What crushed grain looks like
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Seveneer
Mine was like that for about 5 seconds of use then it broke. It only seems to be there to allow the idle roller to turn when you have no grain in the hopper. They all break off fairly soon after you start using the mill with no degradation to performance.Andy wrote:Just had a look at my Barley crusher and noticed an o-ring on the drive roller. The o-ring is on the roller itself, the opposite end to the handle. Is everyone's like this ?
/Phil.
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SteveD
How much harder would it have been be to engineer a geared drive for the second roller. Cost conciousness I guess. Still, if it works...-
SteveD
Ah yes. You loosen the locking screw, move the adjustment knobs one way or another keeping the rollers parallel, then tighten it up...when you've mucked up your crush thinking you know better, you can return it to where it was because they marked the default position.Andy wrote:Basically, use a brush to clean the rollers and periodically (every year) apply a few drops of veg oil to the bearings. Plus instructions on how to tweak the roller gap (for those Americans amongst us concerned with the gap/roller speed cubed ratio)
I find the default crush just fine. Good efficiency and not a hint of a stuck mash. With the barley crusher, a few grains slip through whole, but they're not going between the rollers, they're going around the back of them, due to the design. As it's only a few, it's no big deal.-
Wez
steve_flack wrote:I should remember that the next time I get complaints that the hops have 'spread' to another drawer.DaaB wrote:Of course you should always keep a freezer filled for it to run economically
My Mrs complained the other day that something she'd defrosted and ate tasted of hops , she now knows not to infiltrate my beer freezer with food stuffs all is well again