jerrodm
Well-Known Member
Gawd that's pretty. I really should do something like that.
Here is my setup. I get some grain sneaking out of the top of the shroud, and some dust, so I will likely add some sort of metal shroud that covers the entire top of the grinding plates.
Also getting some uncrushed grains, so will tighten down and see how that works.
$14.95 for the mill (local Mexican supermarket)
$4.50 for the wood (Home Depot)
$1 for the metal (leftovers from a previous project)
$4 for the downspout (Home Depot)
$3 for the driver (Home Depot)
$27.45 total. Not bad for a mill.
Looks pretty good, mine is finer though, for reference. If you find a single uncrushed (or only slightly cracked but still in-tact) grain, tighten it more. Remember, you're not trying to get every single grain to be cracked with the entire husk in-tact, you're just trying to make sure you have SOME husks there to filter the rest.
Thanks - that makes sense. I BIAB so I'm not really worried about a filter bed so I'll tighten it up a bit more and post a pic later.
Ok - here it is tightened up slightly - what do you think:
Thanks
Ok - here it is tightened up slightly - what do you think:
Thanks
So Anguslow's pic finally got me off my a$$ to set up my grain mill with a nice bucket-and-cover. Believe it or not I've used it for several years by just clamping it on the counter and grinding into a bowl. But no longer--I built it on Saturday and tried it out on Sunday, it worked great. Pics to follow when I get home tonight.
Ok - here it is tightened up slightly - what do you think:
Thanks
wilserbrewer said:Can I borrow the unicycle? The corona mill...meh...already got one, but nice work. Maybe we need a 2nd category for 12V ugly junk
wilserbrewer said:Sorry if I am nitpicking, but that looks like it may be pressure treated wood, some would say that PT wood is not food grade, contains arsenic I believe?
My apologies if I am incorrect...nice workmanship and happy milling.
BoxBrewer said:Ah dang I didn't even think of that... Shucks. Might have to redo it... Or maybe I'll wrap it in plastic or something. Thanks.
Sorry if I am nitpicking, but that looks like it may be pressure treated wood, some would say that PT wood is not food grade, contains arsenic I believe?
My apologies if I am incorrect...nice workmanship and happy milling.
Pt lumber no longer contains arsenic. That was changed a few years ago.
So here's my corona mill box thing. I consider it ugly since everything I used was scrap around the shop and its got like 4 different kinds of wood in it. Even the screws were used
It started out as an ugly stand I threw together in an hour to hook the mill to (hence the ugly screw holes), but that was throwing grain everywhere. So I finally put the two boxes on it to stop the flying grain and to catch it, and poly'd it up. I made it so it can be disassembled by removing 4 screws (apartment brewer).
The plastic on top slides forward so I can clean or adjust the crush. It was scrap we had left from a sun room project.
I haven't used this particular set up yet, but I can't imagine it won't work. I have a cut jug to use as a hopper, thinking I could do ~5lbs at once.
Oh and the drill i use was free too!
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So here's my corona mill box thing. I consider it ugly since everything I used was scrap around the shop and its got like 4 different kinds of wood in it. Even the screws were used
It started out as an ugly stand I threw together in an hour to hook the mill to (hence the ugly screw holes), but that was throwing grain everywhere. So I finally put the two boxes on it to stop the flying grain and to catch it, and poly'd it up. I made it so it can be disassembled by removing 4 screws (apartment brewer).
The plastic on top slides forward so I can clean or adjust the crush. It was scrap we had left from a sun room project.
I haven't used this particular set up yet, but I can't imagine it won't work. I have a cut jug to use as a hopper, thinking I could do ~5lbs at once.
Oh and the drill i use was free too!
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QFT, looked up that it is now treated with mostly copper... Probably will end up replacing it though...
scsjohn said:Need a little basic help with my ugly mill. I went to the hard wear store and got a screw to put where the handle was. Sawed off the end and attached my drill. But the screw/end of the moll is not straight. So the drill wobbles when I use it.
Any suggestions?
Fordzilla said:Where did you guys buy your Corona mills? I can't find one for less than about $40 on Amazon. I was hoping to spend about $25 at most on one of these.
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