Powered Grain Mills?

[SunkenBier]

Heres a picture of my grain mill. I used a direct drive motor with the spider coupler connecting them.

[BadRock]

Now that's a good looking mill. Nice work Brotha!

[Big Tex]

What about this motor...

http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?U ... e=electric

It runs at 50 RPM which is about the speed this Texan cranks the grain now.

[Mylo]

I think it will be fine - it's just going to take more time. You guys from TX have plenty of that, don't you?

Oh, and TimX... I have been searching for a motor like the one that you have. I think you can put the output shaft of the other side, and therefore solve your dilemma with the direct drive (and make yours look more like SunkenBier's).


Mylo

[Mylo]

Alright... I might need some help from the electrical wiz kids here...

I just bought this Bodine motor on eBay. I really can't tell how I'm supposed to hook it up and/or if a capacitor is needed. Can you guys take a look at this and tell me if I just wasted my money? I'm pretty sure that I can hook it up and make some smoke...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0233625961



Mylo

[BadRock]

Looks like you need to figure out if it is truly DC voltage. The tag says "Hz: DC," to be compatible with your 120VAC power available in your house it should say Hz: 60. I would figure that out first!

[Big Tex]

That's a 115V DC motor which requires an external power supply to drive it... Sounds like it's time to do some additional ebay shopping!

[BadRock]

That's what it looks like Big Tex, but 115VDC is a very uncommon voltage. Most small DC motors are 90VDC.

If that's the case here is a decent used drive. I use these a lot in chemical feed panels at work. There a real good product.

http://cgi.ebay.com/WARNER-SECO-BRONCO- ... dZViewItem