How to sharpen knives for a meat grinder?

Meat grinder is one of the best inventions for home use. She will twist the meat, and other products. Many consider it an almost indispensable item, and therefore it is especially unpleasant when the cutter in the meat grinder is treacherously dulled during cooking. In this case, you need to decide how to sharpen the knives for the meat grinder.

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Why is the mincer knife stuck?

Over time, even the most high-quality mechanism can deteriorate. This problem does not bypass the cutter in the meat grinder. This is due to the fact that in the place where the grate is pressed against the knife, a small depression is formed. In some cases, the cutter itself may become blunted if the quality of the blade is low.

Important! The distance between the mesh and the knife is very important. After all, the less it is, the better will be the cutting of meat and easier to work meat grinder.

Over time, the distance increases due to wear, besides, the following factors can contribute to it:

• When grinding meat, pieces of bones and veins like abrasive grind metal.
• The mesh and mechanism are made of rough metal, over time have the property of oxidizing and rusting, and also losing sharpness.

Grinding of blades for a meat grinder is not a complicated process. Use one of the following methods to perform the operation.

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Where to start?

To sharpen the knives for a meat grinder at home, it is best to organize this process correctly. You can do this as follows.

Before any grinding process, prepare the cutter correctly. This is necessary to improve the quality of their work, as well as to ensure that the sharpening tool does not spoil immediately.

Before the process:

1. Lubricate the blades with ordinary sunflower oil.
2. Allow the blade to dry for 5 minutes.
3. Grease the grinding tool with sunflower oil and allow to dry.

Important! The above procedure will protect the blades from the formation of fragments if the blade is turned incorrectly during operation.

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How to sharpen the knife at home?

There are several ways to sharpen a knife for a meat grinder. Consider them in more detail so that you can choose the most convenient and suitable for you.

Method number 1.Sharpening on a special machine

Use a special machine designed for sharpening blades for a meat grinder. This mechanism looks like an ordinary disk and has a smooth abrasive surface.

To sharpen the cutter on such a machine it is necessary as follows:

1. Before sharpening onto the disk, apply a special paste intended for this purpose. In the composition of such a paste - the smallest abrasive particles.
2. Allow paste to dry. After that, the disk will become rough and ready to work.
3. Turn on the machine - the circle will start to spin.
4. Take the knife and gently press the blade into the blade.

Important! Sharpen a few stages with interruptions. The metal must be able to cool down and not overheat.

Disadvantages of this method:

• The complexity of sharpening in the absence of skills. Anyone who has not worked with the meat grinder blades will not be able to sharpen them on the machine at the right angle.
• Unsafe.
• The design of the machine costs a lot of money and it's not that easy to get it in a regular store.

Important! It is better to entrust the work to sharpening the machine to a specialist.

Method number 2.Using the grinding stone

This method can be used in two ways: first - to move the stone, and at the second - the cutter of the meat grinder. Both variants are effective enough and allow qualitatively sharpening knives for meat grinders at home.

The method of rotating the stone is a more radical method, which makes it possible to sharpen even a very obtuse mechanism. For this procedure, use a stone with a fine grain fraction.

Important! Sharpening will be achieved by friction against the surface. Use the stone for this procedure can be the same size as the knife.

Proceed as follows:

1. Put a mitten on your arm to avoid injury.
2. Take the cutter in this hand.
3. In the other hand, take a stone.
4. Tightly press the stone against the knife and move in a circle.

Important! For efficiency, fasten the cutter to keep it off yourself and then sharpen the stone.

1. After finishing the grinding, allow the metal to cool slightly.
2. Rinse the mechanism under a stream of cold water to remove any metal debris.

Important! With this method, cardinal grinding occurs as a result of strong adhesion of materials.

The method of torch rotation provides the following procedure:

1. Prepare a grinding stone with a surface area 2-3 times the diameter of the knife. The stone fraction must be very shallow, otherwise the grinding process will be long, and the work is not of high quality.
2. Place the cutter on the middle of the grinding stone - the blades must be snug against the surface.
3. While holding the mechanism with your finger in the middle, perform circular movements with a knife.
4. Gradually increase the speed of rotation by force pressing on the blade.
5. Check the uniformity of the blades from time to time. Only after they all become equally homogeneous, without burrs and unevennesses, finish sharpening.
6. After finishing the procedure, allow the knife to cool and rinse under running water.

Important! This method of sharpening is suitable for not too blunted blades, with a very neglected case it is useless.

Method number 3.Sharpening the sandpaper

To sharpen the knives of the meat grinder in this way, it is necessary to use sandpaper. Select the thickness, depending on the thickness of the knife. Thicker metal requires a larger fraction of grains, smaller, thinner - it is good to sharpen and a weak paper.

To sharpen the knife:

1. Take the knife in one hand and the sandpaper in the other.
2. Alternately, wipe each blade with paper.
3. Move as if you carefully wipe the surface with paper.
4. After the procedure, allow the knife to cool and rinse it under a jet of cold water.
5. Knife carefully wipe and dry.

Important! Grinding of the meat grinder knives does not end with grinding only the blades. An important role is played by grating in the process of cutting meat. Grate sharpen the same as the knife: in circular motions.

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Useful tips:

• If the above methods are too complicated for you, and you need to sharpen the knife, try replacing the grid with a plastic or wooden cup with glued on it sandpaper. Scroll the handle and the blades will be sharp after 20-30 turns.
• If the working surface has developed its resource and no method of sharpening has helped, buy a new mechanism.
• Do not trust manufacturers who write about self-sharpening knives. Knives that do not stupid simply do not exist. In professional equipment forged, very sharp mechanisms are used. They serve an order of magnitude longer, but it's not rational to use them at home.

Of course, many are puzzled, why sharpen the knife for meat grinder, if you can easily buy a new, sharp. But the situation can make you find the machine's malfunction in the evening, when you urgently need to grind the meat, cook delicious dishes and throw everything, and you can not go to the store in search of a new mechanism. Spend 10 minutes and use our recommendations - as a result, you save money and mood by making your favorite dish with an updated sharp mechanism.