My Ball Mill for Just a Few Quid

by pj63 in Workshop > Molds & Casting

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My Ball Mill for Just a Few Quid

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I needed a Ball Mill for a Black Powder mix and when i browsed the internet they weren't too expensive but looking at them i thought " I could make one for a lot less".. so here goes.......
 MATERIALS...1/ A Float (either for toilet cistern or water tank) 2/ A bolt ( i used an old one i found laying around). 3/ A cork  4/ A wood dowl 5/ 2 drill bits (20mm flat wood and the other just a bit smaller in diameter than the dowl) 6/ some ceramic baking beads.

Cut Head

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Place the Bolt in a vice or some other clamp and cut off the head with a hacksaw or disc cutter

Insert Bolt

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Using the vice to hold the cut end of the bolt screw the float on to bolt... This may be a bit tough because my bolt was quite a bit wider but persevere with it.....................

Drill Float

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Turn the float so the base is facing you and drill a 20mm hole one side and the smaller one across from it...........

Insert

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Put the dowl in the smaller of the two holes and put the ceramic beads in the larger hole ( i use about 20-30) . Put what ever your milling in and push cork in.............

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Put on drill and mill (i use my cordless because its easier to controll the speed).... I have made a few of these for different chemicals... The floats cost me 87pence from Wilkinsons and the Ceramic beads were £3.50 from there aswell......