Calving season has began so things have been busy. add to that the fact that I had no idea what a photobucket was or how to post a picture, if you can read this and see the photos it means I have reached another technology milestone.
The tumbler was built no cost from whatever was handy so expect to see some overkill.
I began with a gearbox from an old boat house winch that was already mounted on a heavy chunk of channel iron, I added a 1/3 hp electric motor.
On the end of the winch reel I rivited on a porcelin coated canner pot.
Inside the pot I rivited on four aluminum paddles. It rotates about 14 RPM.
The press is nothing more than a carpenters clamp and a stainless steel container with an aluminum stand rivited to it.
For the top I used a circle cutter in the drill press to cut out a disc of 1/4 plexiglass.
Still playing around with cooking times, temperature, water content of brine etc, but proving to myself that a good formed ham can be made without a factory full of expensive equipment is satisfying as our family consumes a lot of it.
Dave
