Very impressed!
Went out to gather some nuts. There was an old 8 foot board laying on the ground surrounded with them. I sat on one end of the board and by the time I scooted to the other end, I had a gallon of mostly de-husked hickory nuts. That’s just one 4x10 foot spot under one tree. There were just as many nuts that had fallen and sat too long to be of use. Collecting weekly would be about right.
Looking at how little meat there is inside this kind of hickory nut, I might get 1-1/2 cups from the gallon of nuts and that might make 1/4 cup of oil. I don’t use a whole lot of olive oil which is the only oil I use. Quart a year maybe. I’m sure I could replace olive oil with hickory nut oil. Got a higher smoke point too.
In a day, I can set up a hydraulic nut oil press. Just need to find one piece of pipe I have that’s 4” dia and 6-7” long. Already eyeballed everything else I need. Naturally, acorns can be pressed for oil too.