home built grinders

buzzy

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• Jan 29, 2014

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looking for photos of grinders that started out as hand grinders then fitted with a motor  Just got a motor & gear box an looking for ideas so I dont do the work twice 

 

daveomak

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• Jan 29, 2014

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I think it would be less expensive to purchase an electric meat grinder.... AND A LOT SAFER !!!!

http://www.sausagemania.com/grinder.html

 

jockaneezer

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• Jan 29, 2014

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Hey Dave that exposed large pulley looks like it could drag you in and grind you up nicely too ! A cheap option for the large pulley would be one off the drum on a broken down front loading washing machine, not too sure how popular that type are stateside but they are the norm over here. They're usually fitted with a polyvee drive belt which would probably be happy running on a plain diameter drive shaft, which with the right sized bearings would save the cost of an intermediary pulley.

 

timberjet

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• Jan 29, 2014

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I will pm you everything you need to rube goldberg up that dream contraption if you would like.

 

timberjet

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• Jan 29, 2014

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DaveOmak said:

I think it would be less expensive to purchase an electric meat grinder.... AND A LOT SAFER !!!!

http://www.sausagemania.com/grinder.html

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dang dave you beat me to it. haha

 

daveomak

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timberjet said:

DaveOmak said:

I think it would be less expensive to purchase an electric meat grinder.... AND A LOT SAFER !!!!

http://www.sausagemania.com/grinder.html

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dang dave you beat me to it. haha

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Pretty tough to get ahead of some "old guy".... what's that they say about "a deviant cunning mind" or something close... :biggrin:

 

diggingdogfarm

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• Jan 29, 2014

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Most importantly you'll want to do the proper pulley/gearbox calculations so the grinder doesn't operate at more than 30-40 RPMs....any faster than that you're asking for trouble....smear...heat...etc.
With the gear reduction you shouldn't need a very hefty motor...1/4 hp maybe!?







=Martin=

 

woodcutter

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• Jan 29, 2014

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I had a similar set up. I had a variable switch from a tread mill but never got to try it.

 

jockaneezer

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• Jan 30, 2014

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Hey Timberjet, I had to Google Rube Goldberg, seems he's a cousin of Heath Robinson 

 

timberjet

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jockaneezer said:

 
Hey Timberjet, I had to Google Rube Goldberg, seems he's a cousin of Heath Robinson 

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guess that kind of dates me. crap. haha