Thanks I will use them, however I see that once I use them I will never be able to lap the plates on the glass because the stone is slightly smaller then the plate. A grove or ledge will be created . @2guysandacooler
Worked as a Millwright and R&D for one of the largest Seafood processors & Canneries in Alaska. Custom fabrication was the name of the game & because we were dealing w/ millions of pounds of fish, there were Knives involved . . . lots & lots of Knives. Mostly fillet & trimming knives but there were many specialized knives on the Salmon Fillers (canning machines), & Salmon Butchering machines (weird knives on those machines like something out of a Turkish Nightmare!) In our R&D group we developed automated knife sharpeners for the Ceramic knife in the Salmon Filler machines. All this is to say is that I've sharpened my share of knives (and several others shares as well) and I would recommend a simple change to your Meat Grinder plate & blade sharpening method shown here. I'd drop the use of the 80 grit completely (on steel that hard, 80 grit is considered highly agressive. The deeper the scratch, the more work needed to finish), and start w/ some 120-180 grit. Follow that w/ some 240-400 & finish w/ some 600-800 grit. It will take double to triple the passes along the sandpaper but the edge created will be noticeably better than a 120 grit finish. The finer the finish, the better the cut will be. Thats my two cents worth.
I sharpen plane blades and chisels, and agree that I wouldn't use such coarse grits. I'm wondering though, if the steel is different and that is why he used those grits. I've used grits in the thousands, more like automotive sandpaper if I use the sandpaper method. I'm just learning about grinders, so it's new to me.
I sharpened my plane blades with much finer stones. when I was done, they were smooth enough, you could use them as a mirror. I brought one up to my eye, and looked through it, and everything in the reflection was perfect, zero distortion anywhere. and did they cut! Perfectly.
Me too! I’ve been butchering since 1987 and I’ve never seen this sharpening method for grinder plates & blades! Excellent video & excellent channel! Thank you!
I just finished grinding about 10# of venison last night (and about 3 and a half pounds of pork). I knew my blades weren't real sharp but oh my gosh! What normally took me an hour or so, took me nearly 3 hours. It turned out more like mush and I could have used it for sausage. I was almost ready to order new blades when I came across this video. I have a lot more meat to grind, so I'm going to sharpen the blades like your video and get busy next weekend. Thanks!
I have a one horsepower grinder and I could do thirteen pounds in a couple minutes. You need a new grinder. Meat your maker or a Cabela's brand. Turns out much better quality meat also.
I'm a retired CNC machinist and we did pretty much the same thing when we needed to get a part nice and flat. We had Granite plates we used but when we were sharpening our parts we would move them in a figure 8, ensuring we get the most out of every direction there is. Many times we had to have the face of the part flat less than 0003". Great video. Thanks.
I have a small sharpening business. Your technique is used in sharpening clipper blades.. I'm not trained in this area but you can imagine that getting the clipper plates mating correctly draws on engineering practices.
As a new sausage maker I appreciate videos like this.i started out with in my opinion the best as per my research.with LEM grinder and stuffer I didn't know that the blades and plates could be sharpened .but I do now.and I like the 6mm grind aswell.anyway thank you.
Great video with clear instructions. I inherited a vintage electric Rival food grinder and it looks as though the plates and blade have never been maintained beyond careful washing. Can't wait to try this and improve the grind. Thank you!
I’m back to revisit this method! I put a ton of meat through my grinder this year and it’s time for some maintenance! Congratulations on hitting 150K!!!!
Slick! You just saved me a bunch of money. I find hand crank meat grinders at thrift stores every now and then and I have two sitting in my barn that I haven't refurbed yet. They're both gonna' get that sharpening treatment and then I'll keep the best one and either sell the other or give it away to some friend that's needing one. I think I paid $1.99 for each of them and they came complete with all the plates! I just looked up the cost of a new one. Anywhere from $50 up to $150. Man, it's worth hitting the thrift stores for pots, pans knives and kitchen stuff.
thank you for saving more money,, i used to buy new grinder plates and knives when the old ones were dull, now i can sharpen those plates and have enough extras for the rest of my grinders lives,,, just subscribed
Wow, Thanks for the tutorial! I have an old hand crank grinder that I thought was worn out. Now I know better. Thankfully, I did upgrade to an electric model. Now I know how to maintain both ! 😌
My dad was a meat cutter when I was growing up but we always sent our blades out for sharpening. My dad would do all of his boning knives and his larger butcher knife. However the reset he sent out. Thank you so much this was very helpful to a guy who does all of his own meat cutting and grinding. Incredibly helpful. I will be investing in the flat plate you recommended. Thanks again.
