clatty
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Looks like a bit of over kill there but you would need to talk to a machinist to have a shaft made up. Good luck
Cheers Greg
Whatever you end up using to couple the mil and gearbox, be sure there is slip or shear protection. Malt is not always clean, occasionally foreign objects like small stones, screws etc end up in the grain, you want your rollers to stop should this cause a jam.
This is why most use belt drive. Maybe you could work out a 1:1 belt drive. Two pulleys the same diameter, one to fit a 25mm shaft and the other 1/2"
Screwy
Whatever you end up using to couple the mil and gearbox, be sure there is slip or shear protection. Malt is not always clean, occasionally foreign objects like small stones, screws etc end up in the grain, you want your rollers to stop should this cause a jam.
This is why most use belt drive. Maybe you could work out a 1:1 belt drive. Two pulleys the same diameter, one to fit a 25mm shaft and the other 1/2"
Screwy
Or you might even decide to shove a coathanger in there while it's running :lol: .
(Sorry Tony but I couldn't help myself).
Nah that's the old one, it couldn't start my mill loaded with 100 tonne of granite rocks, which I thought I might need to do one day, so I upgraded it to this turbo 2 stroke inline 12 deisel powerhouse. Click the pic for details.
Thanks for the input guys. Lots to think about.
The motor is only 3/4 HP geared down 15:1 to 93 RPM @ 46Nm. I would have thought that to be a little overkill but not that bad.
What if I make the coupling the weakest link just to be sure? I'll confirm this by running some tests with browndogs coathanger method :lol: .
Cheers guys.
mate that much grunt you could mill any other mill (bar a millmaster )
Are you not considering buying one with the same power?
http://www.aussiehomebrewer.com/forum/inde...59&hl=motor
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