbug** · Jan 27, 2019, 03:10 PM

so basically like a gravel pit grown on trees. Thanks! thats good to know. thanks.I dont remember that when i lived in california...but we had concrete driveways.and I probably would of never figured out they were olive pits. that was long long ago.

**ranald** · Jan 27, 2019, 08:48 PM

Originally Posted by marksbug

so what do that do with all the olive pits? Ive never seen olive seeds/pits for sale..... Ive just starting out with olive tree addtion to my orchard, that give me some ideas.

Make sure you have more than one tree as they are wind polinated: they need to be fairly close to gether (about 10 metres is ok).