How about sand-blasting the rollers, anyone know if that would be enough grip?
The place I work at has a machine shop, so I could get the rollers knurled for free, but getting someone to do the work might take months (need to wait until both a machine and operator are free or when they set up the knurl bit for another job). I can do the sand-blasting myself and have it done in a few minutes. I'll probably try it, I can always have it knurled afterwards, no harm done.
I bought one of these pasta machines 2 years ago when I started sculpting. I never used it (a friend has a better machine so I just used his). Sooo...I think I know what I'll be doing this weekend.
Randy
I think that might be a great option to rough up the rollers...
Randy this is all experimental, we're breaking ground here...In other words...if you got the means to do it, try it, take pics and let it know how it works out.
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IMO just sand blasting the rollers won't be enough. Yuri Rage posted a thread about making his own mill and explained why smaller rollers needed to be knurled and why large rollers could remain smooth.
Try it, let us know. If you need them knurled in a jiffy let me know. I dropped mine off last night and they were done this morning. It would be shipping and a 12pack I think for payment.
Ok, just got home and reassembled my machine, threw in some Victory I had lying around and hit it with the drill. Short work of the grain, Great crush!
My buddy said that he will knurl more rollers for $10. If anyone is interested then you can contact me. I'll get pics and video up as soon as I can.
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It's nearly complete. I only need to fabricate a hopper type contraption and it will be done. It started out as a thing of beauty and quickly went the way of the other grain milling thread. I'll post some pics when it's done, and not a moment before. I kept telling myself it was going to be a prototype, but I have a feeling it's just going to be my grain mill.
Ok, I just got a request from a member to have their rollers knurled. I got a shipping quote from the USPS and its $5 in a flat rate box each way from you to me and then me back to you. Turnaround time would be a few days, and $10 for the actual work. So $20 for a knurl and a trip across country for a few days for your rollers is all you need.
And I just finished my Hopper. I'm going to test it out today and brew a batch after I do a brake job on my dads truck. I'll try to get video of it if I can but my cell phone doesn't record in a format that will upload to youtube.
I did my first all grain brew yesterday using the Pasta Crusher. The Dremel grinder attachment idea didn't work out so well. After about 90 seconds of crushing, the powder from the grain was causing the rollers to become smooth and would not crush any more grain until we stopped and wiped down the rollers.
That got old, so I grabbed the drill and a bit and proceeded to try that method and it worked awesome. After that we were able to fly through the rest of the grain without stopping.
One tip though, as you are running the drill across the rollers, have someone turn the mill handle backwards so it kinda pushes the drill bit out as you are pressing against them.
That got old, so I grabbed the drill and a bit and proceeded to try that method and it worked awesome. After that we were able to fly through the rest of the grain without stopping.
One tip though, as you are running the drill across the rollers, have someone turn the mill handle backwards so it kinda pushes the drill bit out as you are pressing against them.
Great Tip!
It's amazing how easy and fast the drill bit roughs up the rollers. How did your mash go? Did you get your normal efficiency?
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I like the drill bit idea... sounds like a lot less work than the pounding with a file I did for mine.
I just today moved a batch to secondary that I did with my pasta mill. I'd have to look up the grain bill, but the numbers are 1.056OG, 1.0112 fg. This was also an experiment in long term primary fermentation.... I made this brew 12/13/08
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Got my pasta machine disassembled .
My friend is going to knurl the rollers for free.
I'm going to give them to him at work tomorrow but he only works weekends at the other shop (where knurling will be done), so I probably won't have 'em back until next weekend.
I also just made something of a template for a hopper. (out of cardboard)
Basically it's a 16"h x 10"d x 7½"w box (starting at foot base) with two slant platforms above rollers.
I'm gonna ask some friends about any scrap plywood they might have.
I'll post pics of rollers once knurled and hopper/box when built.
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