Where can I buy a grist mill?

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  • September 12, 2010 at 12:33 am #41561
    Lady in VA
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    I am seeking a couple of horse-driven mills. One is a grist mill, for grinding corn for human consumption. The other is a sugar cane mill for juicing. If anyone knows where I can find one or building plans, I would greatly appreciate it. Or if you have some photos that show the mills from every angle possible so that an engineer-type can draw up construction plans, that would be helpful.

    Email-doxn7004@yahoo.com. Thanks!

    September 12, 2010 at 1:48 am #59359
    goodcompanion
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    You could just buy a horse treadmill, for which there is a dedicated thread elsewhere on this site, and link it to a meadows mill or similar with a v-belt or chain. This would be easy to do with new-manufactured components. I don’t know about cane juicers but I would bet that could be powered with your treadmill too.

    I haven’t heard or seen a horse-powered gristmill outside of a pre-civil war museum setting. I imagine the dressing of the custom stone alone would probably run you double the cost of the treadmill and the new meadows mill both together.

    What exactly are you trying to accomplish, and what are your requirements, and why do you have them?

    September 12, 2010 at 3:26 am #59363
    Mike Rock
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    Lady in VA,
    These two sites will set you up. Just write you needs to:

    Gristmillers@gristmillers.com

    syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net

    Most respectfully,
    Mike Rock

    September 13, 2010 at 12:49 am #59361
    Lady in VA
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    A missionary group in Jamaica contacted me after seeing a burr mill demonstrated on our YouTube site, asking if I knew where they could get one as well as a cane juicer. They have mules and horses that drive and a mill would be a labor-saving device for the people. It would also allow them to generate more income. So I thought I would put out feelers for them.

    I’ll check out those forums listed here too. Thank you so much.

    September 13, 2010 at 12:04 pm #59360
    goodcompanion
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    A treadmill-v belt-mill arrangement would probably be one that would work well in such a place. Depending on how many tons needed to be ground/juiced, of course, the treadmill and other machinery need to be sized appropriately. Plus the treadmill could run a pump or a generator if appropriate, when not milling grain juicing cane.

    The pieces are going to be pretty heavy and expensive to ship. For a gristmill arrangement (again, I don’t know about juicers) probably you could get it there and set up for $10k or so.

    September 13, 2010 at 10:40 pm #59362
    Lady in VA
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    Thanks for all the info, gentlemen. I’m going to forward it on to the church group. If you hear of anything else, please let me know. What’s antique to us is new technology to some.

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