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chastuck
Joined: 06 Oct 2013 Posts: 193 Location: Beckenham, Kent, UK
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Link Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:13 pm Post subject: Grain mill motorising project |
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A little while ago I bought a Keg King Malt Muncher 3 roller mill. Works great, but very tiring on the arms with 9kg of grain. So I decided to motorise it with a motor from All American Ale Works. I managed to finish this project today.
I had a piece of off-cut kitchen worktop which was 800mm x 600mm. First thing was to cut a hole for the mill outlet from the rollers.
Following on from this, the shaft of the motor was 1.25 inches higher the the shaft of the mill, so I had to raise the mill to align the shafts.
Next I mounted the legs. I used 4 Rothley (H)870mm Black Worktop Support legs that I bought at B&Q. I cut 15.5 inches from each leg to lower the table and stabilise it better and to suit the height of my grain bucket. I also fitted some black metal 40mm worktop edging, except for at the front which had a curved edge.
View underneath showing the rollers.
Final view of the finished mill and bench, with the drum switch wired up and ready for use.
Here's a video of the mill working: https://youtu.be/VlCclbaTRGg
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jonymac
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kal Forum Administrator
Joined: 12 Dec 2010 Posts: 11116 Location: Ottawa, Canada
Drinking: Pub Ale, Electric Creamsicle, Mild, Pliny the Younger, Belgian Dark Strong, Weizen, Russian Imperial Stout, Black Butte Porter
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ghandlin
Joined: 09 Oct 2016 Posts: 96
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Link Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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Nice!
_________________ George Handlin
Hands and Feat Brewing
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jcav
Joined: 21 Sep 2011 Posts: 205 Location: Central Florida
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Link Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2017 11:37 pm Post subject: |
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Excellent job! I need to do that with mine!
John
_________________ "Perfection is unobtainable, but if you chase perfection you can catch excellence"- Vince Lombardi
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mcboogie
Joined: 12 Apr 2015 Posts: 11 Location: Allentown, Pa
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Link Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 3:25 am Post subject: |
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Did you go with the 180 or 240rpm? I was looking into getting that motor too. Worth it??
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chastuck
Joined: 06 Oct 2013 Posts: 193 Location: Beckenham, Kent, UK
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Link Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2017 4:54 pm Post subject: |
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mcboogie wrote: | Did you go with the 180 or 240rpm? I was looking into getting that motor too. Worth it?? |
I got the 180 rpm, but 220v. To be honest, with the 1:10 gearbox on the motor the output speed is nearer 150 rpm, but it does a good job with plenty of torque.
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