Crankandstein 3GT

YeastFeast · May 6, 2023

rgrrbt said:
Still like mine and can highly recommend it. I haven’t had any issues with it. Time will tell how long the knurls on the rollers will last, but the geared rollers should alleviate any knurl wearing issues

GoeHaarden said:
I still love mine. No regrets here. Finally broke down and got an Ale Works motor for it last year and the whole setup is great.

Good to hear. Placed my order! Looking forward to taking over that part of the brewing.

dmaxweb · Feb 21, 2024

Tom R said:
Not a 3GT, but I made sides and a hopper for my 3D.

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The hopper is 3/8" hardwood plywood and 1/8" acrylic. It holds about 6-1/2# of grain, so I have to stop and refill. I usually use an aux handle (not shown) to avoid tweaking my wrist when milling, it takes some serious torque to run this mill when the gap is set tight.

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The sides are more 1/8" acrylic. If the sides extended into the cutout, that dust wouldn't be there. But that was all that escapes after a typical 5 gal grain bill, so I'll probably leave it as is.

The circular base has a rabbet on both sides, one to center onto my MLT, and the other to center on a bucket for inverted storage.

How is the hopper attached to the board on top of the mill?

Tom R · Feb 21, 2024

dmaxweb said:
How is the hopper attached to the board on top of the mill?

Hopper is glued and screwed to the triangular pieces, and triangular pieces are glued and screwed to the hopper's base.

There's a lot of bonding surface, so the screws could probably be omitted if well glued.

dmaxweb · Feb 21, 2024

Tom R said:
Hopper is glued and screwed to the triangular pieces, and triangular pieces are glued and screwed to the hopper's base.

There's a lot of bonding surface, so the screws could probably be omitted if well glued.

Thank you.
Would it be possible to get sketch of the hopper with the dimensions?