Burley Mincers
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Printed Date: 10 Jun 2026 at 7:46am
Topic: Burley Mincers
Posted By: 3410
Subject: Burley Mincers
Date Posted: 14 Oct 2006 at 12:14pm
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Has anybody out there got any information about where to obtain or make a decent Burley Mincer?
By decent I mean, something that I can feed whole skippies and fish frames complete with heads into!
Even if some kiwi inginuity has to be put into adapting something I will give it a go. Not really interested in the small mincers you can buy, wanting something with some Tim the Toolman grunt!!!
Can anyone point me in the right direction here... maybe some free burley coming your way if I can get this sorted!
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Posted By: Vundu
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2006 at 10:07am
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Hi 3410 We have mincers in the company I work for, but they might be too big for you. And to build one, that could cost you a fortune. Allone the vital parts like the orga, plates and the knife are very expensive. You could try and contact the food ( meat) industry, they might have an old machine standing arround, or try any auctions and so on. We scrapped one nice machine about two years ago, suitable for a (very) small business. |
Posted By: cosmo
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2006 at 1:16pm
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mate of mine got a old insinkerator dont know how he set it up for the water side tho but been thinking along same lines ------------- i just want to go fishing..........amd ignore all my adult problems |
Posted By: 3410
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2006 at 2:48pm
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Thanks for the reply's guys...
I have heard of people using insinkerators, but I imagine it wouldn't fit a whole fish body without cutting it up first?
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Posted By: of2fsh
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2006 at 9:23pm
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Go to the hirepool and get a small branch chipper.It will do skippies no problem,just fire it up throw the skippie in and stand back...Nah seriously i won a mince last year and gave it to a guy who motorized it and fitted a gearbox.It has done the rounds in our neighbourhood over the last year and has consumed many skippies.The only set back is you have to defrost them...you need some seriouse torque to do kahawhai tho...
Good luck 3410
PS Its cheaper to buy burley,get a few blokes together to mince burley and youl go thru heaps of beer....
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Posted By: Reeco
Date Posted: 24 Oct 2006 at 1:45pm
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I have seen them in some Indian shops. Gonna get one myself. [Mincer I mean] Reeco |
Posted By: Zambezi
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2006 at 1:48am
| I got and old school mince mincer hand crank. And for stubborn "mincie things" I hand of the crank to turn it. Works a treat :) |
Posted By: SNOWKIWI
Date Posted: 23 Dec 2006 at 4:02pm
Found this on Trademe, auction expires 28 December:
   Reckon wouldn't be too hard to copy, and make a bigger version!
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Posted By: Moocha
Date Posted: 24 Dec 2006 at 2:04am
Man that has Tim "The tool man" Taylor written all over that bad boy...mooorrree POWER 
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Posted By: slayliner
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2007 at 10:15am
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Hi I have a berley machine it uses a no.32 mincer like the one in the picture above which you can buy from fishing shops etc Its powered by an electric motor with a reduction box There are quite a few on trademe now and again Skippies are no problem but if you do a lot of kys the skin clogs it up and you need to clean it out |
Posted By: rocko
Date Posted: 03 Mar 2007 at 10:12pm
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Awsom set up i guees the most expensive part should you use it tho would be the petrol motor,(if you dont allready have one, but looking at that it looks like it would 'nt be that hard to make, ( find some 1.5mm plate and whers me welder lol )
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Posted By: righthook
Date Posted: 21 Jun 2007 at 12:18am
I heard of a guy using an old petrol lawnmower he had modified.......never saw it buy sure you could do something with one, cut a hole in the deck add a funnel and have a mulching shield inside for the really big stuff, Im currently modifying a large manual mincer to run a bendix electric motor and reduction gear, otherwise might try the lawnmower idea 
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Posted By: snapper14
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2007 at 4:53pm
| Best one i have seen has just been made by a mate of mine. He has mounted a mower engine on a ply base with a skippy sized chute in the top. He found a straight blade and ground the edges so that they push the skippy down into and thorough a piece of heavy guage mesh that is mounted close to the blade. In prototype stages but has consumed semi frozen skippy no problem at all. He just has to make a base to catch the munched up bits now. All up probably only cost him $120.00 |
Posted By: righthook
Date Posted: 22 Jun 2007 at 5:32pm
| would be good if you could post some photos mate, might give it a go if I come across a cheap mower |
Posted By: snapper14
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2007 at 5:36pm
| Will do as soon as he gets it going |
Posted By: righthook
Date Posted: 23 Jun 2007 at 6:23pm
cheers snapper 
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Posted By: snapper14
Date Posted: 06 Aug 2007 at 8:54am
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righthook,
i thought i had done this last week but must have stuffed it up???!!!
i haven't forgotten about the photos but the mincer is going through a development process.
i.e. he broke it!!
