Barley crusher

Brian_S · May 12, 2011, 05:17:39 PM

Ian, would you mind sending me a copy of the "proper care and feeding" document you got with your mill as I lost mine.

Thanks
Brian

Ian Grant · May 12, 2011, 06:36:37 PM

Quote from: "Brian_S"Ian, would you mind sending me a copy of the "proper care and feeding" document you got with your mill as I lost mine.

Thanks
Brian

I would but all I got was the crusher. There is no manual.

Brian_S · May 12, 2011, 06:51:51 PM

I think its only a single pager.

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JohnQ · May 12, 2011, 08:08:40 PM

All I got was the crusher, too. No Paper with it.

Brian_S · May 12, 2011, 09:59:27 PM

I wonder if mine was the odd one. Anyway just a note to all you BC owners that should you have a small O ring break and drop out of the mill this appears to be normal as the mill ships with this ring to keep the rollers from spinning and it appears not to be required for useful operation(don't bother replacing).

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Ian Grant · May 12, 2011, 10:25:35 PM

Thanks for the info. I can't see the o-ring lasting that long.

Brian_S · May 12, 2011, 10:57:05 PM

Well its a bit dis-concerting when an O ring drops out of your new mill and theres no documentation telling you what it did or why it was there, they should work on that but O ring aside its a great mill. I had it apart tonight for its first cleaning (200lbs ground) and I can't see the brass bushing they used wearing out in my lifetime (assuming hand cranking). Great little mill.

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Kyle · May 12, 2011, 11:26:40 PM

I use the default setting, which I believe is .045"

Dave had a different brand mill, but I never noticed a qualitative difference in the fineness-of-crush setting between his and mine.

Yeah, the o-ring broke quickly and I was initially concerned, but it is not in any way structural to the mill.

Brian_S · May 13, 2011, 12:32:14 AM

It would appear the default gap is .039" according to the documentation but as I don't have a micrometer I'm not really sure what my mill is set to now that is re-assembled it. There were some marks on the screws that seems to adjust gap but I'm not sure what they mean.
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Richard · May 13, 2011, 01:39:11 AM

Pretty sure Kyle's was finer ground than Dave's just from visual inspection, but regardless - I was just saying I think it's probably not massively important so long as things are neither being ground into powder or left intact.