Hey guys got a Corona for Xmas. Not sure how/if I should proceed or if I should go with a barley crusher for $100. Tips? Any maintenance needed? Convince me to keep the corona!
Have ~24 hours to decide as I'm in another state and am leaving soon to go back.
Okay guys...how scared is scared?? 90% flour with rice hulls? Or 30% percent flour, 30% shredded/torn and 30% crushed a bit (ignore the other 10 percent I suck at math) I have seen pics..but to my eyes the pics and real crushed grain look different.
It is interesting to me that some of you hand crank and feel the need to shroud the mill. I hand crank (it is part of my therapy called home brewing) and I get very little dust and debris. I tried the drill thing once and it spewed particles everywhere, so once I bagged that idea, I just kept hand cranking a bare naked mill. Works fine.
Sorry. Me big dumb. I meant mounting in a bucket when I said 'shroud'. Yes, I have the shroud over the two plates, but I feel no need to do the bucket mount.
Alright so I assembled it, placed two washers along the bolt, and I'm getting a rather substantial amount of wobble when running dry (no grains). About 20% of each rotation slightly rubs against the stationary plate. Is this normal? Will that go away once there's grains in between the two plates, or do I need to do an additional modification to ensure the auger remains straight?
adjusted down until I was scared the burr plates were going to grind each other flat, got a very fine grind.
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Finally got my mill together using the @wilserbrewer "2.0" model. Thanks for the great idea! Now just have to test this thing and get the mill set. I managed to get the pin out and replaced with the 8/32 bolt. It feels real sturdy. Its loud when the drill starts with the periodic clanking of plates. View attachment 329422
I think the corona crush looks much better...
Funny in that NB likely uses a pretty expensive mill...
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