Yeah, I had problems with the gap adjustment screws slipping on my mill too until I tightened the thumbscrews with pliers.
I find that a proper crush will produce a moderate amount of flour and all kernels are broken. There is not enough flour in the crush above.
Yeah, I had problems with the gap adjustment screws slipping on my mill too until I tightened the thumbscrews with pliers.
I had this problem too, I use a 4" crescent wrench to tighten the thumb screws enough, you don't need to crank them down, just tighten a bit more than you can do with your fingers.
Check your gap before and after you crush, Ill bet the gap is slipping, there is no way that is a .35 gap crush.
I have a MM-2.2 , do not condition my grain, and have my gap set at .38 thousand gap and I get quite a bit of flour.
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I'm finding that 0.035" is a good gap for my MM2-2. I also condition the grain before crushing.
Be careful removing the thumbscrews and replacing with bolts - I had a problem where the ends of the thumbscrews had deformed against the adjustment knobs, so that when I removed them they trashed the threads on the way out. If I were buying a MM today, I wouldn't even use the thumb screws. Go out and get the hex bolts so that you can start with a good screw that never has to be fully removed once you start using it, since I think the ends of the screws are always going to get deformed against the hardened knob
I noticed that one of the thumbscrews backed out very difficultly today. Sounds like I might have the same problem. How did you deal with it?
Thanks.
m00se said:I set my MM2 2.0 to .035 and couldn't seem to get any of the grains to fall through. The roller just spun while the grain sat there. Is there any tricks to get the gap down that low .035 and have the grain crush? Conditioning?
Any chance your drill is on reverse (if you are using one)?
m00se said:haha, I wish that was the case.
When adjusting the gap with a feeler gauge, do you tighten it down as far as you can go and still be able to pull the feeler gauge out?
I used to get efficiencies in the mid 80s with my LHBS mill and haven't been able to dial mine in yet. I've been getting 50-55% with my new mill. I had what I thought was a great crush this weekend, but ended up with 56% efficiency. At one point I thought my crush was too fine.
Shake your mill to reposition the grains slightly. If the grains are way too fat you may have to use a slightly larger gap. I suspect that once you get them started/going though you'll be fine. I've rapped against the board mine is mounted to pretty solidly to get mine started occasionally as well.haha, I wish that was the case.
When adjusting the gap with a feeler gauge, do you tighten it down as far as you can go and still be able to pull the feeler gauge out?
I used to get efficiencies in the mid 80s with my LHBS mill and haven't been able to dial mine in yet. I've been getting 50-55% with my new mill. I had what I thought was a great crush this weekend, but ended up with 56% efficiency. At one point I thought my crush was too fine.
When i set mine I also make sure the gauge can go back in without too much effort.
This ^
Cheers
I set my MM2 2.0 to .035 and couldn't seem to get any of the grains to fall through. The roller just spun while the grain sat there. Is there any tricks to get the gap down that low .035 and have the grain crush? Conditioning?
I have not begun milling my own grain but plan to soon...what do you mean by conditioning? I assume you lightly spray the grain to get it to swell, presumably to aid in removing the husk, or keeping it in tact.
Buy decent screws or bolts to install from the get go...I snapped the thumb screw on mine this weekend tightening it down. Luckily I had adjusted the settings, made it through the crush, and was able to extract the screw without resorting to drastic measures!
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