Homemade #32 Meat Grinder

[Raymond]

Hey Wabi,
I have seen a guy leave his whole deer aging like that until it was black and then he processed it. He never processes his deer any sooner than two weeks just like that guy told you. I am going to try the same thing. It is fall clean-up around here this month and I have got the word out that I am looking for a fridge that is still working and I intend to age a deer in it if I am lucky enough to get one as long as I can go and shoot a deer. So far it looks like I am feeling well enough to go. Not far but I am planning on going, out back on my land for this year. I have some pics I am going to post this weekend.
Thanks,
Raymond

[peter p]

Raymond,
was that meat grinder already set up with the bearing at the back where the auger goes into?

There are some grinders out there that have a rear bearing so you can attach a pulley to it.

[awshucks]

That's impressive engineering on the pulley's. The skill levels on here just amaze me.

[Raymond]

Raymond,
was that meat grinder already set up with the bearing at the back where the auger goes into?

There are some grinders out there that have a rear bearing so you can attach a pulley to it.

Hey Peter,
Yes the grinder was already setup with the bearings at the back where the auger goes. I bought the grinder from a company called Proline Trading Corp., excellent friendly service. When it arrived the piece that screws on the front end that holds everything in place where the burger comes out, that piece had a crack in it. I emailed them and they telephoned me right away instead of emailing me. That is some kind of service I would say. They sent me a new piece right away. I asked them how I would go about sending them back the damaged piece and they told me not to send it back. A guy by the name of Keith who works in Sales is who I was dealing with. Great guy. I would recommend this company to everyone. They have all kinds of items to sell.
Raymond

[Raymond]

Hey awshucks,
Thanks for the comment, I modeled my grinder from this site, "www.sausage mania.com". I had to use a larger pulley on mine because of the motor speed but it works. It is geared down enough to the speed that it should be at I believe. I also had some help from "shafferm" a member on here who reminded me of how to do the calculations to figure out your RPM's. I had forgotten how to do that and a lot of other things that I used to know since I was sick. But there is a lot of good people on this forum that will help a person figure things out if you need help. Which is another great thing about this forum. Thanks everyone.
Raymond

[Dash]

That was a good idea with the motor raymond. I tried a grinder for the first time today. It was bloody hard work ! It didn't help that I didn't have it mounted properly. The tips I read on having very cold meat will probably help next time too.
Is it normal for the sinewy bits to collect around the plate ? Or is that just because I didn't have cold meat?

[Raymond]

Hey Dash,
From my experience of working the meat department at the store that I was working in before my back went to heck, the meat needs to be well chilled. I am talking beef. Now for deer if the meat is well chilled with a good grinder you can grind it quite fast. A bear it is nice to have it somewhat hard. For my grinder I will know this week for bear meat. The sinewy bits can and will cause problems if it is warm and depending on the grinder from my experience. I have to go to the hospital in the city to see the specialist on Tuesday, most likely it will be Thursday before I grind the bear meat, will try and do a video to show my grinder in action when I grind the bear meat.
Raymond

[peter p]

Thanks Raymond,
I wanted to hook mine up to a motor also but mine only has a plastic bushing at the back.

I"m not sure if the plastic bushing would hold up with a motor.

[Raymond]

Hey Peter,
I am not sure. My grinder does not have the plastic bearings, it has the metal bearings. I am not sure about the plastic ones. Maybe you can contact the company where you purchased your grinder and ask them. Maybe with food grade grease they may last fairly well.
Raymond

[Raymond]

Hey Hank,
Thanks for the info, I will be saving that info. I appreciate any info I can get.
Thanks,
Raymond

[j.krug]

Raymond your gringer looks great and it looks like you'll be able to proccess a lot of meat with that big boy!! Glad to hear your starting to feel better.

[shafferm]

The grinder setup looks great, glad I was able to help. For the sharpening I usually will use a piece of sheet glass underneath to give a very flat surface to put the emery cloth on and then sharpen away.

With food grade silicone grease you can power motorize the #32 grinders that have the plastic bushing at the rear. My dad and I setup our #32 with the plastic bushing to run by attaching a corded hand drill to it via a drill to 3/8" adapter, then to a short universal extension and then to a socket. We changed out the threaded wingnut extension with a bolt and a jam nut to hold it tight to the grinder auger. One person runs the drill while the other feeds chunks into the grinder. We lube the bushing before running meat through and have not had problems. If you did go with a permanent motor setup like Raymond, you may want/need to lube more often. We have been running the same bushing setup with the drill for the last 3 or 4 years now with no noticeable wear.

[Raymond]

Thanks Michael. I appreciated your help and knowledge. Much appreciated, peter p was asking that question and I wasn't sure. Now that will help, I will make sure he knows. Thanks again.
Raymond