Great video! My Dad was a carpenter who on the side sharpened all kinds of tools for pocket money, hand saws, circle saws, chisels and so on. He did kitchen knives for some guys too as a special request. The feed back was that the wives complained that they cut themselves because they were too sharp! I didn't know how he did Mom's grinder, but I know he kept it up for her. He also used it to make sausages as well since that was a partnership. Though Mom did scold him with a twinkle in her eye for sharpening those knives without telling her.
I have a standard Kitchen Aid stand mixer, with a metal meat grinder attachment. I had no idea I could sharpen these parts, or that they even need to be periodically sharpened! Great info Thank You, Subscribed!
Great video and great tips Sir! I'm a traditional style wood carver and I've used this method for years to flatten my sharpening stones. It works very well, but as you have emphasized, you have to have a truly flat surface. Great video!
Excellent video and technical advice. I've been doing this for years using some spare float glass from an old glass tv cabinet and some finer 600 grit wet sand paper on my Kenwood Chef Mincer blade and plates. I assumed this was the only way to sharpen them. Great to validate that I had the correct technique. 😃
Great explanation of how to sharpen equipment.. 74 years old and have made tons of sausage.. have gone they many blades & plates…!!’ thanks for sharing
Right on the money! I didn't even need to use the pusher with smaller meat pieces. I just dropped the pieces in and they ground perfectly! Good accurate information!
Thanks, very nice tutorial. I have a media blast cabinet so I made my own glass lapping plate. One of the local glass outlets sells me pre-cut 1/2" glass for a very reasonable price. The cost of making a plate is about $15 compared to the $100 Cdn for a commercially available plate.
Cool. Definitely going to try this, my grinder is at least 15 years old and I have replaced the blade once, never done anything with the plate. ( I had no idea) I have noticed the grinder really struggling to grind the last few times I'll bet this is why.
@@2guysandacooler i follow you 💯 from 🇨🇦 #YSW what could i learn for you to sharpen my mix meat cutter fo I need to purchase any items please let me know 🙏
Thank you for the advice! I have tried it with my mincer, the knife is so sharp , I cut my finger when I washed it! Great presentation to learn from! Thank you!
Thumbs up on that! My Dad was a carpenter and knew how to sharpen hand tools and kitchen tools. You should have seen him use a steel to whet a knife! No waste of motion and made a nice edge.
Ive used this technique you provided . Works great I used a flat piece of aluminum for the base. I will say that the inevitable will be blade and plate replacement because of distance being created little by little between the two. Being a carpenter by trade I love to keep tools sharp.
I love this method. I've found that there's no distance created between the blade and plate because there's a 8-10 mm protrusion with the disk. The cap keeps the plate pressed against the blade. The issue will be once you remove a total of 10mm off of the 2 and there's no more protrusion for the cap to tighten against. I've been sharpening the same plates and blades for 2 years now with very little wear so I'd love to see how long it would actually take to shave off a total of 10mm. Either way, I've saved a ton of $$$ simply from not having to replace my blades and plates!!
Just what I've been looking for. Based on my knife sharpening experience I would have expected finer grit abrasives to be used but clearly it works. Will give it a try and thanks.
That's what I would have thought too. Originally I started with a 500 and 1000 and it wasn't resurfacing the way I wanted it too. Took way too long for me and didn't clean up a lot of the previous scratch patterns. This way (at least for me) worked the fastest with the best results)
Good info. The glass block is a good backer. My dad used a soft pencil to mark wood that needed smoothing. You would sand until the pencil mark disappeared and the wood would be smooth, but not overly reduced. You will need to sharpen your scissors if you cut much more sandpaper.😉 If you just fold the plaper over the block it will be less likely to slip and you won't dull your scissors or utility knife.
I bought Sausage Maker's sharpening system (2 disc's per kit size) that fits on the grinder auger for the plate, and plate stone for knife. Less than $30 vs $70+. You do have to exercise some finesse when using tthough. Drop it and your done, they'll snap in half. And if you tighten the auger collar to tight, same thing. But 10 seconds is all it takes per plate/knife. Pretty nifty. With this technique I use to use the bottom of a dinner plate (one of those vitreous ones) as my flat surface. I didn't know the 80 & 180 grits were the paper to use. I was toiling away with 220 & 400. Live and learn!
Yeah those stones are great and work very fast (and are super fragile) and work great if you have the kind of grinder that the plates fit on. As far as grit goes, it really all depends on how much work needs to be done. I find that the 80 and 180 does the job quick and clean with great results. I do mine about twice a year regardless is they need it or not..
