Poor's Man Mill

by fatdestruction in Cooking > Homebrew

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Poor's Man Mill

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Usually the people that do your beer, or homebrewers, use the manual mill to grind the malt.Some others use the a drilling machine attached to the mill axis. Works fine but over time eventually damage your drilling machine.

New Motor ?

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I found a old motor, saved from a old washing machine with 1/2 Hp and running in 127Vac.

The Mill

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This is a standard grain mill, with the handle removed, and attached a pulley with 150mm diameter.

Wooden Stand

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With an old wooden stand for CPU, I decided to adapt and fix the mill, including a new wooden support.

Cut and Paste

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For this I cut and pasted a new piece of wood, trying to leave with a nice appearance.

Appearance

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The quality was not very good in appearance, but is very functional and fixed.

Motor->Add()

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The next step was buy a "VA" belt in necessary length and mount the motor using a metal plate to fix the motor in the wood.

Enjoy the Mill

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The relation between pulleys wasn't calculated, but I imagine around 120 rpm in the mill axis.

First Test

Poor's Man Mill

The belt is loose, if a crash occurs, it simply escapes, preventing motor burn.