want to Make a Sorghum mill

Posted by mattcatlin on February 09, 2017 at 11:52:59 from (63.156.144.126):

Hi Guys, I have been looking for a sorghum mill for a long time, they are hard to find and I've been thinking there isn't much to them, maybe I'll make one. The mule powered ones look like nothing more than two 6 inch or so rollers with gears that mesh at the top. If I can find some old cast iron gears 6 inches in diameter I'm thinking that I could put a shaft through some lath cutoffs and mount them in a frame.

I was thinking there has to be something in junk tractor transmissions that would work. I bet 7th gear out of a 4020 is about the right size, but the way 4th fits in there probably makes the hole too big.

Any search suggestions for gears about the right size?

thanks, this would give me something to do between fall apple butter making and spring maple tapping.

Replies:

• Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill buickanddeere 08:15:21 02/10/17 (0)
• Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill buickanddeere 18:31:32 02/09/17 (1)
  • Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill mattcatlin 08:08:18 02/10/17 (0)
• Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill rbhuntn 12:29:06 02/09/17 (1)
  • Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill mattcatlin 08:08:49 02/10/17 (0)
• Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill Janicholson 21:55:19 02/09/17 (0)
• Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill kickinbull 16:46:51 02/09/17 (2)
  • Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill Janicholson 21:50:08 02/09/17 (1)
    • Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill mattcatlin 08:07:45 02/10/17 (0)
• Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill fbh44 16:07:21 02/09/17 (0)
• Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill fbh44 16:03:42 02/09/17 (0)
• Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill john achmann 13:50:52 02/09/17 (2)
  • Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill mattcatlin 13:53:54 02/09/17 (1)
    • Re: want to Make a Sorghum mill Mogster 15:00:49 02/09/17 (0)

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