beesley121 Posted November 18, 2014 Report Share Posted November 18, 2014 Hi guys, Just bought a Combe dry plucker, seemed to do ok on partridge but wast too good on duck, left a lot of down on, is this normal or can the machine be adjusted Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesley121 Posted November 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 No one? Any idea how I can find out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
numpty Posted November 20, 2014 Report Share Posted November 20, 2014 Hi Beesley121, I used to run a bank of these pluckers when I was a game dealer and had spare heads for them soaking in what was called 'Duck Oil', a very fine viscosity oil to lubricate the brown inserts. The shafts used to wear a grove in them after about 1000 birds and I had replacements ready, but then I was processing around 7-8 thousand pheasants a month. You will also need a load of spare plates and rivets as these wear very quickly. As for the ducks, take off what you can with the machine, hand pull around the wings and then use a blowlamp. If your flush then invest in a hot wax machine with a recycling facility, that does the job. I can still smell the burning feathers now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beesley121 Posted November 22, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2014 Thanks for the reply numpty, I've pm'ed you for further info if that's ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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