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Hog Ring Pliers

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    mdseaside
    Team Orange
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    I use the auto load hog ring pliers. They take a little getting use to and can be a little hard to load sometime. But all in all a great product.

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    • locoglausL locoglaus

      Looking into info on hog ring pliers I could really use a new pair.

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      johnsbrewhouse
      Team Blue Regular Contributors Traeger Power User Veteran Sous Vide Canning
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      locoglaus Buy a good pair, your hands will thank. You can get them at Waltons or most hardware stores

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      • locoglausL locoglaus

        Looking into info on hog ring pliers I could really use a new pair.

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        lkrfletcher
        Sous Vide Canning PK100 Team Blue Power User Regular Contributors Veteran
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        locoglaus
        I do them 1 at a time. Standard pliers and small hog rings.

        Life is a Garden - Dig it.

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          kyle
          Regular Contributors Veteran Canning Team Blue Power User Sous Vide
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          I got mine at a automotive swap meet. They were used by upholsters as in most old cars , hog rings are what held the seat covers on.

          hey vegetarians, my food poops on your food!

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            4Rvryoung1
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            Local Farm supply store should have all you need, Orschelns locally

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            • locoglausL locoglaus

              Looking into info on hog ring pliers I could really use a new pair.

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              Gbuck1
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              locoglaus I used hog ring pliers for years then switched to auto hog ring crimper and now since been electrician for 40 years i use tywraps with ss barb they were free and work great in smoker

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              • locoglausL locoglaus

                Looking into info on hog ring pliers I could really use a new pair.

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                PapaSop
                Team Orange Power User Veteran
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                locoglaus
                You just reminded me a what I forgot to add to my last Walton’s order. Argh. Have an old L E M one but need an upgrade. The auto feed is worth it to me when usually working solo.

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                  locoglaus I used hog ring pliers for years then switched to auto hog ring crimper and now since been electrician for 40 years i use tywraps with ss barb they were free and work great in smoker

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                  locoglaus
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                  Gbuck1 that’s awesome lol. I’m an electrician to and that a great point!

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                  • PapaSopP PapaSop

                    locoglaus
                    You just reminded me a what I forgot to add to my last Walton’s order. Argh. Have an old L E M one but need an upgrade. The auto feed is worth it to me when usually working solo.

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                    locoglaus
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                    PapaSop thank you I just bought an auto load I’m sure it’ll be bettter than the non loading one I was trying to use.

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                    • locoglausL locoglaus

                      Gbuck1 that’s awesome lol. I’m an electrician to and that a great point!

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                      locoglaus I use panduit tywraps and a panduit tywrap gun use for liver sausage and summer sausage ,the liver sausage get pretty hot and have never had one break. and teaches kids how to install tywraps had 1000s of them laying around

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                      • locoglausL locoglaus

                        Looking into info on hog ring pliers I could really use a new pair.

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                        opah73
                        Yearling
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                        locoglaus got mine at amazon i like em

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                        • locoglausL locoglaus

                          Looking into info on hog ring pliers I could really use a new pair.

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                          YooperDog
                          Team Orange Masterbuilt Big Green Egg Dry Cured Sausage Sous Vide Canning Power User
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                          locoglaus I replaced my manual set with an automatic loading one from Waltons. A lot easiee and efficient than the former. Zip ties will work also, along with a tape machine. If you have some spare change there are some really nice automated machines out there. But my wife is a little tight with the checkbook when it comes to those things. LOL.

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                            Barth
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                            Someone please tell me what I am doing wrong … using the SINGLE HOG RING PLIER and the 1/2" hog rings … they do not crimp closed enough to hold to summer sausage casings I have tried using them on. A full clamp down on the plier still leaves a 1/4" hole or gap inside the closed hog ring.

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                              Someone please tell me what I am doing wrong … using the SINGLE HOG RING PLIER and the 1/2" hog rings … they do not crimp closed enough to hold to summer sausage casings I have tried using them on. A full clamp down on the plier still leaves a 1/4" hole or gap inside the closed hog ring.

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                              YooperDog
                              Team Orange Masterbuilt Big Green Egg Dry Cured Sausage Sous Vide Canning Power User
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                              Barth have you tried folding over/doubling up the area you want apply the hog ring to?

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                                Barth
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                                YooperDog Got these a couple years ago and failed to get them to work for me then. I don’t recall what method I actually tried at the time, but I have since used other tying methods. I will give them another try this weekend and double up the area I want to apply the hog ring to and see if I can have better success this time. Is this what every type of plier requires doing or is this just a bad plier type?

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                                  YooperDog Got these a couple years ago and failed to get them to work for me then. I don’t recall what method I actually tried at the time, but I have since used other tying methods. I will give them another try this weekend and double up the area I want to apply the hog ring to and see if I can have better success this time. Is this what every type of plier requires doing or is this just a bad plier type?

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                                  YooperDog
                                  Team Orange Masterbuilt Big Green Egg Dry Cured Sausage Sous Vide Canning Power User
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                                  Barth I didn’t have good luck with the single load pliers and went with auto loading and it works better. I found doubling up worked better for both, but not always necessary with the auto load, maybe because of a better grip.

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                                    akdave
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                                    I use the standard autoload and they work great for bigger summer sausage but when doing smaller diamater trail bologna casings I have to recrimp them with the manual hog ring crimpers to get them tight enough. I have had no luck finding a pair of smaller autoload crimpers and wished I could find some… Any one know where I can get a pair?

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                                      opah73
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                                      barth i think you need 3/8 hog rings. thats what i use and they work well. 1/2 are just to big by a little bit.

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