I trust what your saying, it makes sense to have more power than not enough but I just hate to have a big drill laying around if I don't have to. I am sure I will use the drill for other projects around the house so I will probably just get it anyways. Thanks for your help!
no problem!
i thought the same thing.. then i had to use it to turn the emergency pulley on the autogate at my other job... (wasn't communicating with the pin pad). spinning it by hand took almost 10 minutes and sore arms. that drill went through it in under 30 seconds with no bog down.
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Roger that. Farts are funny, and anyone who says they aren't is lying.
Problem is that too much homebrew has me playing Russian Roulet with my briefs.
maybe someone else can chime in on that issue as well,
i've burned out two other smaller handheld drills (name brand) on the corona mill.
The smaller 3/8" drills are low power, high speed drills and really aren't up to the task of turning a mill for 5-10 minutes. As posted before, the 1/2" D-handle drill is a beast and completes the task without stressing.
I also copied Wilserbrewer's design and used my 1/2 inch handheld and it turned it but got hot as heck.... almost to hot to hold. So I got out my 3/4 inch two handled variable speed DeWalt set to low. Fantastic job it does, PITA though so heavy to hold up for the 7 minutes it takes to grind the 13 pounds. Go with a bigger drill.
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Decided to finally post mine. Added a bigger grain hopper made from an old extract container and some extra cardboard to keep the grains going where I want them to = U-G-L-Y-!
When I threw this together today I told myself that this would just be temporary and that I would rework it as a bucket in bucket, but after using it I really can't see why I should bother.
I got to combine all my favorite things....duct tape, scrap wood, a framing hammer.
Anyone have an up-to-date link they used for a corona mill they are satisfied with? I was looking on Amazon to try and get free shipping, seems like a lot of the reviews claim parts are missing, etc.
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