Andyd
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G'day all,
I've had my Mashmaster mill sitting in it's box since I bought it (just before we started organising the conference - I'm only just getting back to some serious brewing).
Anyway, the rain today gave me the perfect opportunity to avoid weeding the garden and get into building my mill, so here are the construction pics...
I started out with a 12" pulley on the grain mill and a 1.5" on the motor (salvaged from a cheap bench drill which was perfect since I could also salvage the safety switch and power indicator...). A 46" A profile belt finished the motorised bits.
First step was to build a frame for the mill. I wanted to be able to slot the mill in and out to adjust and maintain it.

I fixed the mill in place using a couple of 45x90 timber rails. The motor is held in place using a timber colar made to jam into the housing once the frame's built.
So the frame was next. I wanted the pulley's to be hidden at the back of the box where nobody could get to it while it was running.

Then to fit the power indicator and safety switch...

And the hopper (not big enough to fit a whole batch in one go, but I wanted the mill to be inconspicuous and useful as a small bench when not in use).

From the back you can see how I've hidden the pulley away...

Now a lid for the hopper - I've just nailed in some stops that fit snuggly against the walls rather than using hinges.

And the finished product. Very happy with this one. Nice and compact (600mmx400mm fo0tprint) to it sits against the wall well out of the way.

Now to finish moving the brewery kit into its new home so I can actually put my first AG in about 2 years down...
Andy
I've had my Mashmaster mill sitting in it's box since I bought it (just before we started organising the conference - I'm only just getting back to some serious brewing).
Anyway, the rain today gave me the perfect opportunity to avoid weeding the garden and get into building my mill, so here are the construction pics...
I started out with a 12" pulley on the grain mill and a 1.5" on the motor (salvaged from a cheap bench drill which was perfect since I could also salvage the safety switch and power indicator...). A 46" A profile belt finished the motorised bits.
First step was to build a frame for the mill. I wanted to be able to slot the mill in and out to adjust and maintain it.


I fixed the mill in place using a couple of 45x90 timber rails. The motor is held in place using a timber colar made to jam into the housing once the frame's built.
So the frame was next. I wanted the pulley's to be hidden at the back of the box where nobody could get to it while it was running.


Then to fit the power indicator and safety switch...

And the hopper (not big enough to fit a whole batch in one go, but I wanted the mill to be inconspicuous and useful as a small bench when not in use).

From the back you can see how I've hidden the pulley away...

Now a lid for the hopper - I've just nailed in some stops that fit snuggly against the walls rather than using hinges.

And the finished product. Very happy with this one. Nice and compact (600mmx400mm fo0tprint) to it sits against the wall well out of the way.

Now to finish moving the brewery kit into its new home so I can actually put my first AG in about 2 years down...
Andy