MOTORIZING YOUR COUNTRY LIVING GRAIN MILL
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Creating your Own Motorization Kit
Many mechanically-inclined owners of the Country Living Grain Mill have decided to motorize their own mills. If you are interested in motorizing your Country Living Mill we have listed some guidelines below.
The preferred methods for motorizing your Country Living Grain Mill involve the use of intermediate pulleys, which are the key to reducing the milling speed. Thus giving you cooler more nutritious flour. This also minimizes the wear on your Country Living grinding plates and bearings.

Vertical Installation



A. Always remove handle when motorizing your mill.
B. Country Living Grain Mill
C. Note: Belts and pulleys should be enclosed for safety reasons.
D. Size A or 4L V-belt 1/2" wide X 5/16" thick.
E. 5/8" keyed shaft.
F. 6" pulley
G. 3" pulley
H. Pivot
I. 2 ea. 5/8" pillow block bearings
J. 2" pulley
K. Pivot
L. 1750 RPM washer or drier motor
M. Weight of motor will keep belts tight.


Horizontal Installation



A. Country Living Mill
B. 3" Pulley
C. Size A or 4L V-belt 1/2" wide X 5/16" thick
D. 5/8" pillow block bearings
E. 6" Pulley
F. 5/8" Keyed Shaft
G. 2" Pulley
H. 1750 RPM washer or dryer motor

The following formula will allow you to compute the pulley size needed to achieve a specific RPM: Driven Pulley size X Speed of Driven Pulley Divided by Speed of Driving Pulley = Size of Driving Pulley

120 is the absolute maximum RPM for the Country Living Grain Mill. Through long experience, we have discovered that our mill performs optimally at revolutions of less than 100 per minute.

The Easiest Method:

The 1150 RPM Motor with no intermediate gear reduction.



If you are not mechanically inclined, and want to go a simpler route, some people use the 1150 RPM motor because they are readily available. We at Country Living feel that this is still too fast because it heats up and creates wear on your plates. However, many people have done this because it is the simplest and quickest way to motorize your mill.
We personally recommend that you grind the flour slower and cooler, and have shown you, with the schematics and formula above, how to do this.

Motorizing with a 1150 RPM motor

A. Always remove handle when motorizing your mill.

B. The Country Living Mill

C. Size A or 4L V-belt 1/2" wide X 5/16" thick. Belts and pulleys should be
enclosed for safety reasons.

D. The Motor. Must be a 1150 RPM slow turning motor, at least 1/3 HP. If you get slots in the motor mounts, this will make it a lot easier to get the correct tension on the belt during installation.

E. Motor Pulley: 1-1/2" diameter.

F. Slidable mounting block for setting the belt tension. You can skip this if you got a motor with slots in the mounts.

bumping the post just in case some didn't catch the motorization of the Country Living Grain Mill

HP you are a very good example of working out the bugs before they are needed. I see so many "easy chair survivalist" and just don't put into action what is needed in order to learn new skills.

What is great is when things do break down you can have fresh bread when so many will be forced to pay big time if they can find it. Wheat, if stored right will last for many years.
So good for you in making bread the old fasion way.

Kevin

Herbal How has the new mill worked out for you? What all can you grind in yours? The think I like the most about my Grainmaker mill is that you can grind wheat from a course grain to pastry flour with one pass, popcorn for corn meal, peanuts for peanut butter, rice, coffee and everything else you can think of.

Thanks for the reminder RRMom! I meant to post the outcome and forgot!
Ok, so we ordered a KoMo made of beechwood (ordered from Pleasant Hill Grain, got it in less than a week, but pricey at about $500 after shipping)
ALL the grinders we looked at said NOT to grind popcorn in them as it was way to hard...you could grind other corn though as well as most other grains including rice in it! I was surprised about the rice, but that makes it a viable option for those who can't have wheat.

I found it to be quieter than the manual grinder, but that may be because it was so quick. I LOVE it! Ed said that with one solar panel from Harbor Freight, we could grind for three hours on a charge, so I'm glad we got it.

Ok, now I'm gonna have to upgrade my grinder....you guys make me hungry

Herbal, the option to grind popcorn is one of the reasons that I went with the Grainmaker over the Country Living Grain Mill. I like the option of grinding just about anything that I want in it. It makes a great bean flour also. That and I like that it is a smaller company out of Montana that started up after Y2K.
Doc It took me a couple of years to get to the grainmill on my list, but it is one of the items that i use the most (other than my food storage). I love it and it makes the best bread around.