NICE!!! This is a game changer for the quality of your end product!! Next time you make sausage after sharpening your plate, let me know how it came out
Great video, I'm sure my 40 year old KitchenAid grinder blades could use a tune up. : ) I had speculated that sand paper and a flat surface would work, but now I know for certain how to do it. You may be dulling your scissors by cutting sandpaper. You can rip sandpaper sheets into strips by pressing a metal straight edge (shop ruler) along the line you want to cut and pulling up and a bit across on the top edge of the paper. I fold the paper first along the cut line, just like you would a sheet of typing (OK boomer) paper. You can also score the back side of the sandpaper with a utility knife held against the straight edge before. (A tip from my grandfather (father to the Greatest Generation), a blacksmith, auto mechanic and home brewer.)
Does your kitchen aide grinder work well? I bought a Kitchen aide professional a couple years back. I want to get a grinder and some other attachments for it.
@@xmachine7003 I have a metal version by Chef's Choice. I expect the metal version by Kitchen Aid to work well too. Avoid the plastic bodied Kitchenaid grinder. The plastic eventually cracks. There are other companies that make metal grinders for Kitchenaid mixers too.
I was wondering how to best sharpen my Kitchen Aid meat grinder plates and knives. They're new but now I can keep them super sharp with just a touch up now and then.
Really helpful video. Thank you very much for revealing this unknown secret when buyers buy kitchen aids grinder attachment several time and the meat won’t come out just stay in side with a lot of frustration. Now we need to buy the paper glass for this duty for me. Man you save our money. I am gonna try and examine that. In case of doing that randomly with paper glass we have at home does that harm the blades?
The reason water works so well on sandpaper, is because water is actually pretty dense/thick and acts as a lubricant. Hence why wet sanding, is so popular in body work. So you can kind of think of water like oil when using sandpaper, that's what it's doing. Makes for a much nicer finish over dry sandpaper. And this is exactly what you do there too really. Finer and finer grits till it's smooth and shiny, but there's a lot more steps to body work and graduating grits, this is surprisingly simple actually, only two grits.
I have a hand grinder that was converted to electric at least 50 years ago and I'm sure more than that. Maybe it wasn't used enough but the old guys said they sharpen themselves with use. Meat and fat lubricate it and metal on metal keeps it sharp. We made a lot of sausage and I never remember anyone sharpening it. Meat markets got so cheap but the last year we did our own it was 5 pigs and 3 steers for 3 families. We had a grinder, stuffer, slicer and stainless bandsaw. Unless you cut every day I don't think anything ever wears out.
Thank for the video I only have 2 things might be bit help for you .one is that sand paper is big in the auto body section and it works better if you let it soak in water for bit then use it .as for your marking there is some marking ink used in the machinest line it's blue it works much better than a sharpie :) just thought id let you know
Good video! Also, if you put a little water between the paper and the flat plate first then the paper will kind of stick in place and you don't have to hold it down so hard.
Here's something I've noticed with plates and new plates in particular, doing this honing isn't a bad idea with a new plate. I've bought new plates and they typically have a real good side and side that might not have been handled as well. Can't really see it until you mark it with the pen as shown and hone on fine grit paper. Now my plates didn't come from the Sausage Maker so maybe those are better but test honing a new plate might keep your knife blade in better shape. Just an observation. Thank.
I used to surface grind the plates when i had access to a rotary surface grinder. Basically the goal is to restore the cutting edges of the holes on the plates, edges of holes should be sharp. As for the cutting blade I've used your method with a figure 8 pattern with excellent resuts
How many times do you sharpen till you have to compensate for the meterial you remove because the 80 and 180 grit paper are very aggressive i generally use 2000 grit with water to sharpen knifes works better than about any stone you can buy now.
Thanks for the video. I didn’t realize he had to sharpen the plates too. I have two of these old grinders and neither of them will cut meat. They clog instantly. I’ve sharpen the blades on the stone, many of times and it still won’t cut obviously the plates need to be sharpened as well. I’ll have to give it a try.
Perfektne a názorne predvedené brúsenie dosky a noža do mlynčeka len ja to budem robiť na skle alebo keramickej dlaždičke lebo k originálnej sa ťažko dostanem ale aj tak veľké ďakujem😀 a zajtra to hneď vyskúšam.
