Corn mills

[redjackson]

Finally found one and it had a brother. Here they are.

The red one does much finer without any adjustments.

This is just some shelling corn we feed with.

 

[barney]

Nice!
The red one may have the fine burrs in it. CS Bell co. made both coarse and fine burrs for those Mills. Although either will make cornmeal, what luck if you did!

 

[redjackson]

 

[barney]

I was thinking that the red one was a CS Bell grinder, but I now see that they are both Root Heath mills, and very similar to a Bell. I've never seen one of those around here only their corn shellers. The burrs in the red one look to be in really good shape, and it looks to do a fine job! The burrs in the black one can be tediously touched up with a die grinder or Dremel with a cutting wheel to work like new.

I modified my Bell mill by adding a 10" pulley and power it with a 1 hp 1750 rpm motor. I figure it's turning at around 300 rpms with the set up. That's a little fast, but I keep the front thrust bearing lubed well with crisco, and I removed the rear bearing and Jerry rigged a 1/4" Lexan plate with a 3/4" ball bearing to prevent wear on the original back bearing. I also added an extension to the hopper to hold about a gallon of grain. I would guess that my rig will grind around 50-75 lbs of cornmeal per hour.

 

[redjackson]

Hey Barney, what size sieve you use for meal and grits?

 

[barney]

Hey Barney, what size sieve you use for meal and grits?

I use regular aluminum screen wire fastened to the bottom of a wood frame that fits the width of a bus tray. In traditional one pass milling everything that goes through the screen is cornmeal and everything else is grits of varying sizes, and bran.

 

[Drahts]

Nice find @redjackson been looking for one myself.

 

[redjackson]

Nice find @redjackson been looking for one myself.

If you are looking for a specific one let me know. I will keep an eye out for one.

 

[Snareman2]

Nice. I have two. When my oldest Son was younger (maybe middle school age), we ground up some dried Silver Queen from the garden and made cornbread. He was studying about the Pilgrams and Indians. Got him interested!

 

[redjackson]

Arm day is tomorrow!

 

[barney]

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Arm day is tomorrow!

You're in for a treat if you have never tried bloody butcher cornbread! The grits are some of the best I have ever had as well.

This, along with a 2" diameter pully for an electric motor will make grinding go way faster.
Home Depot
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DIAL 10 in. x 3/4 in. Evaporative Cooler Blower Pulley 6323

 

[Lady Hunter]

Green with envy here! Still hunting for a flywheel for the old one we found in a barn.....

 

[redjackson]

We made a pone to go with soup a couple nights ago. It was delicious! It was fun watching the boys work that wheel. How do you store your extra? Seal it vacuum sealer and freeze? Ive saved seeds for next year. 🤞

 

[barney]

We made a pone to go with soup a couple nights ago. It was delicious! It was fun watching the boys work that wheel. How do you store your extra? Seal it vacuum sealer and freeze? Ive saved seeds for next year. 🤞

I vacuum seal whole cleaned corn and freeze for grinding fresh later. I also keep fresh ground cornmeal in the freezer, though if it's dry this time of year it will keep for several weeks at room temperature.

I don't add any flour to fresh ground meal to make cornbread, just baking powder, salt, egg and buttermilk.

 

[barney]

The Texas Gourdseed is a must try for cornmeal if you have the time next year. Shelling it is just crazy.. don't even need a sheller, it falls off the cob! The blue corn makes great cornbread, but the grits are not as creamy as I like. The Tennessee Red Cob is an old favorite and hard to beat as well.