A face lift for the ole Cabela's grinder

[boykjo]

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

 

[tropics]

That  is some nice work 

Richie

 

[hank2000]

Every shop needs on of those. Looks good

 

[hoity toit]

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.

 

[pineywoods]

Looks great Joe it should be ready now

 

[JckDanls 07]

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

 

[crankybuzzard]

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.