So the point in this sharpening is to resurface the face. We do this by creating a scratch pattern. The 0-15-0 method is simply there to break up the scratch pattern. If we only do "0" the plate will create ruts and the resurfacing won't be as effective. The 180 rotation is to accommodate for any difference in pressure that one might have as they are moving the plate back and forth. So that 180 turn is just to make sure the place is resurfaced with even pressure.
Am I missing something ? My sandpaper would get ripped up right away, this calls for emery cloth, correct ? I'M definitely going to give this a go, I've tackled the knife before but not the plate. Thx 2guys
Any tricks for what might look like rust in the holes of a Porkert #5 grinding plate? It's already been through 2 vinegar soaks and brushing every single hole with salt and baking soda. I'm about to either make an electrolysis tank or use a vertical drill on it to resurface the holes. It's my first manual meat grinder that I found at a thrift store and would like to bring it back into action!
Excellent video! I just bought a hand grinder (LEM) so am wondering if this process is also used on the cast iron or stainless hand grinders. Not sure if the mechanisms are the same, and I don't have it here to look. Since I'm a woodworker, I have a large flat plate and also various sandpaper grits incl wet/dry.
Thanks for this video. very clear. I get these when sharpening in a town with an ethnic group who are raised to not trust butchers with ground meat. The grandson translated for me with the question I asked his grandma with my question why. I thought this was an interesting fact and it answwered why I only got these in they one town. I only get sets that look like old wornout brake rotors. I find my "extra, extra course" diamond lapping plate and it takes me 30 minuits to restore only one side of the puck part. Not both side and not to the finer grit. Sometimes I do most grinding on my belt sander and only confirm its flat on my lapping plate. Thanks for showing your home process. It confirms what Im doing is not too far off. Ill try your paper test. Reply
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Can you PLEASE tell me why I shouldn't use the sausage maker stones?
@@michaelpolicastro4113 You should. They work, a bit on the fragile side but they do the trick.
Thanks I will use them, however I see that once I use them I will never be able to lap the plates on the glass because the stone is slightly smaller then the plate. A grove or ledge will be created . @2guysandacooler
@@michaelpolicastro4113 yep.
Worked as a Millwright and R&D for one of the largest Seafood processors & Canneries in Alaska. Custom fabrication was the name of the game & because we were dealing w/ millions of pounds of fish, there were Knives involved . . . lots & lots of Knives. Mostly fillet & trimming knives but there were many specialized knives on the Salmon Fillers (canning machines), & Salmon Butchering machines (weird knives on those machines like something out of a Turkish Nightmare!) In our R&D group we developed automated knife sharpeners for the Ceramic knife in the Salmon Filler machines. All this is to say is that I've sharpened my share of knives (and several others shares as well) and I would recommend a simple change to your Meat Grinder plate & blade sharpening method shown here. I'd drop the use of the 80 grit completely (on steel that hard, 80 grit is considered highly agressive. The deeper the scratch, the more work needed to finish), and start w/ some 120-180 grit. Follow that w/ some 240-400 & finish w/ some 600-800 grit. It will take double to triple the passes along the sandpaper but the edge created will be noticeably better than a 120 grit finish. The finer the finish, the better the cut will be.
Thats my two cents worth.
Can't agree more. I usually sharp my knives with 1000 and finish with 3000, so I was a bit shock to see the 80 and even the 120 sand papers.
I sharpen plane blades and chisels, and agree that I wouldn't use such coarse grits. I'm wondering though, if the steel is different and that is why he used those grits. I've used grits in the thousands, more like automotive sandpaper if I use the sandpaper method. I'm just learning about grinders, so it's new to me.
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That's worth at least a nickle 🍻
I sharpened my plane blades with much finer stones.
when I was done, they were smooth enough, you could use them as a mirror.
I brought one up to my eye, and looked through it, and everything in the reflection was perfect, zero distortion anywhere.
and did they cut! Perfectly.
13:40 - By far the best explanation and advanced sausage making on TH-cam. Thanks.
Over 30 years of butchering and this is the first video I’ve ever seen on this subject. Great 👍
Yeah I no what you talking bout., I tried this and it cut like it was brand new. 80 and 180
Me too! I’ve been butchering since 1987 and I’ve never seen this sharpening method for grinder plates & blades! Excellent video & excellent channel! Thank you!
They never mentioned this in butcher shop
I worked on industrial food processing equipment and we threw them in metal scrap didn't know you could sharpen them.
Have you never sharpened your mince blade or ham slicer blade.?
I just finished grinding about 10# of venison last night (and about 3 and a half pounds of pork). I knew my blades weren't real sharp but oh my gosh! What normally took me an hour or so, took me nearly 3 hours. It turned out more like mush and I could have used it for sausage. I was almost ready to order new blades when I came across this video. I have a lot more meat to grind, so I'm going to sharpen the blades like your video and get busy next weekend. Thanks!
