Crusher gap?

I'm just about ready to try out my homebuilt crusher, and I wondered what would be a good gap to start with? Does anyone know approx. what they have for theirs?

The Barley Crusher comes shipped with a .039" gap. Start there?

Details of homebuilt crusher?

Geez, my plans are on my computer at home, or possibly on my memory stick that I accidentally formated while duplicating a computer for a client. (I'm stupid.)

But basically it's an aluminum frame, 4 sides. Has 2, 2" rollers that I knurled on the lathe, but not as deep as I would have liked. The rollers ride on copper bushings, and the pair on one roller are set into a round piece that is drilled slightly off center. Rotating that round piece allows for some adjustment back and forth due to the eccentric action. A set screw fixes the eccentric in place.

The rollers have 3/4" pins inserted in each end to ride on the bushings and one is longer and has a bolt head on it so I can use a crank or drill to drive it. I'll post pics if I can find them, but it's nothing fancy, just what my brain came up with. I'd like to see a more professional crusher some time and see if I can make another one that is easier to build or easier to adjust and use.

I'm just the computer guy using some equipment at work in my spare time.

McKBrew said:

The Barley Crusher comes shipped with a .039" gap. Start there?

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Thanks! I'll see how that looks as soon as I get some grain. I REALLY need a LHBS nearby (or I really DON'T need an LHBS nearby!!)