Motorized Grain Mills: Time to show them off!

[Oldskewl]

Well, there was this article a while back on HBT.

Cheap DIY Option for a Motorized Grain Mill

Looks like that link is dead.

 

[gromitdj]

Looks like that link is dead.

That is strange... It worked when I posted it, only 3 days ago.

If you do a google search for Cheap DIY Option of a Motorized Grain Mill, that article comes up in the results and you can access it. But I'll try it again.

Cheap DIY Option of a Motorized Grain Mill

 

[rudylyon57]

Looks like that link is dead.

I was able to retrieve it via google search using article name.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/cheap-diy-option-for-a-motorized-grain-mill.html

 

[golfindia]

Well, there was this article a while back on HBT.

Cheap DIY Option for a Motorized Grain Mill

I have been using one of these motors on my Cereal Killer for quite a while. Works great. Torque is way more than needed for crushing grain. It looks like they are using a different type of motor for kids cars now though.

 

[AnthonyTD]

My new mashmaster mill required too much torque and the 3D printed herringbone gears I showed above were not up to the task (even though they worked on my cheap Chinese mill).
So this weekend I got a gate motor from a mate and turned an oldham coupler and mounted on it all. The worm gear in this motor cranks out torque as well as giving a nice slow speed. All driven by 12v so it's mobile too.

 

[6Tap]

She worked like a charm today.

 

[XPLSV]

Monster Mill MM-2 Pro with heat treated rollers

1 hp motor?

 

[Stealthcruiser]

1 hp motor?

(In case a rock get's in there.....)

 

[bracconiere]

all these beautiful high class mills, i just have to post my cheap ****...

 

[rudylyon57]

Perfect-I'm going to try it.

This little power wheel motor got it done. It's cheap injection molded parts made getting it to run true impossible but it worked fine-especially for $16! Mounting the motor hub to 3/8 mill shaft was tricky but doable.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076Q3XTWB/?tag=skimlinks_replacement-20

Here's link to a video of it in operation: https://photos.app.goo.gl/ciAFfUJExZfz5i9C9

 

[calgary222]

Run of the mill crusher... Just wanted a skinny wheeled structure to save on storage that can comfortably get through 45lb+ grain bills.

 

[Ghostnuke]

 

[ITV]

My grain mill setup sitting on a Craigslist buffet cart with room for my digital scale.

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My Beer Buffet made this years Zymurgy homebrew gadgets article.

 

[NCBeerMedic]

My humble little mill setup. Works really well for me, it’s portable and the dust is kept down.

 

[augiedoggy]

I tried reversing the supply wires to no avail, and asked williams support. Was told it cant be reversed, that it is hard wired for their mill. Perhaps it is the wires between the switch and the motor that need to be reversed?

At any rate, the bottom mount provided a more elegant solution so it was a good problem even if only due to my cluelessness.

yes you could wire a drum switch to it to give it both forward and reverse.

 

[NickDoubleyew]

I just recently put together my grain mill table and thought I’d share here. I wanted to go with something pretty economical, safe with no large moving sheaves or belts, and something that is aesthetically pleasing.
I started with a Mighty Mill three roller geared mill that I picked up on sale for $140, powered it with a HF high torque low speed 1/2” drill on clearance for $32, a metal breadbox from Amazon for $29 to hide the drill, a metal shelving unit for $50, a leftover IKEA tabletop, added a router table start/stop switch from Amazon for $32, and will be installing an Amazon $18 digital tachometer to monitor the RPMs.
All in all I’m pretty happy with how it turned out and the whole setup was less expensive than some of the purpose built mill motors I’ve seen, which I’m sure work wonderfully, but ultimately still look like an ugly motor sitting on a table.
I kept the drill mostly intact and only had to cut off the bottom couple of inches of the handle to fit it inside the enclosure. I drilled/punched some holes in the breadbox for where it attaches to the mill shaft, the table, and for the power cord. I mounted the mill and the enclosure to the table using some marine grade weather stripping to cut down on vibration/noise. The drill speed is controlled by placing a hose clamp around the trigger assembly and fine tuning by tightening/loosening the clamp. I will be able to further fine tune this once I install the digital tachometer. This was all pretty basic and required little skill.

 

[chessking]

Very neat and well contained, It's visually pleasing as well. Nice build.

 

[NickDoubleyew]

Very neat and well contained, It's visually pleasing as well. Nice build.

Thanks much!

 

[NickDoubleyew]

Today I added in a start stop switch and the digital tachometer to monitor my milling speed. About 225 RPMs is the slowest I can get it to go with my current configuration.