Cabela's approached us to implement a new drive system clutch and improve the canister latching mechanism into their already-popular sausage press. After extensive testing, we simplified the process of installing the motor, making it hands and tool-free. We suggested adding a meat level indicator, and added a motor-driven foot pedal to remove the need to hand-crank.
Never content with blindly executing any project, we experienced the process of making sausage first-hand, leading us to some interesting conclusions and further design improvement suggestions. On the central canister, we realized one simple improvement that would improve the user experience greatly - add feet! This addition even prompted positive user feedback, found on Cabela's customer reviews at Cabela's.com:
“I love the new design with the legs on the bottom of the holding tank, it makes life easy when you need to refill – no more wrestling with it like the old version… this new design takes care of all the bugs in the old version!"
