Sausage stuffer refurb

[WoodBow]

A little change of pace from the norm here. I have been wanting to get more into sausage making. I made some summer sausage from a sheep a year ago and loved it. But i hated stuffing it using the grinder. It is a very inefficient process. So i started shopping for stuffing options. Choices seemed to be by a new stuffer with plastic gears for about $150, build a water stuffer, or buy an antique cast iron stuffer and refurb it. The vintage ones seem to go for about $150-200. I did not want to spend that much so it took several months of keeping an eye on CL and the FB marketplace to find a bargain. I finally came across this one for $80. It was in decent shape but had a fair bit of rust and the plate was solid rust. I got it all diassembled with a little encouragement from a propane torch here and there. I treated all of the parts in a homemade electrolysis tank to get them back to bare metal. I seasoned the gears and acme rod like you would a cast iron skillet. The other parts got a fresh coat of enamel paint. She looks and works like new now. I see a saturday of sausage making in my near future.

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[Tod osier]

Very cool, I've been using my modern stainless and plastic, but I need an upgrade (more size upgrade than materials). I'm still trying to figure out what to do.

 

[realunlucky]

Turned out very nice. I've been looking for one for awhile too

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[pods8 (Rugged Stitching)]

Nice job. FYI for others the cabelas 5lb one is the metal gear LEM stuffer and goes on sale late fall typically.

 

[muddydogs]

Here's my old Enterprise I did a few years ago. It was all chipped up black enamel over the cast iron. I stripped all the paint and seasoned it all with oil like a cast iron pot.

 

[WoodBow]

Looks good muddydogs. A enterprise stuffer is really what I was in the market for. Most seemed to be about $150 on craigslist. I found a few sub $100 but never could get a reply to my messages. In the end though, i really like the one I ended up with; especially the fact that it is an 8 quart.

 

[muddydogs]

Mine is only a 6 quart stuffer, I would like a little bigger but I just can't see paying the price they want for the things. My Dad gave me this one a few years ago, I think he paid $20 at a yard sale for it missing the tubes and tube nut. Dad has a couple more he's picked up at different places for next to nothing but he's lucky like that.

 

[WoodBow]

I do love me a good yard sale find.

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