Grain Mill, non-electric

[tenbusybees]

Can we talk about manual, not electric, grain mills?

Preferably ones that are highly rated and very durable but REALLY affordable?

I know the Country Living one gets 5 stars and is a work horse but the $450 price tag is a bit prohibitive for me.

[dustawaits]

The one we had, I think was country living. But it had nylon/ plastic blades and
they did not last. Took forever to grind two cups of wheat by hand...
I simply did not have the time it took for grinding.
It was the best bread I ever made , I loved the taste of it!

I always regretted that I did not get the home made one on EBay.
It had a large wheel on it which could be connected to a belt drive
and motor or turned by hand. The bigger the wheel the easier to
grind...I think attaching a pedal would work just as well.

[tenbusybees]

dustawaits, ohh, good to know about the blades. That's no good.

I checked ebay. I was forget about them when I'm looking for something. Thanks for the reminder. I didn't see anything though.

I'm leaning towards this one I think. www.lehmans.com/product/lehmans-own-hand-cranked-grain-mill/
Anyone use and have a more current review than the website's?

[dustawaits]

That one year on burrs does not speak well
of Lehman.
Probably like mine.

[dw]

We have an OLD Corona (I think that's the name)...paid about $20 new. Works great, grinds anything. Have had it at least 40 yrs. I use my kitchenaid grinder more now but that old one is good!

[tenbusybees]

May 23, 2019 20:20:03 GMT dustawaits said:

That one year on burrs does not speak well
of Lehman.
Probably like mine.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing too. But I read in the reviews that the replacement burrs are better than the factory's. 🤔

[ohiodreamer]

We have the Family Grain mill from Pleasent Hill. It is both hand crank and motor....you get both for $150. We've had it about 10 years, but it doesn't get heavy use....we still use unbleached white flour, too. It doesn't grind as fine as store bought, but I haven't found anything I can use the flour for even if it's a bit more course.

[Ozarks Tom]

We have the Country Living mill with steel grinding faces, it does a wonderful job. After grinding a gallon of flour we bought the motor kit. We grind about 4 gallons at a time. Being preppers, after doing some math I found a DC motor with a gearmotor reducer that will run off 12V DC at the proper speed. Country Living warns that running the faces at over 90rpm will overheat them, so the gearing has to be correct.

The Country Living mill is indeed expensive, but in my opinion worth the money.