So I've wanted to do my own venison sausage and slim Jim's for some time now, I've made them before but it's so frustrating without proper equipment I have attachments on my grinder but it really needs ground twice and at that point these little hobby grinders don't want to push a casing well.
What a person needs is a sausage stuffer so off I went to obtain one.
Doesn't it look pretty?
Well looks aren't everything it's flat junk, don't waste your money!
Back to square one, do I buy a better one or make one? The answer quickly became clear when I priced some higher end models, so off to the hardware store I went.
Here is all the parts I got that I didn't already have on hand 18 inches of 4 in pvc a fitting and a screw cap, a reducer a small piece of 3/4 and 12 inches of 1/2 in, a cheap cutting board and all the nuts and bolts to put it together including a wing nut and an acorn nut
These pics are pretty self explanatory except maybe the last one I place a bolt same size and thread at my all thread and fastened it with a wing nut then poured the cavity with acrylic to lock in the wing nut.
After cutting a disk out if the cutting board with a 4 in hole saw and fitting it by turning with a drill and using sandpaper/files to turn it down it is all ready to assemble.
And after borrowing a crank handle from an old honey extractor it's ready for use, it is very long winded so I'll probably double nut the shaft and get a bit for my drill to run it in, but it will work for now
I hope you enjoyed this post, I have meat thawing out now and will have some slim Jim's made up in a few days if you want to see how that turns out please like and subscribe.
-Harley
P.S. I know I don't get to blog very often so for those of you who do follow me faithfully thank you so much for your patience!