A new look for the LEM 5 lb sausage stuffer

[boykjo]

Ordered the LEM 5 lb stuffer with metal gears to go with my collection. Thought I would share what changes were made with some pics. No review... just a preview.....

In the box

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 UN boxed

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The new framing

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Metric button head allen bolts that hold the top together

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The crank handle shaft

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Removed bolts and the upper housing is made of cast aluminum

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Pressed in upper bushing

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Top view

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Easy access to the gears. You no longer have to disassemble at the base to remove shaft and gears

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Hand crank is held in place with a set screw. Allen wrench was included

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shaft lifted right out

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Pressed in plastic lower guide bushing

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A pic of the bottom

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The plunger

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Threaded aluminum insert

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The relief  valve

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O-Ring

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Lower end shaft where the plunger screws on

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Underneath the top. There are 2 counter sunk nuts

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The tubes... On the right is a tube I made for sticks. The smallest plastic tube on the right is the 1/2" tube and my 1/2" stainless tube is made of stainless sanitary tubing. You can see the difference in the size. The plastic tubes are measured from the inside diameter. My tube is 1/2" outer diameter. You will need one this small to do 19mm or less

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Some heavy duty clamps included

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Another look

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I like it so far....

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Hope this helps and thanks for looking

Boykjo

 

[gary s]

Nice Preview  Looks good

Gary

 

[SmokinAl]

Thanks for showing us that Joe!

I've had the old style 5# LEM for several years & never had a problem with it.

The new one looks like they made quite a few design changes.

The only thing I wish they would have added is a release mechanism that would allow you to pull the plunger up without reverse cranking it out.

Al

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Thanks Joe

Dang gumbit. My wallet gets leaner.  

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Where is DS?

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Where is DS?

:fire:

Lots and lots of water! Can't wait for the knockoffs to roll out at a cheaper price!!!

 

[smokin jay]

Thanks for the preview! I got the same one for Christmas.

 

[crankybuzzard]

Looks like a lot of new engineering in this one.

 

[whistech]

Boykjo, thanks for the detailed breakdown.     Congratulations on the new stuffer and I'm sure you will give it a real workout.    

 

[dward51]

Lots and lots of water! Can't wait for the knockoffs to roll out at a cheaper price!!!

I was wondering about that also.  It seemed the prior model and all the other brand variations previously came from a single assembly plant.  I need to go bigger than 5lbs on my next stuffer though.

 

[cal1956]

great job on the review,

i have never owned/used a LEM , but I'm sure it will do the job ,

there are a couple of things i personally probably wouldn't like about  it

(1) its to small for my use 

(2) it looks to me like they overly complicated it 

(3) they used to much plastic/nylon

but with that being said , if you only make small batches of sausage , it will work fine and give you

great service for many  years

enjoy it and be sure to post pictures of your success

 

[pc farmer]

Thanks for the preview.

Looks like its made very well.

 

[driedstick]

Nice pre-view Joe,,I have the old one and like it so far,,, did you get it on sale?? what is the going price on these now?? 

I think then next purchase for me will be the 15lber for larger batches of the larger type snausages,,, 

Looking forward to your review when you do use it. 

DS

 

[boykjo]

 
Nice pre-view Joe,,I have the old one and like it so far,,, did you get it on sale?? what is the going price on these now?? 

I think then next purchase for me will be the 15lber for larger batches of the larger type snausages,,, 

Looking forward to your review when you do use it. 

DS

I got it for $129  Amazon had it on sale at christmas for the 129 but it went off sale back to $149. There was another option to buy it for the $129 but the delivery date was like jan 20th to march 25th so I selected that to get the 129 price. Then the next day I got a notification saying my delivery date was being changed and I got it the next  day. ????? go figure.

I got it for small 1 lb test batches as I am always in the kitchen inventing seasoning recipes

 

[crankybuzzard]

Would you say the base is the same footprint as before?  I'm about to finish the counter base for the one I have now and if I upgrade I'd hate to lose all the work.

 

[boykjo]

yes

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Local BPS says they wont get the new ones until the old stock is gone.

I think i need a pa-sy-chiacrist  

 

[crankybuzzard]

 
yes

Thank you sir!

 

[driedstick]

 
I got it for $129  Amazon had it on sale at christmas for the 129 but it went off sale back to $149. There was another option to buy it for the $129 but the delivery date was like jan 20th to march 25th so I selected that to get the 129 price. Then the next day I got a notification saying my delivery date was being changed and I got it the next  day. ????? go figure.

I got it for small 1 lb test batches as I am always in the kitchen inventing seasoning recipes

Awesome, LOL,,,,  I hope they do this design on there larger stuffers 

DS

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Joe

How is the new stuffer working compared to the older version?