[Gristmillers] My Seed Cleaner

[Faber McMullen]

I think what I have is a "fanning mill".

Faber

On Jun 2, 2009, at 12:55 PM, Jeff Smith wrote:

>
> I am trying to visualize what you are saying, but it sounds like you  
> need a fanning mill.
>
> Jeff Smith
>
> --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Faber McMullen <faber at mssblue.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Faber McMullen <faber at mssblue.net>
>> Subject: [Gristmillers] My Seed Cleaner
>> To: gristmillers at gristmillers.com
>> Date: Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 9:52 AM
>> Hey Fellows:
>>
>> Just thought I'd give you a little update.  Yes, John
>> Baily, I will probably want to come back to Baton Rouge to
>> assemble the mill, set the bed stone, etc.  Lou wants
>> to do it here, but if we came that way maybe a few other
>> folks could watch.  Lou and I could come pulling my
>> camper.
>>
>> I am harvesting and cleaning wheat.  I am using my M2B
>> reconditioned seed cleaner to clean the wheat.  This
>> may sound nutty, but I'm wondering if even after running
>> wheat through the cleaner it will have a considerable
>> amount of dust in/on it.  I haven't ever used it until
>> today so I'm just not sure.  It seems like it doesn't
>> get "mill clean"
>> until I've run it through the machine 2-3 times.  is
>> that normal?
>>
>> I will grind it with my small Meadows 8" stone table top
>> mill for this year.  I am also starting to supply a
>> small
>> Mormon community that have found us Brethren folks.
>> Many of them have their own tiny grist mills so that will
>> take the pressure off of me until I get "big bertha" up and
>> going.  Another trip to B.R., Louisiana will get it
>> working.
>>
>> Send any info you guys have on experience in cleaning
>> grain,
>> Faber
>>
>>
>>
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