A face lift for the ole Cabela's grinder

boykjo

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• Sep 30, 2015

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My Cabelas 1 hp grinder has been a little sluggish lately. She's gone through a lot of meat since I picked her up about 6 years ago..... Time to freshen her up

Look what I have at the back of the shop at work..............

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• boykjo
• Sep 30, 2015

4.5mm plate looks a little worn

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• boykjo
• Sep 30, 2015

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• boykjo
• Sep 30, 2015

All cleaned up 

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• boykjo
• Sep 30, 2015

7mm looking bad too

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• boykjo
• Sep 30, 2015

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• boykjo
• Sep 30, 2015

All cleaned up

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• boykjo
• Sep 30, 2015

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• boykjo
• Sep 30, 2015

Made a jig to hold the knife.... The blade didn't look like it needed to be sharpened until I sharpened it... What a big difference. .....After all the surface grinding i realized that precision is not a part of a grinder. Everything was off up to 0.020 but now its all straight and true....

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• boykjo
• Sep 30, 2015

Now that's a sharp blade

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• boykjo
• Sep 30, 2015

Now I'm ready for sausage season... Time to get busy with the stock pile of meat Ive been saving

Thanks for looking

Joe

 

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• Sep 30, 2015

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That  is some nice work 

Richie

 

hank2000

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• Sep 30, 2015

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Every shop needs on of those. Looks good

 

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• Sep 30, 2015

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right on,, it does make a difference to have the blade sharp., I need to get mine in shape now that the "season" is upon us again.

 

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• Sep 30, 2015

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Looks great Joe it should be ready now

 

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• Sep 30, 2015

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Joe.. looking good now bub... let us know how it works...

 

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• Sep 30, 2015

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I SO ENVY your surface grinder!  Those are handy for a LOT of things.

Makes my granite and paper look primitive!

Great work sir, I may have to call in a favor from a friend that has one here local.