Motorizing my Barley Crusher

Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:45 am

What size/kind of electric motor do I want and what is a good source for it?
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Re: Motorizing my Barley Crusher

Sun Aug 09, 2009 10:35 am

BeerPal wrote:What size/kind of electric motor do I want and what is a good source for it?


Send Boog a PM. He has responded to this kinda post all the time with a decently priced gear motor.


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Re: Motorizing my Barley Crusher

Mon Aug 10, 2009 6:22 am

BeerPal wrote:What size/kind of electric motor do I want and what is a good source for it?


BYO Article on motorizing a mill. Good read
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Re: Motorizing my Barley Crusher

Mon Aug 10, 2009 7:30 am

Thanks for that link. Good info there.
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Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:13 am

Here's where Mylo was talking about:

http://www.surpluscenter.com/electric.a ... e=electric
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Sat Aug 15, 2009 5:30 am

BrewTa2 wrote:Here's where Mylo was talking about:

http://www.surpluscenter.com/electric.a ... e=electric


Yeah, that's the one I would recommend too. Those folks are local to me. I've been buying stuff from them for over 40 years. Good place to do business.

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