Recent content by mullet

Canada, please!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the common motor is actually http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=5-1098, isn't it? It's slightly faster, and has slightly more torque.

I have to agree with Revvy. I had a 30 quart turkey fryer with safety bars sort of along those lines to help hold the pot in place. I found the pot a little small for full 5 gallon boils, so I recently upgraded to a 68 quart pot, but I had to buy a new burner/stand in order to be able to use...

The capacitor in the picture was shipped with the motor. Didn't have to buy anything separate, just ordered the motor and it came with the capacitor. The cabinet, I have no idea. I bought it used from a classifieds ad. It isn't really top notch quality, so my guess would be Walmart or...

Electrical done, tested, and working! Motor turns as expected, lights come on appropriately, no magic smoke released! I used a connector for hooking up the tail lights of a trailer to connect the switch and lights on the top to the motor and capacitor on the bottom, so that I'd be able to...

Now with the electronics mounted, but not connected yet. To cut the 22mm holes for the pilot lights and e-stop switch, I picked up the world's cheapest hole saw. But the top of the cart is covered in metal and all I succeeded in doing was ruining the world's cheapest hole saw. I ended up...

Nah, the MM2 has identical mounting holes top and bottom for the hopper/base. I got the mill/hopper mounted this morning. Does anyone have any good ideas on what to use under the mill to direct the grain into a bucket? Right now I just have the square hole I cut under the mill and...

I wish I'd thought of this. I ordered my motor from them and it showed up 6 days later. I bought the couplers locally and I'm waiting 10-14 more days for them to come in now. :(

I agree, the panic button is almost definitely overkill, but I like the way they look, so I went for it anyway. As for the lights, they are definitely not necessary, but again, think they'll look cool. My plan for switching the drive direction of the 2-roller mill is very straight forward...

I'll try the motor without the fan after work this evening, but on to the electrical in the meantime. Here is the schematic for what I am planning to do. Please excuse the sloppiness, it was drawn on a laptop touch pad in Paint because I don't have any good schematic programs on this computer...

I thought about something like that. Problem is I need to gain 3/4" to make it fit with the fan on and I think if I raised the top by that far you'd be able to see the gap over the drawer faces. I guess I could get a piece of white melamine or something and make new faces, but that seems like...

What most people on here seem to use is called a jaw coupling or possibly a spider coupling. You can get them from McMaster if you are in the US, or Fastenal if you are in Canada. Here are the part numbers: 3/8" Hub (For Mill) - Fastenal: 0439466 - McMaster: 6408K123 1/2" Hub (For Motor) -...

After hand-cranking all of my grain for over a year, I've finally decided to take the plunge and motorize my grain mill. First off, I needed a stand. I've been down the road of building things before, and it never turns out as cheap as I'd like, so I started poking around classifieds ads to...

Do you varnish a wooden mash paddle? Wouldn't that help to keep all the critters from getting into the wood? Or is there too much chance of chemicals from the varnish ending up in the beer?

I'm really not sure of the brand name or even the name for the stuff I have in there, it's been so long. But it did come from a Home Depot, so you should be able to find it.