Chard Sausage Stuffer

It arrived quickly. It is much larger than I imagined, which is ok. The problems: 1. It had a few large metal burrs inside from the casting process that were not removed. The plunger would not function with the burrs in the way. I was able to remove them with a grinding wheel on a flex shaft. 2. Removing the burrs removes the plating so the areas that have been de-burred now rust quickly if not oiled. 3. The plunger is undersized, as well as the gaskets provided. A lot of meat squirts around the sides of the plunger when stuffing sausage. I did a 3lb. Batch and had to remove what squirted around the plunger and re-load the stuffer five times! 4. There is no way to get the meat left in the stuffing tube, into the casings, or to at least remove it for cleaning. What they should do to improve this product: A. Quality control the castings, deburr and inspect before sending to the plating process. B. Increase the diameter of the plunger and gasket to provide a machine that actually works well. C. Include a stuffing tube ram and a brush to clean the stuffing tubes. I do not recommend this product, spend a few dollars more for a superior device and save yourself a lot of extra work. It was unusable out of the box as received.