[tomthebrewer]

Sweet!
The Fedex guy showed up today with my new toy!
 I crushed 7 pounds for my next batch with the crank and will never do that again. I was sweating in the kitchen cranking that damn thing. Glad to have a motor and drill to run in from now on.

[pliskadm]

I have a Corona Mill and have done 2 batches now with it (by hand crank). First batch was 18.5 lbs and the second was 17.5 lbs.  I know the pain you speak of but to me its all in a day of brewing..or the day or two before.

[mikeypedersen]

I crushed 7 pounds for my next batch with the crank and will never do that again. I was sweating in the kitchen cranking that damn thing. Glad to have a motor and drill to run in from now on.

Only took me once too!   

[bearcat]

I would just verify the gap.  Mine must have been dropped by  UPS or something because it was off on both ends from the manufactures setting of 39mm.   I used my Credit card first then eventually got the feeler gauge for more accurate settings.

[tomthebrewer]

Good idea, I'll check that out. I was really impressed with the aggressive knurl on the rollers. My old one is worn almost smooth. I could have send it back to the fella that made it, but the wifey beat me to the punch!

[blatz]

I was really impressed with the aggressive knurl on the rollers.

tom, put about 3-4000lbs of grain through it and they'll wear down, trust me...

definitely check the gap, and if you hit any pebbles in your grind, be sure to check it again.

[tomthebrewer]

3-4000 pounds would have me brewing well past my hundredth birthday at my rate!

[bruck]

I have that 15lb Barley Crusher. I've probably crushed grain for 30 batches or so already and it works like a charm. Great value!

[dcbc]

Sweet!
The Fedex guy showed up today with my new toy!
 I crushed 7 pounds for my next batch with the crank and will never do that again. I was sweating in the kitchen cranking that damn thing. Glad to have a motor and drill to run in from now on.

I suffered cranking that thing in the kitchen forever (probably 7 batches).  Tried the drill and had the chuck seize up on me.  Finally got the Surplus Sales motor rigged up to a switch on a table and life is good.

[Jo Diesel]

Don't you feel as giddy as a kid on Christmas when new toys come in the mail

[rep]

3-4000 pounds would have me brewing well past my hundredth birthday at my rate!

And may we all be here to toast to you.

[euge]

I've had mine for three years now. Dropped it directly on the drive-shaft so there's a slight warp to it but it still grinds like a champ once it gets going. One thing to watch out for is that grain swells and contracts along with the humidity- so periodically you might have to loosen up the gap slightly to get the grain to "bite" and start passing through.

I run it as fast as I can with a drill.

Congrats on the BC I hope you wear that sucker out!

[jptheelder]

I just got mine a few days ago. I first put 1 lb grain through by hand cranck to play with it, so I wont be doing that again. the drill was awsome and about 1,000 times faster. BTW how do you adjust the gap if, one wanted to?

[euge]

There's two knurled knobs for adjusting at each end. You can loosen them by backing off on the screws by each knob.

[BarleynYeast]

I've had mine for three years now. Dropped it directly on the drive-shaft so there's a slight warp to it but it still grinds like a champ once it gets going. One thing to watch out for is that grain swells and contracts along with the humidity- so periodically you might have to loosen up the gap slightly to get the grain to "bite" and start passing through.

I run it as fast as I can with a drill.

Congrats on the BC I hope you wear that sucker out!

+1      I had the same problem and thought the shaft was slipping on the roller until I looked underneath and saw it just was not puling grain through.