Sharpen your grinder blade and true the plates

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Sure glad this made the Carousel  Great Info.

Gary
 
Good stuff Charlie!

I remember watching the videos when you first posted this and I thought I commented back then, but I guess not!

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I have been needing to do that with my grinder and now that i have some good directions i know what i will be doing this weekend.
 
grinder plates and blades are dirt  cheap , i just throw mine away and buy new ones after every 200 lbs or so
 
 
grinder plates and blades are dirt  cheap , i just throw mine away and buy new ones after every 200 lbs or so
I'd be doing that several times a year if I followed your advice...  Not to mention for a quality blade and quality plate(s) I could buy several butts/chucks and make some sausage.

A couple of beers and a little effort later, my plates are usually better than when I open a new one from the package...

By the way, aren't you overdue to post something you've made instead of talking crap all of the time?
 
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By the way, aren't you overdue to post something you've made instead of talking crap all of the time?

yep your right it is but right now i'm having a few problems to deal with

(1)  wife is having her left knee replaced in tthe 24 th of this month

(2) i have a case of shingles

(3) i'm fighting the flu on top of the shingles

(4 ) a windstorm came thru and we had winds of 97 MPH last Monday that did a LOT of damage to my house and a storage building

but don't  worry i'll be back cooking just as soon as i can  
 
oh and i forgot to mention that my wife has been in a wheelchair for the past 3 months and we have another snow storm to deal with this coming weekend

but not to worrry , here in Colorado we are used to dealing with little problems like these 
 
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Great videos Charlie.

Same method we used 10 years ago in the garage butcher shop my boss at the time ran where I used to help cut wild game for the hunters. Spent many nights getting dizzy doing that! 
 
Great video's CB,,, great info right there 

I better check mine soon,,, do you check your brand new ones??? 

I do check the new ones. Most of the time the plates are nice and flat, but I have had a couple that needed to be touched up. The new blades can always use a good lapping on the high grit paper.
 
I do check the new ones. Most of the time the plates are nice and flat, but I have had a couple that needed to be touched up. The new blades can always use a good lapping on the high grit paper.
sounds good,,, thanks,, something to do waiting for all this snow to melt LOL 
 
  Well I am out working nights for awhile and I thought nights are slower and I'll have some spare time. So I bought some sand paper and emery and followed this tutorial....... 


  They turned out great even though I ended up a little short of paper. Better than when they were new. A big shout out and Thx to you Charlie.
 
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