I have a one horsepower grinder and I could do thirteen pounds in a couple minutes. You need a new grinder. Meat your maker or a Cabela's brand. Turns out much better quality meat also.
I'm a retired CNC machinist and we did pretty much the same thing when we needed to get a part nice and flat. We had Granite plates we used but when we were sharpening our parts we would move them in a figure 8, ensuring we get the most out of every direction there is. Many times we had to have the face of the part flat less than 0003". Great video. Thanks.
Figure 8 is the best method!!
I have a small sharpening business. Your technique is used in sharpening clipper blades.. I'm not trained in this area but you can imagine that getting the clipper plates mating correctly draws on engineering practices.
Yup, I would have suggested a whole sheet of abrasive and a big steady figure 8
@@mitch3384 Yep, I sharpen my clippers with a plate of glass and 1 micron diamond paste. It even sharpens ceramic clipper blades.
1/3rd of one thousandth of an inch...pretty sharp
As a new sausage maker I appreciate videos like this.i started out with in my opinion the best as per my research.with LEM grinder and stuffer I didn't know that the blades and plates could be sharpened .but I do now.and I like the 6mm grind aswell.anyway thank you.
As a retired chef, I must say this is a pro culinary video, very nicely done, great information. Thank you!
Hello i am Peter from Holland and i wonder how you get rid of te burr of this tools after sharpening
Great video with clear instructions. I inherited a vintage electric Rival food grinder and it looks as though the plates and blade have never been maintained beyond careful washing. Can't wait to try this and improve the grind. Thank you!
I will never forget this tutorial knife sharpening. Thank you
This is probably the best video you can possibly make about sharpening plates. I loved it!
I’m back to revisit this method! I put a ton of meat through my grinder this year and it’s time for some maintenance! Congratulations on hitting 150K!!!!
Thank you!!! I try and do this every 6 months or so. Makes a huge difference
How did you find your mincer after using this method?
Slick! You just saved me a bunch of money. I find hand crank meat grinders at thrift stores every now and then and I have two sitting in my barn that I haven't refurbed yet. They're both gonna' get that sharpening treatment and then I'll keep the best one and either sell the other or give it away to some friend that's needing one. I think I paid $1.99 for each of them and they came complete with all the plates! I just looked up the cost of a new one. Anywhere from $50 up to $150. Man, it's worth hitting the thrift stores for pots, pans knives and kitchen stuff.
thank you for saving more money,, i used to buy new grinder plates and knives when the old ones were dull, now i can sharpen those plates and have enough extras for the rest of my grinders lives,,, just subscribed
Glad I could help. Welcome aboard!!
Wow,
Thanks for the tutorial!
I have an old hand crank grinder that I thought was worn out.
Now I know better.
Thankfully, I did upgrade to an electric model.
Now I know how to maintain both ! 😌
My dad was a meat cutter when I was growing up but we always sent our blades out for sharpening. My dad would do all of his boning knives and his larger butcher knife. However the reset he sent out. Thank you so much this was very helpful to a guy who does all of his own meat cutting and grinding. Incredibly helpful. I will be investing in the flat plate you recommended. Thanks again.
Great video! My Dad was a carpenter who on the side sharpened all kinds of tools for pocket money, hand saws, circle saws, chisels and so on. He did kitchen knives for some guys too as a special request. The feed back was that the wives complained that they cut themselves because they were too sharp! I didn't know how he did Mom's grinder, but I know he kept it up for her. He also used it to make sausages as well since that was a partnership. Though Mom did scold him with a twinkle in her eye for sharpening those knives without telling her.
I have a standard Kitchen Aid stand mixer, with a metal meat grinder attachment. I had no idea I could sharpen these parts, or that they even need to be periodically sharpened! Great info Thank You, Subscribed!
Hello
Thank for the video. I am from Germany and as everybody know we make sausage. Your method is very good it works like a charm. Good job 👍
Eric, Thanks for this great sharpening advice. Worked great, saved me $$, and will make grinding a charm.
Great video and great tips Sir!
I'm a traditional style wood carver and I've used this method for years to flatten my sharpening stones. It works very well, but as you have emphasized, you have to have a truly flat surface. Great video!
