Grain mill motor for $25

My trusty old wiper motor did the trick powering my grain mill but geez it was bloody slow. So after my dad told me he used a bread machine motor with great results I decided to spend a rainy Sunday in the garage modifying my grain mill and connected it up with an old bread machine motor.

So I purchased a bread making machine from gum tree for $20 and ripped the motor and pulley out.

Had a guard made up to cover the motor as its windings are all visible and didnt want to risk dropping something down on them. Added a switch and made some modifications to my existing mounting board to allow the pulley to fit. I had to get my mill shaft machined down to match the pulley but was able to get this done at work FOC.

Final RPM is around 160 rpm geared down from 1100 rpm from the motor so I have plenty of torque.

So a cheap ebay or gumtree motor seems to work quite well as a mill motor and you get both pulleys and the belt.

Here is a video of it in action making light work of my grain bill.