Anyone stall a 1HP motor??

[ebstauffer]

Continuing in my mill build... I am planning on a simple on/off switch for my mill. All the "cool" builds have a nice forward / reverse drum switch. I thought I'd save the $42. Has anyone with a 1HP motor ever actually had to reverse their mill? I can't see it stalling on anything short of steel ball bearings. Where on the spectrum between uber-critical and brewing-bling does the reversing switch fall?

 

[Hex23]

I occasionally stall with a 3/4 horse motor on wheat, but its not the motor stalling. Its the belt slipping on the shieve. I'd advise designing so you can adjust tension easily. There's a balance between too tight and too loose.

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[Hex23]

I personally wouldn't bother with the reverse. If you have a properly tightened belt and always start it before you put grain in, its not going to be likely to bind up. And if it does, no big deal to manually back it off.

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[calebstringer]

Continuing in my mill build... I am planning on a simple on/off switch for my mill. All the "cool" builds have a nice forward / reverse drum switch. I thought I'd save the $42. Has anyone with a 1HP motor ever actually had to reverse their mill? I can't see it stalling on anything short of steel ball bearings. Where on the spectrum between uber-critical and brewing-bling does the reversing switch fall?

I went with it, not because of a stall, but I have had a jam before where the drive roller still turns, but no grain is pulled down. How? I'm not exactly sure, but reversing fixes the issue. The motor has plenty of torque to munch threw grain w/o stalling

 

[ebstauffer]

I went with it, not because of a stall, but I have had a jam before where the drive roller still turns

Hmmm. Good point. I supposed after adding up all the expenses for this project another $42 wont break the bank. McMaster Carr here I come...

 

[calebstringer]

Hmmm. Good point. I supposed after adding up all the expenses for this project another $42 wont break the bank. McMaster Carr here I come...

lol, they will appreciate your business.