Excellent video and technical advice. I've been doing this for years using some spare float glass from an old glass tv cabinet and some finer 600 grit wet sand paper on my Kenwood Chef Mincer blade and plates. I assumed this was the only way to sharpen them. Great to validate that I had the correct technique. 😃
Great explanation of how to sharpen equipment.. 74 years old and have made tons of sausage.. have gone they many blades & plates…!!’
thanks for sharing
Thank you so much for this video I was getting ready to order new ones before butcher season this fall this is awesome
Right on the money! I didn't even need to use the pusher with smaller meat pieces. I just dropped the pieces in and they ground perfectly! Good accurate information!
Thanks, very nice tutorial. I have a media blast cabinet so I made my own glass lapping plate. One of the local glass outlets sells me pre-cut 1/2" glass for a very reasonable price. The cost of making a plate is about $15 compared to the $100 Cdn for a commercially available plate.
Wow, great information! Thank you so much for this excellent video...much appreciated 🙏
Oh My Goodness, it worked, my blade and grinder parts are now no longer ripping the meat but cutting it. Thank you so much.
Fantastic!
This was super informative and worked very well. Thanks chaps. Chao
Thanks for a great video. 80 grit seems a bit aggressive to start with, perhaps 150 is s better choice, but the method shown certainly should work!
Just about to get into Sausage making ...glad I found your site...really looking forward to learning from you
Cool. Definitely going to try this, my grinder is at least 15 years old and I have replaced the blade once, never done anything with the plate. ( I had no idea) I have noticed the grinder really struggling to grind the last few times I'll bet this is why.
Thank you so much for this valuable information about sharpening our grinders! Well done!
Glad it was helpful!
@@2guysandacooler i follow you 💯 from 🇨🇦 #YSW what could i learn for you to sharpen my mix meat cutter fo I need to purchase any items please let me know 🙏
Thank you for the advice! I have tried it with my mincer, the knife is so sharp , I cut my finger when I washed it! Great presentation to learn from! Thank you!
I will be doing this for my LEM plates and blade soon. Thank you!
Excellent demonstration, sir. FWIW, I'm a woodworker, and we know sharp.
Thumbs up on that! My Dad was a carpenter and knew how to sharpen hand tools and kitchen tools. You should have seen him use a steel to whet a knife! No waste of motion and made a nice edge.
Ive used this technique you provided . Works great I used a flat piece of aluminum for the base. I will say that the inevitable will be blade and plate replacement because of distance being created little by little between the two. Being a carpenter by trade I love to keep tools sharp.
I love this method. I've found that there's no distance created between the blade and plate because there's a 8-10 mm protrusion with the disk. The cap keeps the plate pressed against the blade. The issue will be once you remove a total of 10mm off of the 2 and there's no more protrusion for the cap to tighten against. I've been sharpening the same plates and blades for 2 years now with very little wear so I'd love to see how long it would actually take to shave off a total of 10mm. Either way, I've saved a ton of $$$ simply from not having to replace my blades and plates!!
@@2guysandacooler awesome. Lots of sausage before I need to worry about it. 👍love the channel keep ‘em coming.
That does work ,very nice !!!😊
Just what I've been looking for. Based on my knife sharpening experience I would have expected finer grit abrasives to be used but clearly it works. Will give it a try and thanks.
That's what I would have thought too. Originally I started with a 500 and 1000 and it wasn't resurfacing the way I wanted it too. Took way too long for me and didn't clean up a lot of the previous scratch patterns. This way (at least for me) worked the fastest with the best results)
@@2guysandacooler going to Home Depot tomorrow.
Good info. The glass block is a good backer. My dad used a soft pencil to mark wood that needed smoothing. You would sand until the pencil mark disappeared and the wood would be smooth, but not overly reduced.
You will need to sharpen your scissors if you cut much more sandpaper.😉 If you just fold the plaper over the block it will be less likely to slip and you won't dull your scissors or utility knife.
I never even considered any of this maintenance. Very educational!
I bought Sausage Maker's sharpening system (2 disc's per kit size) that fits on the grinder auger for the plate, and plate stone for knife. Less than $30 vs $70+.
You do have to exercise some finesse when using tthough. Drop it and your done, they'll snap in half. And if you tighten the auger collar to tight, same thing. But 10 seconds is all it takes per plate/knife. Pretty nifty.
With this technique I use to use the bottom of a dinner plate (one of those vitreous ones) as my flat surface.
I didn't know the 80 & 180 grits were the paper to use. I was toiling away with 220 & 400. Live and learn!
Yeah those stones are great and work very fast (and are super fragile) and work great if you have the kind of grinder that the plates fit on. As far as grit goes, it really all depends on how much work needs to be done. I find that the 80 and 180 does the job quick and clean with great results. I do mine about twice a year regardless is they need it or not..
