I have been through 2 drills in the past 6 months on my barley crusher. First I tried the only drill I had which was a rechargeable one. It barely had enough power but eventually died. I then took an old electric drill from my dad. It had to be at least 30 years old, maybe even older. It crushed 1 batched but it would only turn at a very high rpm and left me with a lot of powder. On the next batch it just died about 10% through my grain and I hand cranked the rest.
I have a $150 gift card to amazon from a a coinstar machine that I want to use towards a drill. Which one would you get? All i know is I need a 1/2 inch electric but after that I dont know a whole lot about drills. I dont need anything fancy either, just something that will crush my grain at slow rpm and not die on me. What else would you buy, brewing related, for the $150? I thought about the 10-11 gallon pots to replace my 8 gallon one.
I have a $150 gift card to amazon from a a coinstar machine that I want to use towards a drill. Which one would you get? All i know is I need a 1/2 inch electric but after that I dont know a whole lot about drills. I dont need anything fancy either, just something that will crush my grain at slow rpm and not die on me. What else would you buy, brewing related, for the $150? I thought about the 10-11 gallon pots to replace my 8 gallon one.