Home made burger former

[motolife313-2]

Decided to come up with this puppy, it’s got a 4.125” bore on it and seems like 1/3 lb burgers were good size , and no you’re wife can it barrow it :)

 

[motolife313-2]

Added a little pork belly too, about 4 pounds to the 14 pound brisket. Probably a bit too much but will see after testing more of the burgers

 

[DieselTech]

Decided to come up with this puppy, it’s got a 4.125” bore on it and seems like 1/3 lb burgers were good size , and no you’re wife can it barrow it :)View attachment 695915View attachment 695914View attachment 695916View attachment 695917View attachment 695918

Awesome work. Looks nice! May I ask what you made the handle part of the hamburger press? To me it looks like you fabricated the handle part of the press out of aluminum. Possibly 6061 or 7075?

Thanks. Great job.

 

[bradger]

did you make that board the burgers are on.

 

[crazymoon]

ML313-2, Nice fabrication on your press, good looking burgers!

 

[JLeonard]

Perfect sized burgers.....And it doubles as a weapon.

Jim

 

[texomakid]

The 400 ci Chevy would like a word with you. Man as soon as I saw 4.125 first thought was 400 ci small block. I've built a few of em.

 

[HalfSmoked]

Awesome job.

Warren

 

[motolife313-2]

did you make that board the burgers are on.

Yes I milled it with my chainsaws and flattened it on saw horses and a jig setup I made

 

[JckDanls 07]

And then run through a plainer ? Or belt sanded ? Or both ? What are doing with the router ?

 

[motolife313-2]

Awesome work. Looks nice! May I ask what you made the handle part of the hamburger press? To me it looks like you fabricated the handle part of the press out of aluminum. Possibly 6061 or 7075?

Thanks. Great job.

Yes it’s 6061 I believe and the top piece was about 2” round stock of brass I lathed into shape and press fit it on the top, I actually turned most of it on the lathe then pressed it in and the put it back on the lathe and made it how I wanted I’m going to knurl the top half of the shaft or put some orings on it to get some more grip my hand was slipping in it pretty good after rolling the ground meat into balls

 

[DieselTech]

Yes I milled it with my chainsaws and flattened it on saw horses and a jig setup I made View attachment 695944View attachment 695945View attachment 695946View attachment 695948View attachment 695947

Nice work. What kinda wood is that? It's beautiful. Lmao don't tell me Hard Wood!!! love your router plane setup. For milling it flat.

 

[DieselTech]

Yes it’s 6061 I believe and the top piece was about 2” round stock of brass I lathed into shape and press fit it on the top, I actually turned most of it on the lathe then pressed it in and the put it back on the lathe and made it how I wanted I’m going to knurl the top half of the shaft or put some orings on it to get some more grip my hand was slipping in it pretty good after rolling the ground meat into balls View attachment 695949View attachment 695951View attachment 695949

Beautiful fabrication work. Man I hope someday I can have a lathe & mill both. Awesome work.

 

[motolife313-2]

And then run through a plainer ? Or belt sanded ? Or both ? What are doing with the router ?

The saw horses are level in both directions and the wood rails are level also so the router will make the wood flat. Just need to take a palm sander to the wood after the router sled, that’s madrone I cut little over 2 years ago on the horses , works good for smoking too, burns really hot

 

[motolife313-2]

Nice work. What kinda wood is that? It's beautiful. Lmao don't tell me Hard Wood!!! love your router plane setup. For milling it flat.

Cherry wood cutting board and the chainsaw is going through some type of cedar. Possibly redwood

 

[zwiller]

Yes it’s 6061

Can I interest you in replacing the seat mast of my '84 PK Ripper? LOL

 

[millerbuilds]

Decided to come up with this puppy, it’s got a 4.125” bore on it and seems like 1/3 lb burgers were good size , and no you’re wife can it barrow it :)View attachment 695915View attachment 695914View attachment 695916View attachment 695917View attachment 695918

Love the press!

Nice work,

- Jason

 

[cmwoody]

Awesome job!

Also, a quick question. When you grind up a packer like that and add fat, about how much % do you add? I was just about to do it too.

 

[DieselTech]

Decided to come up with this puppy, it’s got a 4.125” bore on it and seems like 1/3 lb burgers were good size , and no you’re wife can it barrow it :)View attachment 695915View attachment 695914View attachment 695916View attachment 695917View attachment 695918

motolife313-2 what did you put on your home made cutting boards. Did you leave them natural or rub some type of oil in them?

Thanks.

 

[motolife313-2]

Awesome job!

Also, a quick question. When you grind up a packer like that and add fat, about how much % do you add? I was just about to do it too.

Probably depends on the brisket. Just cut one up a little bit ago and it was lean so I added more pork belly then I planed. I’m making brisket and New York roast into pepperoni and came out leaner then I though so I added about 7-8 pounds total. Was going to just add 4 pounds. Got the new York roast for 3.25 a pound, there’s 4 pounds of pork belly under the brisket, might not even need to add any pork belly tho for burgers if the brisket is a fatty