homemade chicken plucker

kbs

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9 Years
Feb 3, 2010
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I have been looking at the homemade chicken pluckers and I am undecided for the final output rpm. Does anyone know how fast it should run what is the best rpm for this job
 
I spin my homemade table top unit at around 700 rpm. Faster and stuff flies everywhere and slower the fingers grab too much and the motor bogs down.
 
Hey........I have my book and I don't know how but when I ordered some movies a few days ago, on amazon, they somehow added another booklet in my order, so I will have a 2nd. If anyone interested in giving me something back on what I will HAVE to pay, PM me.
 
I run my plucker on my drill press. The lowest setting is 850 rpms and it does great. The secret is getting the right scald on the bird. I can pluck a chicken in about 60 seconds with a little clean up left for the sink.
 
I was more interested in the one that looks like a drum with a rotation plate in the bottom. I believe it is a homemade version of the wizbang
 
I bought enough fingers to make a drill operated one and I will, but I have instructions for a wizbang and depending on how easy it is to use the one I will make first, I might make the more difficult one. I realize that the latter would really cost a huge amount to obtain, if I would buy the closest commercially made one, but that one wouldn't require me to hold the bird and I could do more than one at a time. I could probably get the parts real cheap at a used appliance service shop. But that is a task that I very well might not do, depending on the first plucker I make. I don't have much of a problem holding a dead bird.
 
Here was the first version of my plucker. I've since made a new version using real plucker fingers and use a rheostat to vary the speed of the buffer I use to run it. For 2 or 3 birds I don't bother setting it up. Any more than 3 it works great. We did 24 birds in one day with it once. I chopped, scalded, plucked and then passed the bird on to a few people gutting and cleaning.

 
Spend the $20 and buy Herrick Kimball's book on the Whizbang. It is so detailed, and spells it out step by step- so that anyone really can build one. I've never seen a set of plans that are easier to work with. He even tells you exactly where to buy everything you need.
 

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