finally built it

I finally built my bike powered grain mill. I am very excited about not having to do at least 12 cups a week of flour via hand crank. If anything it makes you appreciate your food more. Another thing I like about it is that it was 100% built with stuff I had or found, and 95% of it was trash. I love building stuff from trash, to me that is recycling. If you guys haven't baked your own bread or ground your flour, I highly recommend it. The taste is so much better than any thing in the store, with good ingredients and less crap, just my opinion. Well thanks for letting me boast about my grain mill.

Kenny

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Comment by Sue Wefel on August 9, 2009 at 7:27am: Kenny, could you post directions on how to build one? Great idea and congratulations!

Comment by Jane Doyle on August 9, 2009 at 12:06pm: That's outstanding, Kenny! I love it that you built it out of stuff you had laying around or found. If only I had such talent. You're great!

Comment by Kenny on August 9, 2009 at 2:54pm: thank you for the complements and I am glad you liked it .

Kenny

Comment by Dana on August 14, 2009 at 6:18pm: That is so cool. How long does it take to grind 12 lbs? Are the kids having fun working it?? We have a reclining bike I'd be more motivated to use if I could figure how to do this with it! I hope we are well enough to see you guys tomorrow.

Comment by Randy on May 10, 2010 at 8:44am: Are you suer that's not one of those chain reaction gizmos like you see on a loony tunes cartoon?

Comment by Kenny on May 10, 2010 at 8:53am: We have alot of fun with it , as well as exercise. I am going to change some of the pully sizes to make it easier on the kids. I keeping an eye on loose trash. Kenny

Comment by Theresa McCullough on September 14, 2010 at 9:51am: This is fantastic. I am in the very baby steps of this and could really use some good advice. I am looking into getting a mill, any recommendations? Also where to you find it best to get the dried goods to mill?

Comment by Roger on November 9, 2010 at 5:56pm: Also where to you find it best to get the dried goods to mill?

Great question. Any locally sourced stuff?

I wasn't prepared when I saw this. At first I thought 'whatever', but that reaction was wrong. Great job. I envy your creativity and ability to do this.