- May 27, 2017
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Hey guys...
A buddy of mine has gotten me interested in sausage making so I jumped at this item I found on OfferUp (a kind of phone app for selling stuff locally like on craigslist)
Looks like it's some old home made meat grinding rig with a big motor, a bunch of gears and pulleys, all on a poorly made welded angle iron cart.
Specs:
Enterprise 32 Meat Grinder
Ajax 2hp Motor 1715rpm with a bunch of gears and pulleys
It's got a v-groove pulley wheel on the motor shaft, a large (maybe 12inch) pulley wheel with a mechanical linkage to a much smaller gear wheel that drives about a 6-7" gear wheel that finally turns the grinder.
It came with a set of various grinding plates and 4-blade knives.
The wife approval factor is very low on how kludgy it all looks.
Additionally, it shakes, rattles and rolls like a 1915 Farm-All tractor.. The mechanical linkage is not tight between big belt pulley and the gears. Also, the motor is only attached onto the cart with a couple door hinges one one side... so the motor kinda bounces a little.
Even so, it runs.
When i disconnect everything the motor purrs like a kitten.
OK...
Here are my questions...
It this thing worth messing with?? It looks like the makings of a heavy duty durable meat grinding station... but the plates and knives are a little rusty.. and I'm not sure if that linkage can be improved on.
Also, a 2HP motor sounds like ALOT of power... I was imagining doing this with a much smaller 1/4hp motor that I have. This thing weighs a ton!
Any advice on taking this pile of crap and ending up with a working meat grinder!??
Thx,
Glenn in AZ
A buddy of mine has gotten me interested in sausage making so I jumped at this item I found on OfferUp (a kind of phone app for selling stuff locally like on craigslist)
Looks like it's some old home made meat grinding rig with a big motor, a bunch of gears and pulleys, all on a poorly made welded angle iron cart.
Specs:
Enterprise 32 Meat Grinder
Ajax 2hp Motor 1715rpm with a bunch of gears and pulleys
It's got a v-groove pulley wheel on the motor shaft, a large (maybe 12inch) pulley wheel with a mechanical linkage to a much smaller gear wheel that drives about a 6-7" gear wheel that finally turns the grinder.
It came with a set of various grinding plates and 4-blade knives.
The wife approval factor is very low on how kludgy it all looks.
Additionally, it shakes, rattles and rolls like a 1915 Farm-All tractor.. The mechanical linkage is not tight between big belt pulley and the gears. Also, the motor is only attached onto the cart with a couple door hinges one one side... so the motor kinda bounces a little.
Even so, it runs.
When i disconnect everything the motor purrs like a kitten.
OK...
Here are my questions...
It this thing worth messing with?? It looks like the makings of a heavy duty durable meat grinding station... but the plates and knives are a little rusty.. and I'm not sure if that linkage can be improved on.
Also, a 2HP motor sounds like ALOT of power... I was imagining doing this with a much smaller 1/4hp motor that I have. This thing weighs a ton!
Any advice on taking this pile of crap and ending up with a working meat grinder!??
Thx,
Glenn in AZ