Mills

[homebrewdude76]

Everybody's different. There is, imo, a point to having a dedicated mill station. If you brew often and/or doing 10G batches or bigger, I think adding a dedicated motor to a grain mill is definitely worth considering.

I'm more in the same boat as you. The most I brew is 5 gallon batches and I haven't gotten to brew as often as I'd like either, so a basic cordless drill and bucket (which I'm currently using) is my best option for a milling station.

I have been brewing for 15 years, now I am just now motorizing a mill. And no regrets for the small amount of money it costs.

 

[hottpeper13]

I helped my friend put this motor on a 2 roller mill and it wont mill rye and he has to slowly pour in the grains or it jams. I would not recommend this motor.

 

[mongoose33]

I helped my friend put this motor on a 2 roller mill and it wont mill rye and he has to slowly pour in the grains or it jams. I would not recommend this motor.

What motor?

 

[LarMoeCur]

The drill has a speed control on the trigger, I can slow it to a crawl if I want.

Think this drill was $45. Bought it to slow bore some holes in trees.

Interesting. So, that lever on the trigger controls the speed?

 

[homebrewdude76]

Interesting. So, that lever on the trigger controls the speed?

Lever controls direction.
Dial on the trigger controls speed.

The drill is a low RPM anyway, the reason I bought it for my tree house project.

 

[Dog House Brew]

Works great and holds enough to do large grain bills.

 

[beernutz]

Another drill-based station for a JSP Maltmill. I use a router speed controller to adjust the drill rpms as the drill is single speed. I have an insert I created from a small garbage can which fits in the wood bin and holds 20 lbs of grain. The drill, controller, and mill are all attached to the lid with zip ties so I can turn the lid upside down and store it all pretty compactly.

 

[chris000]

Another drill-based station for a JSP Maltmill. I use a router speed controller to adjust the drill rpms as the drill is single speed. I have an insert I created from a small garbage can which fits in the wood bin and holds 20 lbs of grain. The drill, controller, and mill are all attached to the lid with zip ties so I can turn the lid upside down and store it all pretty compactly.

great idea with the bin lid!

 

[beernutz]

great idea with the bin lid!

Thank you. There's a piece of plywood cut out in the shape of the lid on the other side to add stability. I didn't think the lid by itself would support the mill, drill, and speed controller. I have used it about 50 times over the last 3 years and its held up well.

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

Another drill-based station for a JSP Maltmill. I use a router speed controller to adjust the drill rpms as the drill is single speed. I have an insert I created from a small garbage can which fits in the wood bin and holds 20 lbs of grain. The drill, controller, and mill are all attached to the lid with zip ties so I can turn the lid upside down and store it all pretty compactly.

This is really cool. I may build something modeled off of this concept. I would like a "milling station" but don't really have room for a dedicated cabinet solution. This looks like quick setup and tear down, easy storage, yet still giving the effect of a powered milling station cabinet. Cool idea.

 

[beernutz]

This is really cool. I may build something modeled off of this concept. I would like a "milling station" but don't really have room for a dedicated cabinet solution. This looks like quick setup and tear down, easy storage, yet still giving the effect of a powered milling station cabinet. Cool idea.

Thanks. I keep mine on top of a refrigerator in our garage so it really takes up zero room. It takes a minute to pull it off and set it up and about the same to put it back into storage. I don't have room unfortunately for a dedicated permanent milling area and this solution has worked great as an alternative.