Anyone use the Barley Crusher Grain Mill? I've been having trouble getting the non-attached to the drill roller to grab and subsequently grind my grain. So, the result is that the roller attached the drill just spins and spins but the grain in the hopper just sits there, not getting grabbed and pulled through the mill with both rollers.
I contacted the company and they were helpful. I did the standard pull it apart and clean it, put some vegetable oil in the holes where the knobs fit into the actual rollers and I'm wondering if that's my problem. the maintenance instructions say the oil should go on the bushings. Where the hell are the bushings on that thing? They also told me to use a wire or steal wool on the rollers and that did seem to get the gunk that had built up on the rollers, (that I honestly had never noticed until I did that) off.
These things seem to fix the mill but only for a couple of brews, now I'm back to fighting the mill. I'm wondering if its just old and the teeth on the rollers have been worn down too much to keep expecting it to work as prescribed. Still, I don't want to give up on it until I know I've done everything I can to get it to work.
thanks for the help
WR
I contacted the company and they were helpful. I did the standard pull it apart and clean it, put some vegetable oil in the holes where the knobs fit into the actual rollers and I'm wondering if that's my problem. the maintenance instructions say the oil should go on the bushings. Where the hell are the bushings on that thing? They also told me to use a wire or steal wool on the rollers and that did seem to get the gunk that had built up on the rollers, (that I honestly had never noticed until I did that) off.
These things seem to fix the mill but only for a couple of brews, now I'm back to fighting the mill. I'm wondering if its just old and the teeth on the rollers have been worn down too much to keep expecting it to work as prescribed. Still, I don't want to give up on it until I know I've done everything I can to get it to work.
thanks for the help
WR