Motorize grain mill will a drill?

[Monster Mash]

I see everyone that motorizes their grain mills go out and source a motor and pulleys and belts. Has anyone just taken a cheap Harbor freight drill, yanked the business end out of it and just used that directly? Seems kind of obvious since a lot of people use their drill to drive their mills, but haven't actually seen anyone do this.

I friend of mine is doing this. He has a drill that quit working due to a faulty switch so he ripped it apart and put a new rocker switch in line. The motor will be mounted without the plastic drill housing.

 

[dbrewski]

Here is mine. Nothing fancy, just used an existing small wire shelf. The grain bucket is enclosed in black foam core just to keep dust down.

 

[Hopper77]

I permanently mounted a Harbor Freight low speed high torque 1/2" drill to my grain mill.
I has plenty or torque at 1/4 -1/2 of the drills speed.
I used a coupler between the drill and the mill to account for any alignment issues and made a cradle to support the drill and used the existing side handle hole to mount to from the bottom.

Dan M.

I like this idea. I never thought of enclosing it and drilling a hole in the top for a funnel. I may modify mine this weekend

 

[m00se]

I'm looking for a motor to power a Monster Mill I purchased, but not sure which one to buy. Any recommendations on where to pick one up?

 

[dan6310]

M00se,
Look at post #23. I have a link to the Harbor Freight drill that I used.
Dan M.