One thing you want to start doing is weighing your spices and meat for better consistency. This way a change in a salt or pepper grind does not throw off the recipe. I weigh my stuff in grams. 5g of salt is 5g of salt whether sea, kosher or flaked. I learned this through this website below. It is a great source of info on recipes and sausage making. His books have some more detail but, most of it is on the site.
meatsandsausages.com