Corn Mill

[Seagull]

Managed to pick this unused mill up dirt cheap on eBay.

Hoping I can make some nice mashes with some inexpensive ingredients using it.

[gaza the instructor]

What did you pay mate?

[Seagull]

Just over £10 including postage. Thought I might as well have it.

[Toper]

I have a very similar one for which I paid rather more than you Seagull.

I replaced the wing nut type bolt, which holds the handle on, with a longer bolt of the same thread, from which I cut the head off. This meant that I could leave the handle off and drive it with an electric drill making things far far quicker.

[Seagull]

Nice idea Toper. I don't have your inventive streak and certainly not the ability so it'll be hand cranking for me!

[Easydrinker]

I too am a Luddite at heart.
And see nothing wrong with being so.
Just sayin' .

Robert.

[Toper]

Believe me! I am totally without technical skills. The idea wasn't mine but picked up by browsing (probably on this very site.). I took the handle's wing nut to my local Hardware Store. They sorted out a suitable threaded bolt for me. I decided on the length I thought I needed to leave sufficient length of bolt on which to attach my drill.

Given Easydrinkers's facility in building his own stills I would regard him as the exact opposite of a Luddite who, historically, opposed and destroyed inovation.

[Mash]

These are great little Mills, but not very accurate. Dampening the wheat will make it easier.

Just take the spindle to the hardware shop.... You will want to upgrade to a cordless drill after a few kilos

[Easydrinker]

Feeling a need to speak up for ED here.
He has some interweb capacity.
He claims to have a life.

He has no concept of how to tweet,instagram,snapchat or use tumblr.
Or facebook.
And does not have the time or inclination to learn.

George Orwell- "1984", Soma for the masses,in a different form....

Robert.

[Toper]

“Soma for the masses,in a different form....”


George Orwell may possibly have, or may have wished to have, or may have intended to write the above, who knows?

A Luddite you are not!