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2nd one.,
August 21, 2009
By SDHunter
from South Dakota
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"I bought the first grinder because the "professional" grade grinder my father gave me a couple of years prior burned up. I was always cleaning out the fascia, tendons, etc. because they plugged up the plate. It was a pain to wash, take apart, and was quite slow. Honestly, I bought this one because it was cheap and I was low on funds. I was amazed at how well it worked. And how fast. I have worked in a number of commercial kitchens in the past. This little baby will keep up with most of the larger units. And I used an old dryer motor I salvaged. My ex-wife sold mine before I had a chance to rescue it from our house. Now that I am free from her, I am buying another one. Our group usually processes between 15 and 25 antelope and between 5 and 15 deer a year and occaisional elk. This is the best unit in my opinion. Especially for the cost. Don't let the few bad comments at the top stop you if you want to grind meat."
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Review 2 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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Sausage,
August 10, 2009
By midway
from New York City
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"I purchased this item about 6 mo. ago. Just tried to use it this past weekend. Very disappointed in its proformance. Would like to trade it in for item #168620.
The item I got did nothing that it said it could.Would not recommed this to anyone. I am really very disappointed.
Michael"
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Professional
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Review 3 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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Not good,
July 20, 2009
By 6Jack94
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"Did not fit together good and would not grind very well. 2 Thumbs down."
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Review 4 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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5
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Excellent Grinder,
July 8, 2009
By Hounds51
from Lebanon PA
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"This Grinder is the best! I made sausage with it and the grinder worked flawlessly. It also stuffed first class polish sausage. I had a problem with the original thrust bearing, but the parts department made good on a replacement even though it was out of warrenty. I just can't say enough about Northern Industrial Tools customer service.
I must warn all that this is a dangerous machine. Espically if you were to get your hands into the hopper when it is moving (get a pusher and saftey hopper). Also It would be advisable to build a belt guard so you don't get your fingers in there.
I had an old 1/8 hp electric motor on it, and it would stall the motor, I now have a 1/2 hp, but I think anything over 1/4 hp would do.
This grinder is a bargin as long as you use safety precautions
Also stuffer and grinder parts can easily be obtained for this fine #32 grinder.
5 STARS INDEED!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Professional
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Review 5 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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5
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Great Price...a real workhorse,
March 23, 2009
By Whammie
from Independence, Iowa
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"I bought 3 of these units. One for grinder meat, one I made into a sausage stuffer and the last for ginding fish bait...these units have been working away for about 4 years now!"
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Professional
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Review 6 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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5
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Portable Processing Station,
March 16, 2009
By WiZard831
from Mid Michigan
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"After useing my brothers grinder to process deer, I just had to order my own. I can say that this is an exceptional grinder for the price anywhere. With the addition of an electric motor, thanks to the added feature of a v belt pulley, I can grind up pounds of venison on my own in very little time. I would recommend this product to any of my friends."
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Professional
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Review 7 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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4
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Power Meat Grinder,
November 18, 2008
By Richard1761
from Steamboat Springs Co
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"I use this grinder to make cat and dog food with whole uncooked chicken bones and all. Connected to a ½ HP electric motor and this thing isn’t taking no for an answer. I have over a year of monthly use with no problems."
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Professional
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1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 8 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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5
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meat grinder,
November 18, 2008
By impala68
from N Central Arkansas
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"I bought this grinder because using the old hand crank grinder was a waste of time and effort. I mounted this grinder to a board and bolted down an electric motor I had, mounted a regular household lightswitch to it and it works great! It's kind of heavy because the board I used is a 2 X 10 X 24. I cut a U shape in the board so the hamburger could fall down into the bowl in the sink. The motor I used is a 3/4 HP, but that is overkill, I just had this one on the shelf. I now have 3 or 4 families bringing their grind meat to me. I grind & they wrap. Can't keep up with this thing!!"
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Home Handyman
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Review 9 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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4
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Different Drive for Meat Grinder,
November 17, 2008
By Hiromi
from Calif
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"I purchased this grinder to help make sausage which it does quickly and effortlessly. Initially I used the large pulley and belt setup but because It took a lot of room I changed to a flexible coupling and a gear head motor. It works great and saves storage space."
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Professional
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Review 10 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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5
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Great for home processing,
August 11, 2008
By doctord
from Omaha, Nedraska
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"One of the best buys I have made in years. Very afordable,reliable does a quality job! Would recomend it for any home sausage making. Just make sure you enclosed the pulley and motor to keep fingers out of harms way."
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Professional
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Review 11 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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5
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Owner,
April 15, 2008
By MrTLM
from Washington state
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"This is a more than adequate grinder for my meat processing needs. I have used smaller units in the past but have found limitations. This unit will handle the larger volumns of without needing to tear down and clean out the cutting blade. The unit is realitively easy to clean out. I would recomend this unit to anyone processing wild game/beef."