I learned how to sharpen my grinder plates and blades thank you
NICE!!! This is a game changer for the quality of your end product!! Next time you make sausage after sharpening your plate, let me know how it came out
I knew the knife could be sharpened that way, but I didn’t think about doing the same process to the plate. 👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you for the info
Looking forward to trying this. I have noticed my grinder not cutting as well as it use too. Hopefully this will help.
Great video - thanks. I like the marker tip.
80 grid sandpaper - perfect for excavator digging bucket tooth : )
Hi Erik, I missed the live today for this epusode I have been waiting for. Starting it now and excited
Thanks, very interesting approach.
Thank you so much, you guys are great!
Thank you for the excellent tutorial!
Loving your channel! Can’t wait to start hanging some charcuterie!
I sharpened with great results. TY
Great video, I'm sure my 40 year old KitchenAid grinder blades could use a tune up. : ) I had speculated that sand paper and a flat surface would work, but now I know for certain how to do it.
You may be dulling your scissors by cutting sandpaper. You can rip sandpaper sheets into strips by pressing a metal straight edge (shop ruler) along the line you want to cut and pulling up and a bit across on the top edge of the paper. I fold the paper first along the cut line, just like you would a sheet of typing (OK boomer) paper. You can also score the back side of the sandpaper with a utility knife held against the straight edge before. (A tip from my grandfather (father to the Greatest Generation), a blacksmith, auto mechanic and home brewer.)
Does your kitchen aide grinder work well?
I bought a Kitchen aide professional a couple years back. I want to get a grinder and some other attachments for it.
@@xmachine7003 I have a metal version by Chef's Choice. I expect the metal version by Kitchen Aid to work well too. Avoid the plastic bodied Kitchenaid grinder. The plastic eventually cracks. There are other companies that make metal grinders for Kitchenaid mixers too.
Thanks, I'll remember this most important information!
I was wondering how to best sharpen my Kitchen Aid meat grinder plates and knives. They're new but now I can keep them super sharp with just a touch up now and then.
You are multi-talented
Great tutorial, many thanks !!!
Awesome and thank you for sharing this.
I have a cast iron lapping plate so this will work wonderfully.
Really helpful video. Thank you very much for revealing this unknown secret when buyers buy kitchen aids grinder attachment several time and the meat won’t come out just stay in side with a lot of frustration. Now we need to buy the paper glass for this duty for me. Man you save our money. I am gonna try and examine that. In case of doing that randomly with paper glass we have at home does that harm the blades?
it will only harm the blades if the glass plate is not perfectly flat
Thanks for the added sound effect of the paper being cut. I couldn't tell if it was working or not
My pleasure. It's the little things 😉
Great video Eric, thanks for sharing. First time. Will be watching more 🤙🏻
The reason water works so well on sandpaper, is because water is actually pretty dense/thick and acts as a lubricant. Hence why wet sanding, is so popular in body work. So you can kind of think of water like oil when using sandpaper, that's what it's doing. Makes for a much nicer finish over dry sandpaper. And this is exactly what you do there too really. Finer and finer grits till it's smooth and shiny, but there's a lot more steps to body work and graduating grits, this is surprisingly simple actually, only two grits.
I have a hand grinder that was converted to electric at least 50 years ago and I'm sure more than that. Maybe it wasn't used enough but the old guys said they sharpen themselves with use. Meat and fat lubricate it and metal on metal keeps it sharp. We made a lot of sausage and I never remember anyone sharpening it. Meat markets got so cheap but the last year we did our own it was 5 pigs and 3 steers for 3 families. We had a grinder, stuffer, slicer and stainless bandsaw. Unless you cut every day I don't think anything ever wears out.
Think about scissors. Have you ever used a dull pair? It still cuts just not as good. I bet a solid sharpening would do wonders for your grinder
Very useful video. I'm saving right now
Thank for the video I only have 2 things might be bit help for you .one is that sand paper is big in the auto body section and it works better if you let it soak in water for bit then use it .as for your marking there is some marking ink used in the machinest line it's blue it works much better than a sharpie :) just thought id let you know
Good video! Also, if you put a little water between the paper and the flat plate first then the paper will kind of stick in place and you don't have to hold it down so hard.
Great tip!
Here's something I've noticed with plates and new plates in particular, doing this honing isn't a bad idea with a new plate. I've bought new plates and they typically have a real good side and side that might not have been handled as well. Can't really see it until you mark it with the pen as shown and hone on fine grit paper. Now my plates didn't come from the Sausage Maker so maybe those are better but test honing a new plate might keep your knife blade in better shape. Just an observation. Thank.
