Curd Cutter - Wayne's Build

[wharris]

It works beautifully. You can see it being used in the following video.  (Skip to 5:01)

Homemade Parmesan

[Minamyna]

That is awesome! What a setup you have there!! Is there a reason you chose that over get a cheese vat?

[TroyG]

Where did you get that whisk?

[coffee joe]

As I read more posts, I find more questions.
Great curd Cutter Wayne, I am knocking it off using a SS yard stick and SS wire we use for our bee nests.
What do you use for milling those large amounts of Curd?
I tried Sailor's Egg Crate idea and made the mill below using those principles and then wove same SS wire.
This works fine for small amounts, but I can see that when I have a 100 or 300 liter batch, it is going to take too long to mill slabs with this.
Is there a mechanical cheddaring mill available for this scale?

Also, my first 2.5Kg Cheddar about ready to vacuum. 

[Lee]

If anyone is looking for a small scale curd cutter I use a stainless steel cake rack, it fits my 10 liter pot neatly, cuts horizontally, then vertically and finally push it down from the top. Three swipes & its done. Might be able to get bigger ones in catering shops. I know its not as sharp as wire but if the curd is firm it works.
Lee

[FarmerJd]

Coffee Joe, Linuxboy posted a nice commercial mill in a thread somewhere. I am sure it would be under the cheddar forum. I'll look and see if I can find it. When we mill our 24 gallon batches, it is "all hands on deck". My five oldest kids and my wife and I all brandishing knives. We look like seven samurai trying to mill the curd before it cools. 

[linuxboy]

You mean the manual one I posted, JD? Jaap Jongia, who now posts here, makes that manual one

[FarmerJd]

I can't remember but I think that was it. Do you still have the link?

[coffee joe]

The manual "Curd Mill"in the photo above is a knockoff of Jaap Jongia's with some input from Sailor's egg crate etc and does a great job for a 25 liter batch. Even the double 50 liter batch we managed ok. I'm wondering if there is a small true mill that I could crank or even motorized for when I get to 50Kg+/batch of curds. The ASTA  big electric unit is way too big and $5500.

I'm trying to figure out a long term solution to a future problem!

[FarmerJd]

Here is the thread I was talking about. I want something like the lady in the pic Wayne posted is using. Where do you find that? Isn't that what you are looking for?

[linuxboy]

Joe, those motorized mills do get rather expensive. Cheapest I've seen one is around $1,500 for an older unit that needed a good cleaning job. Maybe you could find one from a surplus/used dairy supplier like Ullmers?

[coffee joe]

Farmer's link as posted above is the nuts!
This is what I am looking for as well, now to figure out where to get one!! or the plans

[linuxboy]

It's a basic hammer mill design in a small form factor using disks instead of hammers. Maybe I can dig up some measurements for you. IMHO, less work to buy a used one.

[FarmerJd]

Is this the one in the pic Linux?

[coffee joe]

Well done Farmer, now to figure out how to get one to Brazil!!

Here is how our girls  do "milling" today.