Motorized Grain Mills: Time to show them off!

[BryngelBrau]

MM3 with 1/3 HP motor, picked up a boston gear right angle reduction gear 10:1 ratio on ebay. The table is from IKEA, saw someone else use it in this thread and its really the perfect size. Wired an outlet for the scale underneath.

 

[RonRock]

Nice job.

 

[BryngelBrau]

Nice job.

Thanks

 

[BobG]

I finally got a mill!

My Monster 2.0 with the 1/2 shaft option.
The mill, belt and screws were the only new parts. The rest was scrounged.
I mounted the mill up a bit so the pulley would be above the base. No issues setting it on a bucket or my mash tun. Scrap plexi for the base, used motor and pulleys, and I made the hopper out of scrap heating duct material. It aint pretty but it works great.

 

[Monster Mash]

I built this about 8 years ago, I needed something that would hold 70+lbs of malt....

 

[PuckeredPenguin]

Here's mine:

After some help from DayTripper and inspiration from ClarnoBrewer I just got finished motorizing my AWESOME Rebel Brewer Mill. This thing is built like a tank and now thats it's powered it has no problem crushing grain!

Thanks to all who have provided me with inspiration and guidance!!

 

[vonZwicky]

Here's mine:

After some help from DayTripper and inspiration from ClarnoBrewer I just got finished motorizing my AWESOME Rebel Brewer Mill. This thing is built like a tank and now thats it's powered it has no problem crushing grain!

Thanks to all who have provided me with inspiration and guidance!!

That is very nice! Is that a repurposed drill press? Sorry if I missed seeing one similar to this earlier in this thread, or elsewhere.

 

[vonZwicky]

Just designed the first safety feature of my mill build:

 

[PuckeredPenguin]

Not a drill press just a re-purposed 90 Degree 2 speed Harbor Freight drill!! Best money can buy. Made a bitch outta 27 lbs of grain yesterday, no biggie just a IIPA;-)

Nick

 

[fl93]

Not a drill press just a re-purposed 90 Degree 2 speed Harbor Freight drill!! Best money can buy. Made a bitch outta 27 lbs of grain yesterday, no biggie just a IIPA;-)

Nick

What model is that and also how many rpm's does it run at?

 

[PuckeredPenguin]

Here is the link http://www.harborfreight.com/compact-2-speed-1-2-half-inch-right-angle-drill-97622.html

It's two speed 340/1375 I run it at 340 with no problems.

 

[VanHorneDog]

so that drill you can just set to a speed? the trigger isnt pressure sensitive?

 

[Xtant]

PTO

By far the manliest mill I have seen...

 

[PuckeredPenguin]

If you look at the pictures you will see that I have removed the old switch and replaced it with custom controls. So there is one speed, on and off

Nick

 

[fpweeks]

subscribed

 

[SmokingDog]

Motorized grain mill complete.

Dayton 1/2h 1750rpm farm duty motor (a little overkill I know but the price was right).

2" pulley motor side, 7" mill side should turn about 500rpm. But damn, belts are expensive!

Coffin Keezer and my elec kettle in the works. Found some metal (greenlee) punches over the weekend for cheap to put perfect holes in the keg. Even if I dont get it automated, would still like to be able to use it elec (no propane!)

 

[Bsquared]

I just finished this guy and have not had a chance to run some grain through it.

 

[_swede_]

I built this a while ago. Everything from scratch, including the rollers.

3" x 7" rollers, 1/2 HP furnace motor.

I had to reduce the feed slot because the motor didn't have enough power, hence the red plastic baffles in the video in the link.

Mill in action

 

[jetmac]

If you look at the pictures you will see that I have removed the old switch and replaced it with custom controls. So there is one speed, on and off

Nick

Can you provide more information on the switch, it would be much appreciated?

I really like how clean it looks.

 

[vonZwicky]

I finally reached a level of completion with this build that I feel ok showing it here:

The build thread is here:

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/vonzwickys-mill-build-320061/

And the video that sums it up is here:

 

[kevmo]

Been meaning to post this for a while. I used left over pieces (here's my system) of a top tier stand to build a mill station. It's a 1/2" monster mill with a 1/2 hp motor and a gear reducer (that I happen to pick up new for a song on ebay).

 

[smittygouv30]

Mounted a HF drill to a stand and wired it to a switch controlled electrical outlet. Flip the switch and dump the grain. Cheap, easy, and works great!

 

[lpdb185]

Here's mine:

After some help from DayTripper and inspiration from ClarnoBrewer I just got finished motorizing my AWESOME Rebel Brewer Mill. This thing is built like a tank and now thats it's powered it has no problem crushing grain!

Thanks to all who have provided me with inspiration and guidance!!

could you post some pics/info on how you wired that. i also have the rebel mill and just scored that exact same drill on ebay for $33. i'd like to see how you wired it in that box.

 

[newtonjason]

I ended up going with a crankenstein Mill, but wanted to motorize this permanently. Since my Apartment is relatively small I needed it to store really compact. So this mill I made stores upsidedown inside of a 5 gallon bucket; is powered by a AC gearmotor and can hold 8 lbs of grain in the hopper

I've some more photos on the webpage here along with other projects and documentation of my semi-automated setup
http://www.brewbot.ca

Note: Since taking these photos; I swapped to a chain drive to power the mill as my belt drive kept slipping (diameters were just too small for the torque required)

 

[jeepinjeepin]

[ame]http://youtu.be/WZzIJSJiJ6U[/ame] That will have to do. I don't have any pictures on my phone right now.

 

[BraxtonBrewery]

Just got it done. A few changes to be made but Man does mine look a whole lot like smitty's

 

[jammin]

My milling station

Motorized MM3 2.0

 

[ong]

I don't want to intimidate anyone with my overly technical setup, but here goes.

 

[Hoppylikerabbits]

It's not 100% complete. I just have a few minor "eye pleasers" to do. I want to frame it all in and build a cover for the pulleys. It's a central air AC blower motor and I put in a belt tensioner. It works amazing!!

 

[perogi]

Just got it done. A few changes to be made but Man does mine look a whole lot like smitty's

Nice set up BB!

I think I have the same drill. My only issue is that it doesn't like up perfectly the way that you have it set up - the drill is slightly lower than the mill.

What model drill do you have and how did you fix that issue?

Also, if you have the Chicago Electric Power Drill Item#: 93632 - do you run it at the max (500 rpm)?

Thank you!
perogi.