bdnoona
Well-Known Member
I just got a barley crusher and used it on Saturday. Initially I attached my corded drill to it and was having difficulty holding the trigger down enough to get the mill to operate without having the RPM's too high. The torque must have been too much for my drill because it started smoking. I disconnected and crushed most of the grain with the crank.
Is there a lot of downside to just holding the trigger down and plowing through that grain? I saw that the BC is recommended to operate between 300-500 RPM, but my drill's no load RPM is 2,500 according to the manual. Crushing 10# by hand was kind of annoying and I would never want to have to do it this way for a 10 gallon batch or for a really big beer.
Is there a lot of downside to just holding the trigger down and plowing through that grain? I saw that the BC is recommended to operate between 300-500 RPM, but my drill's no load RPM is 2,500 according to the manual. Crushing 10# by hand was kind of annoying and I would never want to have to do it this way for a 10 gallon batch or for a really big beer.