Need help deciding on which grain mill to buy

[govner1]

I’ve been using a Mm-3 with the All American Aleworks power grinder for 6-7 years and it has worked very well.
I was recently gifted a custom motorized mill with a combination belt and gear drive with 3.5” diameter by 6” solid SS fluted rollers.
So I’d go with a motorized MM-3 if I was to start over.

 

[rallenhall]

I run an MM-3 with a 5/8" low gear corded "mud drill" that was on close-out at Menards. Ample power at low rpms.

 

[Saunassa]

Ordered up a 1/2" low rpm drill from home Depot. Used the house account vs my brew money because I will use it to build a new deck platform

 

[micraftbeer]

I had the cereal killer for several years and was generally happy with it. When I did some experiments to hone in on efficiency, I ended up with gap settings that had me constantly on the edge of a stuck sparge or notably lower efficiency than planned.

So I went to an MM3 3 roller. I am very pleased with the switch, would not go back to a 2 roller again. And like a previous poster said, designed and built in the US (Georgia) is nice. I use a corded drill, cordless don't have the oomph to get it done with the 3 roller. I would like a motorized attachment so I don't have to continually attach and remove my drill, but I don't want to dedicate the space to that as a permanent set up.

Here's the link to my review of the Monster Mill:

https://www.homebrewfinds.com/2020/04/hands-on-review-monster-mill-mm-3-grain-mill.html

 

[Saunassa]

micraftbeer it was fun to look at the photo of the drill you are using. I believe i ordered up that same model yesterday with the keyless chuck.

 

[micraftbeer]

Yeah, I bought that drill for something else, so just had it around. But there are features on there that I suppose are great benefits: 1) Keyless chuck would be an absolute must. Using a key every time to torque and untorque would really suck, 2) It has that little second hand grip that you twist to lock/unlock and rotate to 90 degrees offset. Due to the torque the 3-roller mill takes, I suppose I could've developed some repetitive wrist strain trying to resist that torque.