NRF

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I received my 500 from Discount Tommy a couple weeks ago- I expected crude-and this certainly is. The setting appeared rather wide, yet a few cranks and its grinding the plates. Metal flakes galore- more wobble than I think I can straighten out without a centered hole, straight line or square point to be found. I did break it all down ( that cotter pin was a biotch! ) I'm sure I can get it done somehow- too many folks here have, I'm just not sure where to start lol

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--Richie
Primary
Vanilla Cream Ale
Secondary
MT
Bottled
Colt's Neck Honey Wheat,Fat Tire Amber Ale clone,SN Pale Ale clone, Celebration clone, Pumkin Ale, Dubbel Trouble
Don't worry, be hoppy!

rico567

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You got the cotter pin out, which was a good start. That was the hardest part for me. I went & got a stainless steel screw & nut that fit that hole, which I had to run the same size drill through to even it out so that the screw would go in. Then it's a matter of finding which way the plate goes on that's most even (there are several grooves the cotter pin went through, so you can experiment around a bit with this. Did my plates end up being completely even? No. Do they do a great job of crushing malt? Yes.

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“Malt does more than Milton can / To justify God’s ways to man”

-A. E. Housman (1859–1936). A Shropshire Lad , 1896.

zeekage

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I actually had to put a big rubber oring (i forget what it was from) between the actual plate, and the "nut" (its not a nut, since there's no threads) type thing with the grooves for the cotter pin. WIthout doing this there was no way the plate was snug enough to not wobble. It didnt matter if i used the cotter pin or a screw through the hole. Neither one put enough pressure on that "nut" to hold the plate steady without wobbling. It's good and secure now though.

NRF

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I have my new nut/bolt set up- still have to drill out the shaft and probably open up those grooves a tad to make room for the new bolt as the grooves don't line up well with the hole in the shaft- I'm sure that added to the difficulty removing the pin. Also the pin looked to be hammered in before being bent over. I filed off some slag from that point where the shaft sits into the plate and it seemed to help some. I have my buckets ready, my wood mounting bracket cut out and notched- I just need to get her in the ballpark here.

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--Richie
Primary
Vanilla Cream Ale
Secondary
MT
Bottled
Colt's Neck Honey Wheat,Fat Tire Amber Ale clone,SN Pale Ale clone, Celebration clone, Pumkin Ale, Dubbel Trouble
Don't worry, be hoppy!

FirstStateBrewer

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Since everyone is showing off their Corona mills, here's how I rigged mine last Spring! Works great!

Varmintman

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Well I got mine out yesterday and I was surprised to see it is a corona hybrid sort of deal. It is cast with the corona name on the side of it and another name on the handle and yet a third name on the plates that hold the stone.

I guess though mine is old enough that they still took pride in their stuff. because it sits square and grinds pretty good other than a bunch of flour. I think the flour is because mine has stones and not steel plates.

Going to mill a batch though this weekend and try it

jEld

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Here's my new ugly junk...now if only I had some grain to crush! Thanks for the help in this forum!

FirstStateBrewer

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jEld, I like the way you have your mill mounted on that rolling table! May have to copy that!

jEld

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Happened to find that table in someone's driveway on trash day last week...you know you are addicted to brewing when you see garbage and think "grain mill stand".

FirstStateBrewer

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I was just checking out the junk in my mom's shed for similar treasures! LOL!

BTW, you need to attach a bottle opener... ;-)