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Title: Horizontal Harp
Post by: skf on January 19, 2014, 03:22:28 AM
  Frustrations with the standard curd cutter sold in kits led me to acquire this unit from Terry Beckman at
curdknives.com  (http://curdknives.com)
Title: Re: Horizontal Harp
Post by: Spoons on January 19, 2014, 04:52:29 AM
Nice! Professional quality stuff right there!

Hey Terry, check this video;
curd cutter apparatus edit 040413 - HD 720p on Vimeo (http://vimeo.com/63371663)

I'm pretty sure a lot of home cheese makers would line up to buy one.
Title: Re: Horizontal Harp
Post by: terry@dairy fab on January 19, 2014, 07:51:57 PM
Eric,

I made something along that line, but on a much larger scale. It was for a round vat that was 48" diameter and about 24" deep. It was built for a Norbertine convent in California. Rather than try to cut the whole vat into cubes at once, the half round knife is pressed down through the curd to the bottom of the vat, turned 90 degrees and then lifted to cut the rest of the vat. Then the horizontal knife is used to finish the cut. They have been using the knives for several years and have been very happy with process so far. It reduced their curd cutting from around 15 - 20 minutes down to about 5 minutes.

Terry@dairy fab
www.curdknives.com (http://www.curdknives.com)