DIY grain hopper for crankandstein

[Kmcogar]

I'm getting my crankandstein 2s barebones grain mill in the mail tomorrow. I'm brewing on Sunday and I need to get it ready.

Anyone else use this?

Can I see a picture of your hopper for ideas?!

 

[Chrisl77]

I motorized mine.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-new-grain-mill-cabinet-297090/

 

[Kmcogar]

Also, I just found this on Craigslist.

http://annapolis.craigslist.org/tls/3003048324.html

Will this work for my mill?

 

[Kmcogar]

I motorized mine.
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/my-new-grain-mill-cabinet-297090/

Looks like what I am exactly trying to do. I'm looking on Craigslist for a free microwave cart or something

 

[Chrisl77]

Could but you would need a shiev and a pulley to reduce the rpms. That motor probably is around 1700 rpms you would want to get it down to around 200.

 

[ThreeDogsNE]

I'd suggest pricing the pulleys before you buy the motor. That's more than enough horsepower. I have a 12" pulley on my mill, and 2" on the motor. I now have a 1/2 hp motor, as the prior 1/4 hp motor could choke on wheat malt. The motor is 1725 rpm, and with the pulleys I get 250 rpm at the mill. I get a bit more dust than I'd like, and a slower speed might reduce that. A 1.75" pulley would get me 220 rpm. The small pulley was $8 locally. The 12" pulley is about $35. The belt was $8 locally.

An alternative: http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?item=5-1585&catname=electric has way more power than ever needed. Lovejoy couplers would add about $20. It's some more money, but a simpler, tidy powerful package. I'm tempted, but I already have one setup that's paid for, and can't use two.

 

[Jbear]

That is the mill I use, I will try to get a picture before I go to work in the morning. Its a very basic flat base and hopper that I made from bits of wood I had left over from other projects. I just set it on a bucket when milling, but plan to build a cabinet at some point.

 

[ameliabrewery]

I used this for my hopper. I am on vacation so do not have a pic of my mill. I can post it Monday. Can get them at home depot.

 

[Kmcogar]

I used this for my hopper. I am on vacation so do not have a pic of my mill. I can post it Monday. Can get them at home depot.

<img src="https://www.homebrewtalk.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=60699"/>

I actually have one of those laying around. Hmmmmm....interesting

 

[microbusbrewery]

I used this for my hopper. I am on vacation so do not have a pic of my mill. I can post it Monday. Can get them at home depot.

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Ditto, I use one of these on my C&S 2D and it works great. I made a mount out of plywood and attached it to the top of my mill and the water bottle just slides in. Here's a link to my blog with a few pics of how I did mine, http://www.microbusbrewery.org/2012/01/grain-mill-build-part-1.html