how do i motorize my mill easily

[Thirsty Boy]

I have recently motorized my new Monster II mill. I just used an 18V cordless hammer drill and a bit of board. I wanted the simplicity of the drill, but I didn't want to have to hang onto it while it was milling. It all just sits on top of a 20L bucket and pulls apart for storage. I easily crush enough for a 5-10G batch on one fully charged battery, and I have a spare just in case. In the video the drill is running at less than 120rpm, and that works it a little hard, now I usually run the drill at about 150-200 rpm and this crushes 5kgs in a few minutes without overheating the drill. It can do it a lot faster, but I like the crush better when it goes slower.





and with 33lbs of RIP grist crushed on two battery packs

[straight cash homey]

just wanted to mention that i got my crankandstein and i went with a black and decker corded drill to power it. it was the cheapest drill at ace, $35, but it worked. it worked a little too good. i didnt know where to set my crankandstein for the first time so i went with what i thought was the middle of the road. i think it was a little too tight because i got a badly stuck mash. anyhow, i just strained the mash aka brew in a bag style and ended up with 81% efficiency instead of the 70% I was shooting for. also, i had to keep the rpm's fairly high,(no idea what the number was) just to keep the mill from binding up. i'd like to slow down the rpm's but i don't know what type of drill to get instead of the cheapo one i bought. the affordable corded drills have no stats on torque. probably just gonna stick with the drill I got and loosen up the grind and mill at high rpms because i'm lazy. thanks for the advice brewing brothers.

[Thirsty Boy]

The RPM thing is why I went with a cordless instead of corded drill. I have a decently chunky variable speed corded hammer drill. But ... at the lower speeds it just hasn't got the torque to turn my Monster mill. The cordless however... well, they are designed for low speed torque.

Not to mention that for $80 I not only got a motor for my drill, I also got a shiny new 18V cordless hammer drill with fast charger and two batteries. My shitty old cordless went in the bin and the corded hammer drill hasn't seen the light of day since

[KC-Dave]

My brother had a Phill Mill mounted on a saw horse that was hooked up to an old sowing machine. The old sowing machine cost $5 at a thrift store and its old 50's motor will run for ever. It was run with the foot pedal, so no hand cramps when milling that 10 gallon barleywine.

[straight cash homey]

that sounds cool, but i'm no macgyver. i barely got the power drill attached correctly.

[fulkrum78]

How would you motorize a Schmidling Maltmill? Model A? Just for using a drill with it...