Homemade water powered sausage stuffer.

[mike842]

Looks like a great design and I plan to make one soon. For piston position: I intend to add neodymium magnets to the inside of the piston and use BBs or ball bearings on the outside to show where it is.

 

[couger78]

Nice job on the home-made stuffer!

I've had very good success in using homemade hypo stuffers as they do quick work when you have a large load to stuff.

I have two versions: one holds about 8 pounds; the other 13.

One of the advantages of 'building your own' is the ability to customize per your needs.

For large chubs, you can add on a larger nozzle to accommodate the larger casings...

This is the larger model— the big bazooka..

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• couger78
• Jul 21, 2016

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• couger78
• Jul 21, 2016

The smaller '8-pounder' — shown with the 'meat rammer' (lower right)—which allows tight compaction in the tube. A similarly shaped brush attachment which hooks to the hose allow for fast, efficient cleaning of the cannon afterwards.

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• couger78
• Jul 21, 2016

The lazy susan allows for fast winding of the sausage as it comes out at a fairly rapid rate.

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• couger78
• Jul 21, 2016

 

[BGKYSmoker]

Nice work

Dave is right, stick to the water.

I have 2 Dakotah stuffers 4 sale if anyone interested.

 

[Penguin]

DaveOmak... Will take your advise... Don't need to create a bomb! Just don't know if tap pressure is enough to push sausage through the tube. If you have 15-20 lbs of tacky sausage you will get a lot of resistance.

Aye so the fun part is that resistance. If you are using air the pressure builds up until it over comes the resistance. Once it breaks the static friction and the piston starts to move, the friction drops to about 1/3 of what it was. Combine that with the compressibility of air it's going to make sausage in a bit of a hurry. No doubt it can be controlled through devices, perhaps a foot peddle. I would caution against using air. I will give folks the benefit of the doubt in that they are probably sensible enough not to build a bomb. My issue with it is that the compressibility of air makes it hard to control. It may not pebble dash your kitchen but the first time it blows the casing off the tube you probably have a 3 foot slug of ground meat snaking itself across your counter, the dogs will be happy, your significant other maybe not so much.
Water is much more controllable. Just some thoughts from an old oil patch engineer that has seen air turn things sideways too often.
Been making sausage on and off since 1990, always used an attachment on the grinder to stuff em. It's possible but it's a royal pain in the posterior. Build or buy a stuffer it will improve your satisfaction no end.