geoff_tewierik
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The boys at BABB's gave me a ribbing the other night about my dinky little motor I had tried to run my Mashmaster Mill with, but that very night I'd picked up a 240V motor from a scrap pile.
The motor looks like this:
If anyone can decipher the details on the stamped plate and let me know how much grunt it has I'd appreciate it.
I had to rip apart my mill/hopper and flip the mill over to geth the right direction going, but when I'd put it back together I ran some pale malt through and got the following pics:
and a slightly out of focus (the good photographers call it soft focus right )closer pic:
According to my feeler gauge the gap setting on the mill is currently 1.5mm and it looks to be shredding the grain, rather then getting a good crush. Tighter gap = better crush? Not too fussed as yet as I need to make a trip to the big green shed for some more board for mounting the motor/mill combo better.
Is there a way to throttle back a direct drive 240V motor? My gut feeling is the rpm is too high for the mill.
Cheers,
GT
The motor looks like this:
If anyone can decipher the details on the stamped plate and let me know how much grunt it has I'd appreciate it.
I had to rip apart my mill/hopper and flip the mill over to geth the right direction going, but when I'd put it back together I ran some pale malt through and got the following pics:
and a slightly out of focus (the good photographers call it soft focus right )closer pic:
According to my feeler gauge the gap setting on the mill is currently 1.5mm and it looks to be shredding the grain, rather then getting a good crush. Tighter gap = better crush? Not too fussed as yet as I need to make a trip to the big green shed for some more board for mounting the motor/mill combo better.
Is there a way to throttle back a direct drive 240V motor? My gut feeling is the rpm is too high for the mill.
Cheers,
GT