Grain Mill Motor

[warrenlw63]

Hey peels... Looks like I'm 30rpm over my estimation. I'll have to get my mill speedo recalibrated! :lol:

Warren -

 

[NRB]

Thanks Peels. That leaves me with 2 projects on the go - chest freezer collar construction and mill motorisation. Bring it on.

 

[AUHEAMIC]

Hey peels... Looks like I'm 30rpm over my estimation. I'll have to get my mill speedo recalibrated! :lol:

Warren -

180!!!!!!!! Are you mad. Dont you know the speed limit is 150 around here? The crushing cops will be onto you :lol:

 

[warrenlw63]

180!!!!!!!! Are you mad. Dont you know the speed limit is 150 around here? The crushing cops will be onto you :lol:

Damn! Looks 3 months of suspended brewing. :beerbang:

Warren -

 

[Jye]

Damn! Looks 3 months of suspended brewing. :beerbang:

Warren -

And 10 efficiency points

 

[warrenlw63]

And 10 efficiency points

:lol: :lol:

Warren -

 

[spog]

:lol: :lol:

Warren -

can anyone tell me,in this thread windscreen motors are mentioned as a mill motor how would/do make the motor revolve in one direction.is it the way you wire it up only.
thinking of using one as it is near on impossible to find a pulley with 12mm bore to suit my millmaster.
cheers...spog......

 

[cooperplace]

Does anyone know if this motor at Jaycar will have enough torque to drive a barley crusher grain Mill?

Jaycar
Also found a spider coupler their for about 10 bucks


Cheers
JJ

Hi JJ, I think it is all to do with the gearing. I have a Schmidling maltmill and I attached my fairly powerful 18V cordless to the shaft: hopeless, stalled instantly. SO then I attached a 600W cheap Chinese drill (240V) with electronic speed control. Hopeless on all settings. Then I tried my trusty old Hitachi drill, big and heavy, it says 670W, 240V, and has hi/low gearbox. I haven't used hi, but on low, a dream, perfect.

It sure takes a lot of torque.

Hope this helps.

Peter

 

[Gulf Brewery]

can anyone tell me,in this thread windscreen motors are mentioned as a mill motor how would/do make the motor revolve in one direction.is it the way you wire it up only.
thinking of using one as it is near on impossible to find a pulley with 12mm bore to suit my millmaster.
cheers...spog......

Hi Spog

Yep - reverse the wires and runs the other way. I have a switch on mine so I can run it backwards or forwards in case something jams in the rollers.

Cheers
Pedro

 

[Gout]

After a lot of reading i found this post re- motors for the mill - mine is a barley crusher.

I went to get a XF window motor however it was raining and they looked hard to get out of the car( the yard was shutting so i missed out). Lazer's had a motor that was very easy to get at (3 bolts)

Are most car motors similar or is XF used because its much better? (bigger) and basicly the same speed? I would like 150RPM and sounds like the XF is 70 odd RPM - all motors where the same price $25. Otherwise should i try get something like a AU motor because its newer?

I will try get to the yard again this weekend and score a motor to try and rig up the mill

 

[hando]

could use an old washing machine motor.

 

[Gout]

i dont have an old machine sadly and i thought the idea of a 1:1 ratio on the mill will make it easy to set up rather than belts and cams etc

 

[Back Yard Brewer]

Without me going through the forum, what is the recommended rpm for the millmaster? I have a valley mill which recommends no faster than 300rpm.

BYB

 

[bradsbrew]

http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...ic=35134&hl= 100rpm to 200 rpm seems the average.

Brad

 

[WarmBeer]

After a lot of reading i found this post re- motors for the mill - mine is a barley crusher.

I went to get a XF window motor however it was raining and they looked hard to get out of the car( the yard was shutting so i missed out). Lazer's had a motor that was very easy to get at (3 bolts)

Are most car motors similar or is XF used because its much better? (bigger) and basicly the same speed? I would like 150RPM and sounds like the XF is 70 odd RPM - all motors where the same price $25. Otherwise should i try get something like a AU motor because its newer?

I will try get to the yard again this weekend and score a motor to try and rig up the mill

Resurrecting an old(ish) thread.

Did any of you guys have success with getting the wiper motor going?

I picked up a motor from a recent Falcon, with 5 terminals in the plug assembly.

Ground is easy to determine, but I can't get the motor to rotate at all, even connecting my can battery to any of the other 4 terminals.

Is it necessary to bridge any of the terminals in order to turn the internal electronics within the motor "On"?

Cheers.

 

[Fourstar]

Resurrecting an old(ish) thread.

Did any of you guys have success with getting the wiper motor going?

I picked up a motor from a recent Falcon, with 5 terminals in the plug assembly.

Ground is easy to determine, but I can't get the motor to rotate at all, even connecting my can battery to any of the other 4 terminals.

Is it necessary to bridge any of the terminals in order to turn the internal electronics within the motor "On"?

Cheers.

Sure you got yourself a working motor?

seriously though, considering they are turned on in a car by applying a 'switch' of sorts, i'd assume you would have to jump a pair.

 

[WarmBeer]

Sure you got yourself a working motor?

No.

Got a convenient late model Ford Falcon I can try it with?

 

[Banshee]

Resurrecting an old(ish) thread.

Did any of you guys have success with getting the wiper motor going?

I picked up a motor from a recent Falcon, with 5 terminals in the plug assembly.

Ground is easy to determine, but I can't get the motor to rotate at all, even connecting my can battery to any of the other 4 terminals.

Is it necessary to bridge any of the terminals in order to turn the internal electronics within the motor "On"?

Cheers.

I got a motor from a mate earlier in the week and found that the earth I was using was not for the motor. If it is anything like mine there are 3 wires from socket to the motor. The centre wire is ground and the outer left and right are positives to high and low speed.

 

[seemax]

I picked up a motor from a recent Falcon, with 5 terminals in the plug assembly.

I can get the pin outs if you like - any idea what model or year it was?

 

[Plastic Man]

Been running my Marga using a window winder motor for a few years now. Always been meaning to post a pic. Finally went one better and took a small vid:



Bought it from Oatley electronics, (Toyota) and runs from an old PC power supply. Only turns at about 80RPM but works fine. It's a nice grunty little motor.

Been meaning to make a more permanent stand for it but this works pretty well and sets up in a few mins.

Richard

PS - is there a way of embedding a youtube vid ?? Did a search but can't find anything ???