Well, it finally happened. After 3 years of use my Barley Crusher has started acting up. I've been reading about this problem for the last few years, but my mill has always worked flawlessly.
During the last 3 brewing sessions the slave roller on my mill started binding up during the crush. The only fix is to dump the hopper and repour the grain. Sometimes reversing the drill will do the trick, but lately that hasn't been working.
I thought it might be grain stuck somewhere, so I dismantled it, cleaned it, and reassembled it. It's still binding.
This just happened during a 3-batch RIS brewing session, so a broken grain mill was a real problem. We had over 100 lbs of grain to process. We got through it, but it took several hours.
Send it in for repairs? New mill? Any advice?
During the last 3 brewing sessions the slave roller on my mill started binding up during the crush. The only fix is to dump the hopper and repour the grain. Sometimes reversing the drill will do the trick, but lately that hasn't been working.
I thought it might be grain stuck somewhere, so I dismantled it, cleaned it, and reassembled it. It's still binding.
This just happened during a 3-batch RIS brewing session, so a broken grain mill was a real problem. We had over 100 lbs of grain to process. We got through it, but it took several hours.
Send it in for repairs? New mill? Any advice?