Owly055
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I've read all the diatribes against the BC mill, and between me and my neighbor we have put 110 brews through mine. Tonight I took it apart the second time during that period because the non driven roller started slipping. It's been close to zero here, which doesn't help.
Frankly I laugh when I read all the BC hate on the BC thread here..... Is taking it apart to clean and lubricate it every 35 brews "unacceptable maintenance"? On the whole it's served me extremely well and reliably. If the roller starts slipping during a crush..... which of course is when it happens, I simply flick the roller from underneath with my finger (I'm hand cranking" and have it on a stand, not on a bucket with the particle board base.) The problem is grain dust accumulating on the ends of the rollers, and I clean and the ends, and lubricate the bearings with a bit of veggie oil..... and it's good for another 35 brews. The whole process takes about 15 minutes.
Rollers and bearings look like brand new........ Once the grain dust is washed out.
The real key is leaving the mounting bolts just slightly loose....... It allows the end plates and rollers to self align instead of binding due to my base that is not a perfect machine ground surface.
My 2010 Subaru needed a quart of oil today too.... A quart after slightly more than 5000 miles, on a car with only 135,000 miles.. I'll run another few thousand on the 0W30 Mobile 1 oil before I change it........ Should I write Subaru a nasty letter and spew hate all over the net??
H.W.
Frankly I laugh when I read all the BC hate on the BC thread here..... Is taking it apart to clean and lubricate it every 35 brews "unacceptable maintenance"? On the whole it's served me extremely well and reliably. If the roller starts slipping during a crush..... which of course is when it happens, I simply flick the roller from underneath with my finger (I'm hand cranking" and have it on a stand, not on a bucket with the particle board base.) The problem is grain dust accumulating on the ends of the rollers, and I clean and the ends, and lubricate the bearings with a bit of veggie oil..... and it's good for another 35 brews. The whole process takes about 15 minutes.
Rollers and bearings look like brand new........ Once the grain dust is washed out.
The real key is leaving the mounting bolts just slightly loose....... It allows the end plates and rollers to self align instead of binding due to my base that is not a perfect machine ground surface.
My 2010 Subaru needed a quart of oil today too.... A quart after slightly more than 5000 miles, on a car with only 135,000 miles.. I'll run another few thousand on the 0W30 Mobile 1 oil before I change it........ Should I write Subaru a nasty letter and spew hate all over the net??
H.W.