Powered Grinder Automates Sausage-Making

Powered Grinder Automates Sausage-Making FARM HOME Food “We used to spend several hours grinding meat by hand to avoid taking it to the locker and spending a couple hundred dollars to get it done ” says Gene Sickler “After a few years of that we decided to build a power grinder to save our arms ” Sickler’s home-built meat grinder is driven by a 220-volt electric motor that powers a driveshaft through the transmission from a Datsun pickup Sickler says “To mate the two together I first torched off the outside of the transmission Then I placed the inside of the clutch plate against a hub that fit the electric motor and welded the two together On the back of the transmission I cut the splined pipe out of the yolk that slid over the output shaft then welded it to a 1-in shaft I put a gear on that shaft and connected it with no 50 chain to the gear that runs the grinders ” Sickler has two grinders hooked to the motor One of the grinders is chain-driven and the other is belt-driven with a tensioner lever That lever also turns the grinder on and off “We’ve used this setup for grinding several hundred pounds of meat every year ” says Sickler “We’re always careful about sanitation washing everything with a pressure washer soap and a small amount of bleach We lube the grinders with vegetable oil ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Eugene Sickler 10309 23rd St S W Manning N Dak 58642 ph 701 225-0395

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