Snack Sticks......Stuffing Tube....... Homemade.... NEW PLAN...

[daveomak]

I'm at it again.... Too many threads of "Snack Sticks" not to mention the number of threads on "Home made Mozzarella"... That is a different story....

Back to the "sticks".... So I checked on tubes available for my Grizzly stuffer... seems the LEM tubes fit..... Well I have this PEX tubing around from re plumbing the guest house and DIL's house.... they call it 3/8" PEX... I think that is I.D.  anyway it is about 13mm O.D..... perfect for edible collagen 17-19 mm casing and making sticks... Now if I can shove the beef thru the tube, I've got it made... I haven't tested it yet but on these cold long winter nights I needed something to do....

Here is the process....

Tubing flare tool, tubing and torch...

Insert the tubing in the flaring kit and apply a gentle amount of heat all around the tubing.....

apply pressure to flare the tubing and heat as necessary to continue flaring....

After heating and flaring this is what I ended up with.......

I inserted the new tube into the smallest tube...18mm and trimmed to have a clean fit

I do not have collagen casings yet... I will order them soon... this tube should be long enough and hopefully I can push meat thru it...  If not... Oh well... it is a long cold winter...........

Thanks for looking and hopefully I gave you some ideas on making your own stuff... it can be fun...

... Dave

 

[sprky]

I like it ill bet it will work. 

 for creativity and ingenuity. 

 

[DanMcG]

It will work fine Dave, nice job! Now lets see them stick pic's!!

 

[pops6927]

Wow! Fantastic!  Great ingenuity and craftsmanship!

 

[solaryellow]

It will work fine Dave, nice job! Now lets see them stick pic's!!

x2

 

[tjohnson]

I have a stuffing tube for snack sticks, that came with my Cabelas stuffer, very similar to the one you made.  Mine has a Stainless tube on a plastic base

Great Idea Dave!

Now, let's see it in action!!!

You may have to water down your meat a little, in order for the meat to go thru the tube, and not past the O-Ring seal on the plunger

Todd

 

[boykjo]

great idea dave................................

Joe

 

[chef jimmyj]

Geez Dave, you are pretty slick with that stuff. How much you going to sell them for?...JJ

 

[big casino]

Very cool, I wish my smallest tube was just a little bit smaller in diameter

 

[fpnmf]

Looking good Dave!!

   Craig

 

[driedstick]

looks good dave may want to make sure no sharp edge on end you out casing on but im sure u thought of that cold winter night r u right 19 at 8:00 this morning here good luck lets see it in action

 

[scarbelly]

Looking good Dave - hit it with some food grade silicon before stuffing and I bet it will work great. 

 

[jno51]

Nothing like old school. Good job Dave-o- !

 

[roller]

What a great idea !!!!

 

[skully]

good job Bro.....keep an eye on the pex wanting to go back to its "original", workin with pex for floor heating i've noticed that if it does not have a mating surface(connector) and such, it will try to form back.....just keep and eye on it.....good idea

 

[mballi3011]

Looks great and like JJ said how much would you make one for me for????? You have all the tools that I don't . PM me if you would be interested.

 

[daveomak]

I'll check into mailing rates and shipping tubes etc...  The stuffing tube will be N/C...  Lets start a list of folks who will want one....  and the lengths... I think the max length is about 23"... I have to check that too at the USPS next week.....

Merry CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR...   Dave

 

[daveomak]

NEW MATERIAL..... 1/2" OD Copper refer tubing I think.... type L.... soft....

THIS WILL STUFF.... I GAR-ON-T (Justin Wilson immitation)

          Copper       PEX

ID        .425"        .343"

OD      .500"        .500"

Wall    .038"        .079"

That is a HUGE difference....easier to push meat through... Draw back.. Bends easily.. need to take it easy with it.. heavier..more expensive... $2/foot

Same deal to flare the end.... the flare wasn't as big in dia..... I will wrap the tube with electrical tape to make a better fit in 2 places....

The difference in tubing.....

Wrapping the new tube with tape for a snug fit....

Perfect.... A guy has to get lucky once in awhile........

Any plumbing shop should have the tubing and can flare it for you.... Maybe places like ACE or Menards.... Home D has the tubing in 20ft.  rolls $38.....

This is a piece from my compressor I had to remodel... A free-B.... don't get any better than that... 

Questions ????.....  I'm ready....   Dave