Figured I'd combine all this into one thread for anyone interested. I recently picked up several broken cast iron sausage stuffers. One had minor damage when purchased. One was broken in shipping and refunded by eBay. And there is another small lever style stuffer I'm debating if all do anything with or not.
Anyways, starting off with the 8qt Enterprise. It was quite dirty, a mix of rust and black goo I'm at least hoping didn't used to be sausage.
You can see the damage to it. The square portion of the pinion gear shaft where the handle attaches is busted off. Luckily I own a machine shop as my day job, so this will be no problem.
Next step after disassembly was to clean as much of the black goo as possible off. I decided to try my solvent tank parts washer, and it cleaned it off with ease. Everything will be cleaned multiple more times before any meat comes near it.
That is everything for right now. I am currently out in my shop working on the next steps on the last day off I am taking before it's back to real work tomorrow. I'll keep this updated as I progress
Anyways, starting off with the 8qt Enterprise. It was quite dirty, a mix of rust and black goo I'm at least hoping didn't used to be sausage.
You can see the damage to it. The square portion of the pinion gear shaft where the handle attaches is busted off. Luckily I own a machine shop as my day job, so this will be no problem.
Next step after disassembly was to clean as much of the black goo as possible off. I decided to try my solvent tank parts washer, and it cleaned it off with ease. Everything will be cleaned multiple more times before any meat comes near it.
That is everything for right now. I am currently out in my shop working on the next steps on the last day off I am taking before it's back to real work tomorrow. I'll keep this updated as I progress