Now Thats a Grinder

oneills · Post by **oneills** » Tue May 14, 2013 01:56

This was my fathers which had been sitting at an Uncles after my grandfather passed away years ago It took two of us just to move it. Motor is 5 1/2 hp. Most of the grinding plates have disappeared.

Chuckwagon · Post by **Chuckwagon** » Tue May 14, 2013 02:30

Holy Cow Oneills! Five and a half horses? Geeeeze, you could do double duty with that thing.

Just take it out back and use it as a wood chipper for making mulch out of tree limbs.

oneills · Post by **oneills** » Tue May 14, 2013 02:42

Hey CW, that's a brilliant idea. Have a huge stack of apple wood to mulch up but no mulcher

Edward Ronald · Post by **Edward Ronald** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 10:06

How much electricity is required to run this machine? Do you have complete set of this machine in workable condition? Where this type of machine can be found from online source?

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Mon Jun 17, 2013 20:49

Edward Ronald wrote:How much electricity is required to run this machine? Do you have complete set of this machine in workable condition? Where this type of machine can be found from online source?

760 watts per horsepower. I rather doubt that you could push meat fast enough to draw more than 3 or 4 hp.

Gulyás · Post by **Gulyás** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 03:39

I have a hard time to feed the grinder I bought, which is similar to this.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-MTN-Gearsmi ... 9922812%26

There are other things to consider beside horse power, like you can see here, on a short video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVf95f5f8JI

Also some ideas adding motor to grinder, I think one hp. is plenty.

I think the one on top was made from available stock on hand.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt ... Aw&dur=996

ssorllih · Post by **ssorllih** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 03:50

One NFL linebacker is .1 horsepower.

on a hand cranked #12 you could run a bunch of meat in an hour.

Gulyás · Post by **Gulyás** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 04:04

To me it takes much longer to wash the grinder parts, then to grind the meat.
I also cut the meat much smaller then you can see on the video, because I mix it with the spices before grinding.
Some people grind twice, after that the meat needs very little mixing.
(Of course it depends on what kind of sausage one makes.)

I hate to use my mixer for the same reason.

Gulyás · Post by **Gulyás** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 05:07

There is some trick in that video.
They cut the meat smaller for the second grinder, the so called big bite one.

oneills · Post by **oneills** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 13:38

Its actually 5.4 hp, 240 volt, 50 hz plugged into a 10 amp socket. The lights dim for a second when 1st switching on. The brand name is MBL inside a triangle. Its a bit of an overkill but after using the little mincer i have a welcome addition. Have 4 plates & knives which i have sharpened, but will eventually get a couple more

oneills · Post by **oneills** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 13:42

Edward Ronald wrote:How much electricity is required to run this machine? Do you have complete set of this machine in workable condition? Where this type of machine can be found from online source?

You will only find this mincer 2nd hand . It is approx 50 years old. My father got it from an old butcher shop