What size is your meat grinder?I believe Waltons and Lem are pretty much the same thing just different name attached to it. I would always go bigger if the budget allows.
Meat! Is also running a sale for the next 2 days and it may be worth looking into those. I have used a variety of brands in the past including Lem but prefer my Meat! for the improved quality and noise level.
Nothing wrong with the Lem and it will do the job but it was noisy and did tend to get warm when grinding larger batches of meat.
I have the #32 with 1.5 hp motor. The Lem I had was a #12 and when I upgraded I went as big as I could go in the personal sized grinders.What size is your meat grinder?
Hey, Meatyourmaker.com has a good sale on right now, and you can get their 1hp #22 for $400, waaay better than the #12. I have this one, and it is fantastic. I constantly read posts on people having the grind shafts on walton #12 getting hot, some too hot to touch. My #22 remains almost ice cold...I put grind head in freezer before grind. After 30 lbs on #4.5 mm plate, I can take screw auger out, it is still chilly to touch.I was almost ready to pull the trigger on a Lem Big Bite #8. Then I saw Walton's has their #12 on sale for $399.00