PistolPatch
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Just did a search on grain hoppers etc., under 'Show Topics Only,' and nothing comes up of value. With the arrival of MashMaster's Mill Master, I thought it might be a timely topic.
Saw some really interesting stuff whilst searching for mill motors. This included hoppers made from cardboard, coreflute, perspex, MDF (incl. slotted), galvanised iron and even more. Hope a few of you old hands will post/congregate your links and pics here. It would be a great help to those of us who have just had the MillMaster arrive.
Also, as one totally new to setting up a mill hopper, if anyone can answer the following questions, that would be appreciated by a lot of people too I'm sure.
Using the MillMaster as an example...
1. If the opening to your mill is 15cm x 16cm with the 15cm being the axis upon which the rollers run, what dimensions should the bottom of your hopper be? (In particular to the Millmaster, cogs plus unknurled roller = 15mm at one end and opposite end is 6mm of unknurled roller.)
2. Is it an advantage to lower the, "bottom funnel," of your hopper so as it feeds the grain directly onto the biting part of the rollers? With the MillMaster, the top of the roller is 10mm below the flange of the mill. So what I am saying is would it be a good idea to channel your grain straight into the biting part which sits about 30mm below the flange?
3. Anyone have some good choke ideas i.e. slowing and speeding up the flow of grain into the mill?
Thanks guys,
Pat
P.S. Special thanks to you Frank. Knew you would do a superb job. Can't imagine doing what you did - an unbelievably difficult task for those who know what went in to it or realise what must have gone into it. Anyway mate, your mill arrived yesterday and my postal scales today! Showed your mill to a few car racing mates and they LOVED it! The main guy said, "What'd it cost? Must have been eight or nine hundred?" LOL and good on ya!
Saw some really interesting stuff whilst searching for mill motors. This included hoppers made from cardboard, coreflute, perspex, MDF (incl. slotted), galvanised iron and even more. Hope a few of you old hands will post/congregate your links and pics here. It would be a great help to those of us who have just had the MillMaster arrive.
Also, as one totally new to setting up a mill hopper, if anyone can answer the following questions, that would be appreciated by a lot of people too I'm sure.
Using the MillMaster as an example...
1. If the opening to your mill is 15cm x 16cm with the 15cm being the axis upon which the rollers run, what dimensions should the bottom of your hopper be? (In particular to the Millmaster, cogs plus unknurled roller = 15mm at one end and opposite end is 6mm of unknurled roller.)
2. Is it an advantage to lower the, "bottom funnel," of your hopper so as it feeds the grain directly onto the biting part of the rollers? With the MillMaster, the top of the roller is 10mm below the flange of the mill. So what I am saying is would it be a good idea to channel your grain straight into the biting part which sits about 30mm below the flange?
3. Anyone have some good choke ideas i.e. slowing and speeding up the flow of grain into the mill?
Thanks guys,
Pat
P.S. Special thanks to you Frank. Knew you would do a superb job. Can't imagine doing what you did - an unbelievably difficult task for those who know what went in to it or realise what must have gone into it. Anyway mate, your mill arrived yesterday and my postal scales today! Showed your mill to a few car racing mates and they LOVED it! The main guy said, "What'd it cost? Must have been eight or nine hundred?" LOL and good on ya!