Battery-Powered Meat Grinder

Battery-Powered Meat Grinder FARM HOME Food Make venison burgers at hunting camp or grind up meat at home with the battery-powered meat grinder from Schmucker’s Country Sales “The manual grinder is off the shelf as are the batteries ” says Ervin Schmucker Schmucker’s Country Sales “I modified it to run on DeWalt FlexVolt batteries ” Schmucker removed the original hand crank handle and made an adapter to connect the grinder’s driveshaft to a corner gearbox with a 10:1 ratio He mounted a belt drive DC motor to the corner gear and connected it to a power plate from a DeWalt tool “The corner gearbox slows the motor down and adds torque ” says Schmucker “I also replaced the original knife with a carbide knife for a longer-lasting edge ” Schmucker has used the battery-powered grinder on pork and beef He reports that while beef is often harder to grind than pork he ground 51 lbs of tough beef with lots of ligaments in half an hour with two 9 aH batteries “I can grind 200 lbs of pork for sausage on two batteries and feed it faster than I could the beef ” he says Schmucker developed the battery-powered grinder to make life easier for women in the Amish community However he sees it having a place in hunting camps and other off-grid sites “I hoped to price them for under $1 000 but with the different components they retail for $1 499 ” says Schmucker “I use high-quality components like the carbide knife The goal is that it is a lifelong product ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Schmucker’s Country Sales 594 Boone Rd Quincy Mich 49082 ph 616-780-2985

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