I used to surface grind the plates when i had access to a rotary surface grinder. Basically the goal is to restore the cutting edges of the holes on the plates, edges of holes should be sharp. As for the cutting blade I've used your method with a figure 8 pattern with excellent resuts
Great tip!
How many times do you sharpen till you have to compensate for the meterial you remove because the 80 and 180 grit paper are very aggressive i generally use 2000 grit with water to sharpen knifes works better than about any stone you can buy now.
Thank you - excellent useful information
Nice demo....a little bit of water between the sandpaper and plate will help keep the sandpaper from sliding around
excellent tip
Thank you. Will use my DMT 8X3 plates and offer this to my customers. The wild hog hunters who make sausage are going to be happy!
That's an awesome idea. It's quick and makes a heck of a difference on the grind. I mean night and day difference!!
thank you very much. going to do this tomorrow!
excellent demo!
Just picked up an MK-12 Mincer hoping I can find additional plates for it. Great product and video!
Thanks for the video. I didn’t realize he had to sharpen the plates too. I have two of these old grinders and neither of them will cut meat. They clog instantly. I’ve sharpen the blades on the stone, many of times and it still won’t cut obviously the plates need to be sharpened as well. I’ll have to give it a try.
Great video, Thanks for sharing!
Perfektne a názorne predvedené brúsenie dosky a noža do mlynčeka len ja to budem robiť na skle alebo keramickej dlaždičke lebo k originálnej sa ťažko dostanem ale aj tak veľké ďakujem😀 a zajtra to hneď vyskúšam.
I can do this!
I MUST do this!
It makes a huge difference in the grind😉
Thanks for the nice video. Would you explain how you chose the angles you change in the sharpening process (0->15->180 degree)
So the point in this sharpening is to resurface the face. We do this by creating a scratch pattern. The 0-15-0 method is simply there to break up the scratch pattern. If we only do "0" the plate will create ruts and the resurfacing won't be as effective. The 180 rotation is to accommodate for any difference in pressure that one might have as they are moving the plate back and forth. So that 180 turn is just to make sure the place is resurfaced with even pressure.
@@2guysandacooler Hi Guys - well explaned
Good video; thank you.
Cant wait to try some of your sausage recipes
Thanks for the video. Will this technique work for a juice blade?
Do you perhaps have a video or information about checking an second hand grinder part's,if needed to be replaced?
Am I missing something ? My sandpaper would get ripped up right away, this calls for emery cloth, correct ? I'M definitely going to give this a go, I've tackled the knife before but not the plate. Thx 2guys
This has been very helpful
Any tricks for what might look like rust in the holes of a Porkert #5 grinding plate? It's already been through 2 vinegar soaks and brushing every single hole with salt and baking soda. I'm about to either make an electrolysis tank or use a vertical drill on it to resurface the holes. It's my first manual meat grinder that I found at a thrift store and would like to bring it back into action!
Excellent video! I just bought a hand grinder (LEM) so am wondering if this process is also used on the cast iron or stainless hand grinders. Not sure if the mechanisms are the same, and I don't have it here to look.
Since I'm a woodworker, I have a large flat plate and also various sandpaper grits incl wet/dry.
Good info and demo mate
Thanks 👍
Thanks for this video. very clear.
I get these when sharpening in a town with an ethnic group who are raised to not trust butchers with ground meat. The grandson translated for me with the question I asked his grandma with my question why. I thought this was an interesting fact and it answwered why I only got these in they one town. I only get sets that look like old wornout brake rotors. I find my "extra, extra course" diamond lapping plate and it takes me 30 minuits to restore only one side of the puck part. Not both side and not to the finer grit. Sometimes I do most grinding on my belt sander and only confirm its flat on my lapping plate. Thanks for showing your home process. It confirms what Im doing is not too far off. Ill try your paper test.
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Great video thanks. Will do this today
Thank you , thank you , thank you .
Thanks for the video, worth watching to the end. 👍 How tight should the knife and plate be in the grinder? Just touching or tightly screwed down?
Thank you. Lightly screwed down is enough. You don't want it too tight
Beside a lapping plate. Woodworking supplies also have a lapping marble base. I bought mine for less then 50$ a few years back.
How do you store the plates after use for medium-term storage ?
Excellent! Thanks a lot!
Buy it! You won't regret it!
I used to lap valve discs and seats the same way. But my lapping plate was 3x bigger, and I did figure 8 patterns.
Very helpful video. Good information.