He Made His Own Mini Roller Mill

He Made His Own Mini Roller Mill LIVESTOCK Feeding Equipment “I recently built a small roller mill that lets me grind my own organic feed fast I use it on corn oats and soybeans and unload the ground feed into 5-gal buckets which I feed to my goats and chickens ” says Thomas Corbin Winfield Penn




    “The mill is bolted onto an angle iron frame and powered by a 1/2 hp electric motor which belt-drives a pair of rollers made from the armatures off junked car starters The armatures measure 5 1/2 in long by 3 in dia and are mounted on pillow block bearings A cut-out wooden board is bolted to each end of the hopper to contain the grain




    “To make the rollers I removed the commutator bar and winding coil from each armature keeping the shaft Then I used a cut-off wheel with a die grinder to deepen the slots between the armature’s stack teeth so they do a better job of grinding Once the feed has been ground I dump it in an old cement mixer add molasses and mix the feed again Then I carry it in 5-gal buckets to my animals




    “The hopper measures 16 by 20 in and was built by riveting pieces of sheet metal from an old washing machine The hopper can hold almost a 5-gal bucket of grain weighing 25 lbs and four 5-gal buckets is enough to feed my animals for a week




    “It takes only about 15 min to grind 50 lbs of feed whereas it took an hour with my old electric-powered burr mill which was much smaller than this one My total cost to build the roller mill was a little over $100




    “I’ve found that buying organic ingredients and making my own organic feed costs only about half as much as what I’d have to pay at a farm store ”




    Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Thomas Corbin 403 Kratzerville Rd Winfield Penn 17889

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