Very clever. Now find a way to work it WITHOUT electricity, and you’re on to something.
Well, they do make hand crank grain mills, use to have one from Lehmanns and it would put muscle on your arm…
Too bad you didn’t use your old feller to crank it, then you’d have some real girlfriends instead of trying to impress the Bustednuckles ladies.
The grain mill works, after a fashion, now you just need to get the aluminium out of the coarse flour.
There are videos out there showing how to make a bicycle pedal powered mill. I’d prefer that to hand powered.
Bike is a great idea. We grew up with a bike powered mill stone sharpener.
Where’s the still
Not a bad first idea. I’ve seen worse methods used in 3rd world countries.
I’d go all steel construction as I too wonder just how much finely ground aluminum you’re adding to your diet.
I have hand cranked grain mills. A lot of work and yes, Popeye Arms development.
I have rigged a bicycle to grind grain. Much easier.
I’ve seen in Bosnia steel file cabinets reworked into wood stoves. Tin cans into stovepipe. A good stove? Not really but when you’re without electricity, natural gas and all that burnables and salvage thinking like the grain mill kept your family group from freezing and cooked food.
Thinking like this can be part of the walk through the valley of Chaos.
For whatever shortcomings the setup may have, it is certainly a better option than nothing. It is a luxury to be able to worry about aluminum particles.
Thinking of creative ways to get a job done will become critical skills soon enough.
Prime power sources are overlooked as the absolute necessities that they are. Watermills, bicycle power, windmills, steam generation and capture are all the basics for getting to everything else. Build a lathe and you can build just about any other machine.
Stay safe and think 19th century.
Beats the hell out of banging it with a rock!
As long as the metal blade is not grinding on the pan there won’t be any ground aluminum. My Cuisinart has a similar blade design with one side low, but not touching the bottom and the other higher.
I’d stay away from the aluminum as well, though sometimes you have to work with what you have. I don’t even like to use aluminum percolator coffee pots.
The blades don’t need to be hitting the aluminum either. The grain is rubbing it off the pot as it’s being beaten down.
If you’re one of those who sing the praises of soy, the outer skin of the soybean is toxic. It’s removed by soaking the beans in an acid bath and tumbling them… in an aluminum tumbler… What could POSSIBLY go wrong there?…
Very clever. Now find a way to work it WITHOUT electricity, and you’re on to something.
Well, they do make hand crank grain mills, use to have one from Lehmanns and it would put muscle on your arm…
Too bad you didn’t use your old feller to crank it, then you’d have some real girlfriends instead of trying to impress the Bustednuckles ladies.
The grain mill works, after a fashion, now you just need to get the aluminium out of the coarse flour.
There are videos out there showing how to make a bicycle pedal powered mill. I’d prefer that to hand powered.
Bike is a great idea. We grew up with a bike powered mill stone sharpener.
Where’s the still
Not a bad first idea. I’ve seen worse methods used in 3rd world countries.
I’d go all steel construction as I too wonder just how much finely ground aluminum you’re adding to your diet.
I have hand cranked grain mills. A lot of work and yes, Popeye Arms development.
I have rigged a bicycle to grind grain. Much easier.
I’ve seen in Bosnia steel file cabinets reworked into wood stoves. Tin cans into stovepipe. A good stove? Not really but when you’re without electricity, natural gas and all that burnables and salvage thinking like the grain mill kept your family group from freezing and cooked food.
Thinking like this can be part of the walk through the valley of Chaos.
For whatever shortcomings the setup may have, it is certainly a better option than nothing. It is a luxury to be able to worry about aluminum particles.
Thinking of creative ways to get a job done will become critical skills soon enough.
Prime power sources are overlooked as the absolute necessities that they are. Watermills, bicycle power, windmills, steam generation and capture are all the basics for getting to everything else. Build a lathe and you can build just about any other machine.
Stay safe and think 19th century.
Beats the hell out of banging it with a rock!
As long as the metal blade is not grinding on the pan there won’t be any ground aluminum. My Cuisinart has a similar blade design with one side low, but not touching the bottom and the other higher.
I’d stay away from the aluminum as well, though sometimes you have to work with what you have. I don’t even like to use aluminum percolator coffee pots.
The blades don’t need to be hitting the aluminum either. The grain is rubbing it off the pot as it’s being beaten down.
If you’re one of those who sing the praises of soy, the outer skin of the soybean is toxic. It’s removed by soaking the beans in an acid bath and tumbling them… in an aluminum tumbler… What could POSSIBLY go wrong there?…