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I might take a chance and buy the 7-1/2" from Sausage maker and "make it fit" by drilling it out but I'm afraid that drilling that big of a hole will destroy it by making it weaker. My other choice is to find a chunk of HDPE and make a mess on the lathe. Thanks for reading. HJ.
I drilled four holes in the top, with the stuffer lined up with the short edge of the table. I use four heavy bolts with large washers and wing nuts, to tie down the stuffer assembly. The remainder of the table is where I put a large sheet pan with some chopped ice to catch the sausage coming off the stuffer horn.
Any advice on getting the remnant of meat out of the stuffer? First time using a stuffer, liked it much better than stuffing on the grinder. Also first time with real casings, and didn't have too much trouble. Only one or two blow-outs. But, is there a good way to get the remaining sausage out of the stuffer and the horn?
Pushing 20 pounds of meat through small diameter tubes takes a LOT of force. When I stuff sausages (not even sticks) in my 22lb manual stuffer it takes 2 people. 1 strong enough to crank and the other person to guide and work the sausage from the tube. The cranking cannot be done by a child or a person of lesser strength and stature.
Grinders and stuffers can be lubricated with FDA-certified food-grade silicone spray lube, too. That is available from The Sausagemaker. I use it on my grinder and some places on my stuffer, but the stuffer seems not to need much help.
A 5# stuffer is the hardest stuffer to make snack sticks with because of dimension & the hydraulics it creates. You have that backwards.... 5# stuffer makes sticks easier than say a 15# stuffer.... On a 5# stuffer, the piston is smaller, the tubes are the same on both...
I would highly recommend a pedal control on either stuffer discussed here, it really frees you hands and allows a much faster stuff. Either one of these water stuffers is a big improvement over the crank style stainless steel piston stuffer or a grinder attachment.
The 25 lb. Sausage Maker is now repaired, but there are times we wish we had something in between like a 15 lb. or so stuffer. Here is the broken gear housing on the 25 lb. SausageMaker from the pressure from stuffing meat sticks.
We grinded up 10 pounds of venison and pork butt for breakfast sausage. The grinder works awesome. I then attached the biggest stuffing horn to fill 1 to 1 1/2 pound sausage bags (you know, the white ones meant for ground meat). The stuffer attachment worked, but it was really slow. I bet it took 2-3 minutes per bag. Not a big deal for 10 pounds.
That being said, I have been making sausage and smoking meats and fish now over 35 years. My equipment has been a mix of mostly odds and ends and some homemade devices. It worked, but not all that well. I was intrigued recently when I saw both a commercial and homemade water powered sausage stuffer on the internet.