Vote for your Grain mill Gap setting

[beerme70]

2 roller mill, 0.035 gap ,powered by cordless drill driver on low speed. i run it twice . no stuck sparges yet.
if it aint broke , dont fix it.

What do you do, then, if you have a drill that has only 2 speeds.....off and on? (I have an old corded Black and Decker)

 

[bracconiere]

What do you do, then, if you have a drill that has only 2 speeds.....off and on? (I have an old corded Black and Decker)

cheap fan speed controller? i got one for $20 that controls the temp of my 1,500w hotplate fine....

 

[Soulshine2]

What do you do, then, if you have a drill that has only 2 speeds.....off and on? (I have an old corded Black and Decker)

no, its a #1 torque setting which is what I use and a #2 speed setting. I dont use the handle that came with the mill , the chuck of the cordless fits on the shaft .

 

[Lemmie]

I use a cereal killer and I set the gap as small as it would go which I thought was .026, but I just checked it and it was .030. It tends to loosen up in spite of tightening to the max. I condition the malt prior to grinding and the hulls stay in tact and no stuck sparges.

 

[jigtwins]

Like was stated before. The knurl depth and pattern carry a huge influence on gap width. the smaller/finer the knurl the larger the gap should be set. I made my own mill. Set it At .050" for barley and .042 for rye,oats and wheat. Just need to experiment and see how the crush looks. Keep records of your settings and conversion rates to get a base line.