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Post by bunkie on Apr 29, 2009 12:16:51 GMT -5
i think it was patrick who posted on his blog about the homemade grain dehuller. i can't find where it was posted, so am starting this thread. on idig, someone posted this article that it doesn't work... www.bilagaana.com/dehuller/Sunflower%20Dehuller.htmli was wondering if you patrick, or anyone else had tried to build this contraption and if they had any luck? thanks!
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Post by PatrickW on Apr 30, 2009 5:49:28 GMT -5
i was wondering if you patrick, or anyone else had tried to build this contraption and if they had any luck? Thanks for the link! It's nice to see someone else's experience with it. No, I haven't tried yet. I got to where he mentions. I was still trying to figure out where to get the large washer from, and I purchased a 1/8" thick sheet of gum from Small Parts, inc. It was much cheaper when I bought it a few years ago, about $6-8 I think. I had wanted to hull my spelt, but since I also need to grind it into flour I had been trying to figure out how I could make this modification but still use the hand mill for it's intended purpose. I'm not sure this is possible. If you glue the rubber to it with super-glue, there's no taking it off again! Anyway, this is where I left it. I had a crop failure the year I intended to try it, and I haven't picked the project up again. Another possible harvest may be in a few months, so I might pick it up again then. While I wasn't overwhelmed with the quality of the Corona mill, I'm under the impression the basic design has been around for a long time and parts are generally inter-changeable between the different models. I think it probably mostly does what it's supposed to, but is inherently a low cost and low tech solution. If that's what you want, I don't think there's much wrong with the quality of it. Unlike the reviewer on Amazon said, I have read elsewhere it will grind flour, but you may have to sift out un-milled chunks, and put them through several times. The metal is chromed, something that will not stand up to the abrasion of milling, and will wear off after a short time for sure, but I don't think that's a big problem.
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