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Home Handyman
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Review 12 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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Nice item!,
April 14, 2008
By ratwood
from Denver. CO
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"When I got the grinder, I was surprised to note the ball-bearings in the unit, and not just a chunk of brass!
Additionally, the unit came with a pully to go on the shaft of an electric motor!"
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Home Handyman
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Review 13 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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Meat Grinder,
April 14, 2008
By texasgrindermassacre
from Colorado
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"Invite your friends over and grind some deer, elk, or whatever suits your fancy.
This machine works great! Should have bought one a long time ago."
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Home Handyman
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Review 14 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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Great Grinder,
January 19, 2008
By versavolt
from Richmond Va
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"I bought the grinder to process about 100# of deer meat. It did a great job. The grinder never bogged down or needed cleaning bettween pans. I was always cleaning the small grinder I have because of tendons and stuff like that getting wrapped around the blade. Not this one though. I have a 1720 RPM motor with a 1 1/2 inch belt sheeve and the grinder has a 13 inch belt sheeve so I figure the grinder is turning around 300 RPM's. The whole deal was easy to clean and I would reccommend this unit to anyone. I am looking forward to using in the fall to grind a 300#-400# pig for sausage for the hunt club. If all goes well we will spend much more time getting the meat ready for the grinder and wrapping it afterwards than we ever will actually grinding the meat."
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Home Handyman
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Review 15 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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5
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meat grinder,
January 14, 2008
By heidi
from AZ
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"This meat grinder is great. We are not using it for intended purposes, though. We attached a small motor to the wheel and are grinding corn and beans for our farm animals. And I haven't broken it yet. It's a high quality product, and I am sure if it works this good at grinding our feed, it works even better as a meat grinder."
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Professional
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Review 16 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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Best grinder for your money,
November 28, 2007
By JAPIII
from Washington
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"Amazing!!! I have never been more impressed with a product that costs so little.
I had a similar grinder that i used for years to process deer and pigs. Normally it would take hours to grind 100+ pounds of sausage from a pig. I have used up a few heavy duty drills in the past with the previous grinder. Since i purchased this grinder i hooked up an old 1/2 horsepower table saw motor with a 1 1/2 inch pulley and a v-belt. Then i connected it to a homemade steel frame which can adjust for easy removal and clean-up. The math worked out to about 300 RPM which works perfect. Two weeks ago we did our traditional 2 pigs and were done with 150 pounds of sausage in 30 minutes. This past week the hunting gods were good to me and i ground 50 pounds of deer burger in 10 minutes. The grinder never clogged, bogged down or slowed with pieces as large as a 10 ounce steak. Since this is such a time saver my hunting partner and i have more time for stories and spirits after the dirty work is done. I would recommend this to anyone doing home food processing. All you need is the right motor and it will do the work for you. I found the motor at a local pawn shop for $10 and they had several others. I hope you enjoy this product as much as i do."
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Home Handyman
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Review 17 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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November 26, 2007
By txag
from Fort Worth Texas
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"I originally purchased one of Northerns small electric grinders. It worked for only a few minutes before it self destructed. They made it good with no questions so I purchased this one. It came with no instructions on what size motor was required or what speed it need to run. Some simple math told me that a 1725 rpm motor was probably a little fast, but that is what I had so I gave it a try. I used a 1/2 HP 1725 motor. It will grind meat as fast as you can throw it in. It was so fast that we timed a pan of wild hog weighing 12 lbs. It took all of 35 seconds. We have wild pigs on our place so we decided to make the best of it and started making our own sausage. After cuting up a pig weighing 200- 250 lbs, you can grind the whole thing in less that 5 minutes. Fat seems to slow it a little but this thing grinds at an incredible rate."
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Home Handyman
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Review 18 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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Meat Grinder,
October 15, 2007
By Terry12
from Amarillo, TX
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"This an excellent value for anyone doing processing at home. It performs well and is easy to break down for cleaning. We built a square tubing frame and used a 3/4 HP surplus motor with a 1 1/2 inch pulley to drive the grinder. It will grind up venison and sheep trimmings about as fast as we can feed them into it. Lube the oriface plate, blade, barrel, and thrust bearing with cooking oil before using to greatly extend the life of these parts. Dry starts are not good for any equipment where metal to metal contact is possible. I wish I had found this unit years ago as we have caused the smoke to leak out of several brands of small (mostly plastic) electric grinders.
Best regards,
Terry"
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Professional
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Review 19 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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V belt Grinder,
March 7, 2007
By clone
from Des Moines IA
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"Wow, how something so inexpesive can work so well with a low geared motor that was just laying around is unbelievable. Well worth the money if you have a little mechanical ability. 45 pounds of meat in big pieces with tallow in 15 minutes. Just as fast as you can feed it!"
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Home Handyman
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Review 20 for Northern Industrial Tools Meat Grinder With V-Belt Pulley
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meat grinder with v pulley,
March 7, 2007
By buck12
from Helenwood ,Tennessee
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"great for grinding beef for hamburger or to grind a goat for goat burgers works great"
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Home Handyman
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