Summer sausage

[twilliams]

processhead I agree on working alone, disagree when working with a partner. But like I said my hog rings don’t get tight, I need to look at the size to see if I am using the wrong ones, however there was only one size to choose from when I bought the pliers. Didn’t know there were different sizes available

[processhead]

twilliams said in Summer sausage:

processhead I agree on working alone, disagree when working with a partner. But like I said my hog rings don’t get tight, I need to look at the size to see if I am using the wrong ones, however there was only one size to choose from when I bought the pliers. Didn’t know there were different sizes available

What PapaSop said earlier was correct.
The small 3/8 inch hog rings get a good grip on summer sausage casings and meat bags. The large 1/2 inch ones are only good for ham-stockinettes and other bulky casings.
I haven’t had much success in getting the large ones to overlap for a tighter grip.
Not sure why Walton’s is not stocking the 3/8 inch ones. Jonathon ?

[Jonathon]

twilliams I have never used the old school pliers, only the auto-style and have never had an issue closing off a casing with those styles. We used to have a 3/8 in all of our processing videos https://youtu.be/dTv_Cg5feNw?t=334 for the older style and https://youtu.be/PYd-A3hfU14?t=150 sorry, i was looking for one where we got a close up shot of the newer ones but don’t seem to have it. These are all 1/2" and they seem to work fine for me. Now, if people want them we are willing to try to get the 3/8" though? Is it something that people would want?

[processhead]

Jonathon said in Summer sausage:

twilliams I have never used the old school pliers, only the auto-style and have never had an issue closing off a casing with those styles. We used to have a 3/8 in all of our processing videos https://youtu.be/dTv_Cg5feNw?t=334 for the older style and https://youtu.be/PYd-A3hfU14?t=150 sorry, i was looking for one where we got a close up shot of the newer ones but don’t seem to have it. These are all 1/2" and they seem to work fine for me. Now, if people want them we are willing to try to get the 3/8" though? Is it something that people would want?

I would describe my hog ring pliers, which I pictured earlier, as the old school variety. As I mentioned, they work well with 3/8 inch rings on summer sausage casings. I suspect this basic design doesn’t have enough leverage for them to work well with the 1/2 inch rings on the casings we are discussing.

[PapaSop]

Jonathon
I’ve tried the 1/2in auto feed with the Walton’s one. Just doesn’t seal with the standard fibrous SS casings. The 3/8 work fine but can no longer find these.

From what I could tell from those videos you were using the 3/8.

Side note. My original auto feed was an LEM that used 3/8 rings. Went to Scheels after the Walton’s 1/2 in didn’t work to get the 3/8 for the LEM, didn’t have them, all 1/2 in. What???

[PapaSop]

processhead
I also have the hand held 3/8 single use one. The whole idea of the auto speed was to , obviously, speed things up.

[processhead]

PapaSop said in Summer sausage:

processhead
I also have the hand held 3/8 single use one. The whole idea of the auto speed was to , obviously, speed things up.

To be honest, I have never had to clip more than maybe a dozen casings. Speed, or a lack of it, was never an issue with my plain jane pliers.

If I was a commercial operator, I might be looking for a faster clipping solution.

[PapaSop]

processhead said in Summer sausage:

PapaSop said in Summer sausage:

processhead
I also have the hand held 3/8 single use one. The whole idea of the auto speed was to , obviously, speed things up.

To be honest, I have never had to clip more than maybe a dozen casings. Speed, or a lack of it, was never an issue with my plain jane pliers.

If I was a commercial operator, I might be looking for a faster clipping solution.

I agree. The whole idea is to not have insert another ring into a hand held while sealing. Extra step.

[caryfr5]

PapaSop The DeWalt auto feed is about $30 and comes with 2 or 300 rings. Works perfect!

[PapaSop]

I guess my bottom line on this is the 1/2 in auto feed does not completely clamp the casing. The 3/8 does.