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tinged with gold is a good book to read about hops history

Up here in Maine we just got a lot of rain. It was over by 6am. Everything looks like it's still standing here.

I've got the second floor of a barn. It's 16X30. I've been building 3x3 screens on and off. I think I'll get it figured out. I still have no real good way to package this stuff. I've got to talk to the brewer and ask how he wants it delivered. Any ideas?

I used to have an empire heater that just heated one room. It had a squirrel cage fan in it, but it wasn't super powerful. I'll try to find one of those. I just picked one bine the other day and used my Goodwill food dehydrator. It took up all 4 trays jam packed. I don't think I have enough...

I don't care about noise. Hell I'd throw an aircraft prop on a gas engine if I thought I could do it without killing myself. I'll see if I can scrounge up a range hood at the dump, or craigslist. I could just make another one like this with the hood on top. I still don't think I will be able...

I like what you're thinking. Where are you located?

I took the fan blade off and flipped it in the opposite direction. Any ideas on another fan choice? I am going to sheath it up with 1/4" plywood later tonight. I'm ready to spend time rotating trays! I hope this thing works! I'll post some more pics after I button it up tonight.

I think I might be able to convince people that my powder brick is as good as pellets. I'll just have to revolutionize the industry, that's all. No big whoop. I have seen a company called Meadows Mills. They make hammer mills and steel brush mills. They don't look very well made to be...

I started off with an old school locker. I decided to start from scratch and this is what I came up with. It's 6 feet tall and the trays are 2'x3' I used an old desk fan. I took off the guard and switched the fan blade. It doesn't move as much air as I thought. I am going to sheath...

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What kind/brand of a hammer mill can I find to make the hops powder? What size do you grind the hops to in order to send them to the pelletizer? Would you think I would need to grind it as fine to make a brick vs. a pellet?

What kind of a hammer mill do you use? How big is the screen? If you could figure out a way to compress the pellets into bricks instead of pellets, do you think you could find buyers. Little guys just can't afford a decent pellet mill. I've seen someone use a chinese one run on a diesel...

As usual Dan, you have some great ideas. I am going to rebuild this entire thing over the next week. You make an excellent point about the air running up the sides. I'll have to make due with it for now, but on my other one, I'll make sure that the air has no choice other than to run through...

What temps should I be shooting for? I have 50-60 plants I have to dry, so I have to balance low temps with some speed. I thought 140F was the highest you could go without loosing oils. I figured 110ish would be ideal. I'm open to suggestion though.

I've got about $50 and 3 or 4 hours on this. I'll polish it up a little more, but the basic idea is gonna stay the same.