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by Ben
on 5/9/2019
from MI
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Just what I needed to motorize my mill. Worked great. |
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by David
on 4/19/2017
from Tacoma, WA
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I picked up a mill super cheap several years ago, and have always ran it with a Harbor Freight drill. After seeing an article at Homebrewtalk.com on motorizing a malt mill with a direct drive motor - ie: no belts, pulleys or gear boxes, I started looking for a "package deal" - motor, motor mount, spider coupling, safety switch - and found this great deal at Williams. The installation instructions were a snap, and the modification on the spider coupling (using a vice and a hacksaw to reduce the mill-side coupling to a smaller diameter) worked perfectly. Using washers as shims under the motor mount worked perfectly to align the two shafts horizontally, and now milling my grain is a joy! With a more consistent slower speed, the shredding of the husks is greatly reduced, so much so that it initially looked like I was getting whole kernels going through, but when I checked, found just empty husks! |
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by Terry
on 2/23/2017
from Vancouver, WA
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This kit is a good way to motorize your mill without having to buy separate parts. I was able to adapt it to my JSP Malt Mill using a brass sleeve which had a 10 mm outside diameter. I used 1/8" aluminum shims to raise the mill to the correct level to match the motor. |
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by PJ
on 10/30/2016
from Las Vegas
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I mounted this on a piece of 1/2 inch oak plywood. It turns at the perfect speed of 180 RPM with plenty of torque and does not bog down. Why work up a sweat, it gets hot enough while brewing. I would definitely recommend this kit! |
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by Ernie Smith
on 10/22/2016
from WY
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Received it and had it assembled within a couple hours. I brewed the following day and can't describe how nice it was to not have to use my cordless drill. Set it up on a pair of buckets, loaded it with grain and proceeded to prep the rest of my brew day stuff. |
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