Washing Machine to Chicken Plucker??

[yourbadd]

My brother gave me a washer and dryer set that is fairly new from the house they just bought. I was planning on Freecycling my old set which is at least 17 years old and has a few issues. The safety switch which stops the spin cycle when the lid is up is broken.

The old set has been sitting in my garage for a week now when it dawned on me that I might be able to convert them into a chicken plucker!!

Any suggestions on how I would go about doing this?

I also have the dryer I can utilize too...aside from a slowly dying heating element, it's in good shape too!!

 

[Wannabefree]

I'd just use the motor and shaft, add some plucker fingers to the wash bin and turn that sucker on spin cycle I thought of doing this too with an old dryer of my moms

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

My brother gave me a washer and dryer set that is fairly new from the house they just bought. I was planning on Freecycling my old set which is at least 17 years old and has a few issues. The safety switch which stops the spin cycle when the lid is up is broken.

The old set has been sitting in my garage for a week now when it dawned on me that I might be able to convert them into a chicken plucker!!

Any suggestions on how I would go about doing this?

I also have the dryer I can utilize too...aside from a slowly dying heating element, it's in good shape too!!

There is a YOUTUBE video on one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC051HphyvY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB212lI1-iw
Two seperate versions. Tub and table.

 

[k0xxx]

The Whiz Bang Chicken Plucker

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

The Whiz Bang Chicken Plucker

BIL of ours made one for us to share. Best machine we have ever used!

 

[lorihadams]

I also heard that if you put glass jars in a crate that has the bottom cut out to fit snugly over the agitator you can make butter on the spin cycle too.

 

[farmerlor]

The Whiz Bang Chicken Plucker

This is the place to go for everything you need to make a plucker! They also have a yahoo email group where people talk about their various variations on the machines, problems, solutions, and advice. Gonna get me a plucker one of these days when I can afford all the pieces and Greg's got time to put it together....'course by then we won't need a plucker anymore....(sigh)

 

[pinkfox]

that youtube on the washing machine converted is awesome, i would have NEVER thought of that!
i might have to do something like that eventually

 

[yourbadd]

I showed my Hubby the youtube videos and told him to be creative!! Will post up pics once he get started working.

 

[Ema]

hmmm I got an old washing machine laying about...looks like we might be doing something with it after all.

thanks for sharing

Ema