Yes , I know it may be a strange time of the year to be asking a sausage making question, but I did put up some summer sausage today.
For those of you with an old Enterprise or even a LEM with the worm gear type mechanism, what do you use to lubricate the gears?
I have been having a difficult time turning the Enterprise several winters ago. It was really cold so I blamed it on the cold meat being harder to stuff. It was so tough that we actually went and bought the little canister LEM type.
Well, today the LEM was tough to turn so I broke out the Enterprise to finish up. I have been using a food grade silicone spray. But I noticed that the worm gear on the LEM actually has some "burrs" on the the gears and it is really hard to turn in those spots. So I put some cooking oil on the Enterprise and that seemed to help . I believe the old timers usually just used tallow or pork fat.
For those of you with an old Enterprise or even a LEM with the worm gear type mechanism, what do you use to lubricate the gears?
I have been having a difficult time turning the Enterprise several winters ago. It was really cold so I blamed it on the cold meat being harder to stuff. It was so tough that we actually went and bought the little canister LEM type.
Well, today the LEM was tough to turn so I broke out the Enterprise to finish up. I have been using a food grade silicone spray. But I noticed that the worm gear on the LEM actually has some "burrs" on the the gears and it is really hard to turn in those spots. So I put some cooking oil on the Enterprise and that seemed to help . I believe the old timers usually just used tallow or pork fat.
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