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by uncowboy, Friday, November 11, 2011, 12:11 (4759 days ago) @ Lloyd Smale

A subject dear to my heart.
I have wasted more time with inferior grinders than I care to think about. I have a band saw with meat grinder attached . It works Well but all meat grinders fail with sinue unless you spend REALY big bucks on a hobart or the likes.
BEST for the do it yourselfer is to buy a hand grinder with a 3" feed, Remove the crank and hook it up to an eletric washer motor. THE TRICK is a BIG Heavy flywheel. I started useing dry ice chips on my meat while grinding and the sinue cuts clean and prevents gumming but you have to feed it slow or you will freeze the feed shoot and jamb up the works.
The Kitchen aid mixer attachment can be had online for about $55.00 and I am going to buy one. I beleive with this and the dry ice all will work fine. My friend did break one but he broke the plastic with frozen meat he was forceing in. He replaced it with a new unit and he does all his grinding every year with it. He likes it just fine. For the money I would first try the Kitchenaid! J.Michael