homemade chicken plucker

[kbs]

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

 

[PurpleChicken]

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.

 

[j&kfarms]

ok now how and where can i get the info on making a homemade chicken plucker

 

[joebryant]

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Waddya mean "table top"? Got any pictures?

 

[rhoda_bruce]

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.

 

[Big George]

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.

 

[kbs]

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

 

[rhoda_bruce]

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.

 

[PurpleChicken]

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.

 

[jaku]

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.