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Head was not warm, straight grinding, but we might be onto something with freezing the head knife and plate. I usually put these in the freezer when I put the meat in. That was 2 hrs. this time. I will try the fridge next time.
Thanks all!!!
4th,000, With your auger pushed all the way to one side if the horn how much room is there left on thee other side? This is with the horn removed and no knife or plate installed. Mine is about 1/8 to 3/16 th'.
Thanks to all, the knife is in the right way with the sharp side to the plate. The thrust washer is in place and not worn out. The pieces of meat are small enough to fit into the auger, and not frozen solid still hade give to them. I have 2 sets of plates and knives the both do the same thing.
I have a Lem "Big Bite #8 Model 779. This is the higher hp model of the big bite #8 series, I am having problems with it wanting to pull the meat through the cutter, no matter which plate I am using. The meat was partially frozen and this time I was using the 3/8 plate and still had to force...
I made some boudin yesterday, mixed and
stored in fridge overnight. Set up my stuffer today and can't get it to go through the stuffer. I' trying to use 29-32 mm casings, are these too small?
Just a hint on garage fridge in winter, pop out the door switch and let it hang. This will keep the light on which is enough to keep it cold even in below 0 temps. Don't forget to put the switch back when it warms back up.
If you are still trying to make up your mind, I built my first with exhaust out the top. After a year of use it started dripping on meat. Second one was out the back as high as i could and it has worked fine. What little that drips back in now just runs down the back.