pdilley
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BP: you may wany to try turning the pulley around. I have a 10" and have the the pulley wheel closer to the mill body. I was a little sketchy of the belt tension require to grip the 1.25" pulley might put a fair lateral load on the millmaster shaft, so I wanted the wheel as close to the mill as possible. It only just fit though, with the set screw near the end of the shaft and the pulley spokes clearing the adjusting knob by 10mm or less.
And yeah, my key didnt fit, I just filed it down to 4mm. And my adjustment knobs are out too.
Might try it. But then again its "tight as" already to get the fingers in to turn the knurls on the mill so might just put those "superior" bearings inside the mill to the test and leave as is.
I got the key in, no thanks to having to get emery paper and wet sand the key down by hand until all the skin on my fingertips were nearly off. It was a tight fit but a little bit of hammering and it slid in easily and is all done like a dogs dinner and perfect as.
I got the bench built, well I am waiting for the rechargeable drill to finish charging and then its only to glue the bench top board in place and then some minor top hole work and some custom building of a motor housing and done!
I am saving the last great surprise and set of pictures until I am done because this is going to be a super mill setup that will definitely impress
Fingers crossed on the motor turning the MillMaster on first fire up. Starts with a lot of torque and almost wants to jump off the bench on initial startup energy so I have some high hopes pinned on this motor.
Until then its mums the word on what the final mill setup will be I'm afraid
Oh I also found out where the 150 RPM rule came from. Not having any data some brewers must have turned to the flour mill stone grinding industry and looked at recommendations there. In flour mill stones you want to keep the speed under 150 RPM to prevent over heating the milled flour and destroying the enzymes in the flour. This rule does not apply to roller mills where you roll or crush the grain as you are not grinding it into a fine powder. So again its up in the air on RPM unless someone has advice they can back up with some other references.
Cheers,
Brewer Pete
EDIT: I still have to get the hopper I think Ross needs to let me know if Him-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named has finally designed and shipped a hopper with built in grain guard. Otherwise more work for me to do and more negative points against the shadow man.