One-Man Hydraulic Sausage Press

One-Man hydraulic Sausage Press FARM HOME Food 19-5-20 You may have seen your share of sausage presses, but you've probably never seen one like Tim Brodt made. The Zenner, Sask., printer is able to make sausage singlehandedly because his press operates hydraulically. "You don't need someone else around to hand crank the press," he explains. "That was the whole point, l wanted to make sausage by myself. What's more, it keeps your hands free so you always get the right amount of meat in the casings." The two main working parts of Brodt's press come off of junked farm implements. A hydraulic cylinder with 8-in. stroke is from an old swatter. A hydraulic pump from an old Massey 92 combine is powered by a 1/2 hp electric motor. The press itself, which mounts on a counter top in Brodt's garage, is an old-style fruit press with 2 gal. capacity. Brodt had a 5-in. dia. cast iron press plate made to bolt on the bottom end of the cylinder, which mounts in a bracket on the wall above the press. The electric motor and pump mount in a cupboard underneath the press. The cylinder has a spring-loaded return to bring it back to open position when pressure is released. "I've made- 5OO or 6OO lbs of sausage with it since I built it a year ago," Brodt says. "Everything works great, except I need to reinforce the mounting bracket because pressing drier meat tends to bend it." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Tim Brodt, General Delivery, Zehner, Sask., Canada SOG 5K0 (ph. 306 781-4635).

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