Motorizing my Barley Crusher

[BigNastyBrew]

If you get this motor http://www.surpluscenter.com/Item.asp?U ... tem=5-1074 and then add these three mcmaster numbers that is all you will need 6408K9 6408K11 6408K61

Thanks for posting these, henning. I'm looking at these parts and I'm unsure of the bore needed. Do you know?

Thanks

[SoCalBrewer]

alright now I have to get off my ass and motorize my mill the hand crank and drill are no longer cool.

[bcmaui]

If you get this motor http://www.surpluscenter.com/Item.asp?U ... tem=5-1074 and then add these three mcmaster numbers that is all you will need 6408K9 6408K11 6408K61

Thanks for posting these, henning. I'm looking at these parts and I'm unsure of the bore needed. Do you know?

Thanks

The shaft on the Barley Crusher is 3/8"
The shaft on the motor is 1/2"

As an alternate to McMaster I am using the following Grainger parts (they offer better shipping rates for me than McMaster):

4X175 , 4X176 and 3KZ67

[BigNastyBrew]

If you get this motor http://www.surpluscenter.com/Item.asp?U ... tem=5-1074 and then add these three mcmaster numbers that is all you will need 6408K9 6408K11 6408K61

Thanks for posting these, henning. I'm looking at these parts and I'm unsure of the bore needed. Do you know?

Thanks

The shaft on the Barley Crusher is 3/8"
The shaft on the motor is 1/2"

As an alternate to McMaster I am using the following Grainger parts (they offer better shipping rates for me than McMaster):

4X175 , 4X176 and 3KZ67

Thanks! I'm not sure what these couplings do so I'm not sure which goes where and at which point it steps down from 1/2" to 3/8".

[bcmaui]

The shaft on the Barley Crusher is 3/8"
The shaft on the motor is 1/2"

As an alternate to McMaster I am using the following Grainger parts (they offer better shipping rates for me than McMaster):

4X175 , 4X176 and 3KZ67

Thanks! I'm not sure what these couplings do so I'm not sure which goes where and at which point it steps down from 1/2" to 3/8".

This first part # is the 3/8" fitting - it connects to the shaft of the Barley Crusher
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/4X175

The second part # is the 1/2" fitting - it connects to the shaft of the Motor
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/4X176

The third part # is the "spider" - it is used in between part #1 and #2 above.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/3KZ67

[Junket]

Thanks for the detailed info for the mcmaster and grainger parts. I just ordered mine from mcmaster (a bit cheaper). I tried the part numbers that henning listed, but two of the parts that came up would not work because they had different OD's. Here are the part numbers that I ordered instead:
6408K711 - 1/2 bore coupling
6408K113 - 3/8 bore coupling
6408K84 - spider for 1 5/64 OD coupling

[bcmaui]

mcmaster (a bit cheaper)

Parts are cheaper, but I really get nailed in shipping as UPS does not have a ground option to Hawaii.

Grainger has US post office slow boat option (and a store in Honolulu) that saves me some serious freight coin, especially on these small orders.

[bcmaui]

Here's a video of my flywheel motorized Barley Crusher. The parts were ordered from McMaster and the motor from the Surplus Warehouse and it is based on the BYO article.

http://www.byo.com/component/resource/a ... l-projects

I have it plugged into a GFI protected outlet and built it in a spare shipping crate that I put some casters on the bottom.

Here is a sideways still photo:

http://artisanmaui.com/bn/DSCN6679.JPG

And another before I assembled the sheeves.

http://artisanmaui.com/bn/DSCN6673.JPG

Still need to add a saftey guard and a door to cover the front, but you get the idea.

http://artisanmaui.com/bn/DSCN6682.MOV

I'll post the direct drive mill after I finish that one.