Shakybones said:I finally got some pics of my ugly junk and my grind, so I thought I'd contribute them to one of my favorite HBT threads. Many thanks to Revvy, wilserbrewer, and all the other awesome contributors!
First, the junk:
Then the grind:
The bucketful:
Next comes the drill attachment (boy are my arms tired), the bucket lid, and the water bottle hopper!
Please do comment on the grind and any adjustments you'd recommend!
Just curious where did you guys get that metal cover that goes over the grinding area? Mine didn't come with one.
wilserbrewer said:Try loosening and repositioning the two wing nuts at the front of the mill... My guess is the burr shaft is binding and it is clamped out of alignment
Here's my junk, and it grinds out grain quite nicely as you can see. I started conditioning and its awesome! I highly recommend it if you don't already.
The drill died however, so now I rigged up an old Milwaukee buffer to run the mill. It's a beast.
Lookin good!
Just a heads up to all "ugly Junkers", I recently had my drill temporarily rigged to the mill, well apparently not very well!
I guess the drill had some wobble and eventually snapped the bolt flush with the handle shaft of the mill.
I thought my corona might be a goner, but after ample cussing, drilling, and chasing the threads with a tap, I'm back in business w/ a new cut off bolt.
In hindsight, it might be cleaner to drive the mill w/ a hex bolt and socket, rather than chucking on to the bolt shaft.
My pain hopefully your gain all...cheers!
In hindsight, it might be cleaner to drive the mill w/ a hex bolt and socket, rather than chucking on to the bolt shaft.
I'm struggling with my efficiency, I brewed yesterday and the result was a dismal 46%. So, I am going back and looking at everything to figure out how to improve somehow. I have my grain milled at the LHBS and yesterday I milled it twice. I went back today and got two one lb samples, one milled once and the other milled twice. I have included the images here hoping someone will tell me if it needs to be better or if I need to look elsewhere.
In the first image the grain was ground once and in the second image twice.
Thanks for your help.
Those pics are so small and not expandable, so I can't really tell. Bottom line is that you don't want ANYTHING that looks like a whole grain. You want pieces of husks and chunks of endosperm, along with flour, yes, flour.
So, your telling me I don't really have a choice but to buy one of those corona mills, urgh. Its not the money, if I didn't I would have to buy more grain so the money gets spent. I just don't need more variables in the equation while I figure this process out. By the same token, I am really tired of the result not getting much better as I keep making changes. I have the feeling this is more fundamental and things won't get that much better until I get this done.
I got mine from Discount Tommy (through Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000U5NZ4I). It is a cheap piece of shizz ($27, free shipping), but it does the job very well. I didn't even need the adjustments (washers, etc.) that others did to get it to grind. I've now hooked a monster drill up to it and run it on full speed. Hasn't broken yet. I haven't heard many others that abuse their junk complain about breakage.
Do it!
Enter your email address to join: