Harbor freight drill motorized grain mill

[autonomist3k]

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I put another piece of plywood under the mill since the drill sits higher and shimmed the drill with some fender washers to make up the height difference.
There's a slight wobble but I'm sure it'll be stabilized once I build and attach the frame to the bottom, if not it'll easily be reshimmed.
I'll post a pic once it's complete.

 

[Jwin]

What's going on with the back side of the drill?

 

[autonomist3k]

Just another bracket I put on there for stability, I'm not sure if it makes a difference but I had something laying around that fit.

 

[autonomist3k]

I realized after posting this that the plywood is slightly curved, so once I have the frame built I'll probably have to readjust the shimms, but that shouldn't be a problem.

 

[IslandLizard]

That looks great!

I built something similar for my Monster Mill. Keeping the drill nicely aligned with the mill's shaft will prevent accidentally bending it.

You actually also do want to shore up the sides of the drill, so it's locked in and doesn't flop sideways from the reaction force once you mill grain. I bent my drive shaft because of the drill flopping. The force that drill exerts is scary if not masterly contained.

 

[autonomist3k]

Here it is with the stand, I might put sides on it eventually and maybe some wheels, but it's operational at the least.
There's no wobble at all do I don't think I'll have any problem with wearing out the shimms in the mill. The most important part is to use good precision measurements to line up the drill.
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[autonomist3k]

That looks great!

I built something similar for my Monster Mill. Keeping the drill nicely aligned with the mill's shaft will prevent accidentally bending it.

You actually also do want to shore up the sides of the drill, so it's locked in and doesn't flop sideways from the reaction force once you mill grain. I bent my drive shaft because of the drill flopping. The force that drill exerts is scary if not masterly contained.

Good idea, this thing is mounted on there solid, but it wouldn't be much work to attach some brackets to the sides since it's already threaded.