Motor #1 did not hack the pace so on went a 5hp version. (MORE POWER!!!) This however is still not enough grunt if you want to munch up 6kg snapper frames for shark burley...........
Motor #2 down the tubes after breaking the starter bit through stalling it too many times. This would have been fine for skippies and mackeral though - i think they are a bit softer than snapper heads.
he is now thinking about an electric motor off of his buzzer or similar......scarey stuff but i will keep you updated to progress or not...!!
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Posted By: baitwaister
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2010 at 7:04pm
| I've made a burley mincer. 8horse motor, down through a six to one, then two to one, doing about 200 rpm at the drum. Makes about 20KG in 10 minutes. You'll lose your fingers if you drop them in. It works well. I can send you pictures if you like. |
Posted By: baitwaister
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2010 at 7:06pm
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I've made a burley mincer. 8horse motor, down through a six to one, then two to one, doing about 200 rpm at the drum. Makes about 20KG in 10 minutes. You'll lose your fingers if you drop them in. It works well. I can send you pictures if you like. my email is [email protected] |
Posted By: felixx
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2010 at 7:56pm
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Post em up here.. that sounds awesome ------------- Originally posted by TG LMAO felixx, you a sick puppy! hehe |
Posted By: cookez
Date Posted: 20 Sep 2010 at 8:57pm
| Found a second hand butchers comercial unit 3 phase stainless will mince anything, cost around $300 from the guys who supply the butchers, they are always getting trade ins. |
Posted By: baitwaister
Date Posted: 21 Sep 2010 at 5:29pm
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Posted By: Itsallablur
Date Posted: 08 Oct 2010 at 10:02pm
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Used this bad boy tonight. Mowed through 30+ gurnard frames and 70+ kina. Took longer to hose down than it did to make the burley. 3 buckets full in a few minutes. This thing is a beast!!
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Posted By: Twigster
Date Posted: 23 May 2013 at 6:14pm
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Hey mate this looks like a bloody good burley grinder any
chance you could put a few more photos on? 
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Posted By: Quick silver
Date Posted: 23 May 2013 at 7:18pm
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Don't like your chances since this thread is a few years old and the guy who posted those photos has not logged in for 2 years |
Posted By: sappercatcha
Date Posted: 24 May 2013 at 9:39am
| a mate had an old buchers mincer could even chuck mussles in it shell and all no worries for it at all |
Posted By: Billfish2
Date Posted: 24 May 2013 at 10:15am
They sell a lot of 2nd hand gear, Mincers band saws etc.....
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3410 wrote:Posted By: PJSPEAR
Date Posted: 24 May 2013 at 11:22pm
| small branch wood chippers work great I can throw in a whole ky and it will mince it easy just have to give I a little help when it gets to the head |
Posted By: Johnny4burley
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 2:08pm
| Hi, yes a kiwi designed and built mincer with a large #42 mincer, all others are #32 size. You can mince whole skippies, mussels in the shell, scales, skin even mince meat and hunters mince whole rabbet and possums with the bone. Very will built and solid and can handle anything you put in it. Awesome mincer, go to http://et-burlery-mincers.co.nz and have a look. very good value. |
Posted By: Johnny4burley
Date Posted: 28 Jan 2021 at 2:19pm
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Hi, yes kiwi designed and built, ET burley mincer. Is a large #42 mincer - all others are only #32 or smaller. Mincers whole fish, mussels in the shall, kinna, even rabbets and possums with the bones, Awesome mincer and works perfect. Minces days catch in 5 minutes or less. go to: http://www.et-burley-mincers.co.nz" rel="nofollow - www.et-burley-mincers.co.nz to have a look
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