[Gristmillers] How Do You Prepare Wheat?

[Stacey Freeman]

Faber,

A bolter is a sifter that can have many different screens in it.  In fact
the Silk that is on a flour mill is a very fine sieve that is on a type of
reel bolter.  A bolter rolls (like a drum turning) sifting toward the
outside (there is a picture of the inside of our Midget Marvell mill's
bolter at www.freemansmill.com mill tour).  There are also sifters that work
off of the eccentrics on mills, to electric powered...I have built both and
for small runs, a shaker works well.  Bolters can be bought for between
$100.00 and $4000.00 (new).

Sure hope that makes sense.

Stacey Freeman

-----Original Message-----
From: gristmillers-bounces at gristmillers.com
[mailto:gristmillers-bounces at gristmillers.com] On Behalf Of Faber McMullen
Sent: Thursday, June 04, 2009 7:47 AM
To: gristmillers at gristmillers.com
Subject: Re: [Gristmillers] How Do You Prepare Wheat?

Sounds like a great way to do it.  I have the small 8" meadows mill to use
while I am rebuilding the big one I bought in Louisiana.  I don't have a
bolter so perhaps you could explain that a bit.  I just have three pieces of
equip for
grain:

1 - pull behind PTO driven AC All crop Combine (grain head only)
1- M2B Clipper Fanning Mill
1- 8" Meadows Mill - table top mill

If I need a bolter, please tell me where I can get one and how much it
should cost.  Sorry for my very basic questions.

Thanks
Faber


On Jun 4, 2009, at 6:12 AM, Stacey Freeman wrote:

> You can run your wheat through your mill (stone) and then through your 
> bolter and sift it just like corn.  You will have a course flour that 
> is called "whole wheat flour" because it has the bran in it and is 
> good flour.
> Our roller mill and silks sifts to a much finer stage than a corn meal 
> and grits bolter though.
>
> Stacey Freeman
> www.freemansmill.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> cen66133 at centurytel.net
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 1:02 PM
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> Subject: [Gristmillers] How Do You Prepare Wheat?
>
> Folks,
> I live in an area where wheat is grown and have a functional grist 
> mill.  I grind corn meal and have a bolter.  How do you get wheat - 
> from the combine
> - to the point where it is ready to grind into flour?  Is there 
> another piece of machinery involved? A roller Mill?  Is there a
> low tech way to do it?    I would like to take some of our locally  
> grown
> wheat from the field to the table but am missing this piece of the 
> puzzle.
> Joe Rolfe
> Starr Homeplace
> Oak Ridge, La
> 71264
> www.starrhomeplace.org
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