[Gristmillers] Grits Stone Dressing

[jgenola at cox.net]

John, what speed are you running your mill?

John G.


---- John Catoe <catoefarms at hotmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> I grind to get 2000#s of grits quite often. With 2000# of grits, I have 1200##s of meal and around 400#s of chicken feed. I used a 30" wood frame Meadows and grits bolter made in 1930. John at Blizzard Branch Milling
>  
> > From: staceyf at nctv.com
> > To: gristmillers at gristmillers.com
> > Subject: RE: [Gristmillers] Grits Stone Dressing
> > Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 12:20:26 -0400
> > 
> > Ron, 
> > I do my grinding on a 48" R.D. Cole mill and I can get to around 10%
> > waste...maybe a little less, then about the same weight of grits as
> > meal...can vary some according to grain quality and size. To get to 3:1 is
> > something impressive! I don't think I would grind w/the other mill as the
> > primary mill if I had one that will grind to a ratio like you said. For us,
> > grits are more valuable and in demand than corn meal, even self rising meal.
> > 
> > Usually the mill does not grind as fine just after it has been dressed as
> > after it wears in a little. I have ground several thousand pounds since my
> > last sharpening.
> > 
> > Stacey Freeman
> > Freeman's Mill
> > www.freemansmill.com
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: gristmillers-bounces at gristmillers.com
> > [mailto:gristmillers-bounces at gristmillers.com] On Behalf Of jgenola at cox.net
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 9:36 AM
> > To: gristmillers at gristmillers.com
> > Subject: Re: [Gristmillers] Grits Stone Dressing
> > 
> > Ron,
> > I would like to know what you did on the 20" to get the 3:1 grits over meal.
> > The best I can do on mine is to get about 30 lbs of grits from 100 lbs of
> > corn. I've talked to several of the old guys around this area and they all
> > say the same thing, if you get 30 to 35 pounds of grits per 100 lbs of corn
> > you are doing good.
> > 
> > Who dressed your 20" stones? Did you buy the mill as is or did you rebuild
> > it?
> > 
> > John G.
> > 
> > 
> > ---- gritsnc at gmail.com wrote: 
> > > Advise please. I run 300lbs thru my recently rebuilt 1911 16" Meadow. 
> > > My yield was 1:1 meal to grits. Not so good. I am used to 3:1 grits 
> > > to meal in my 20". I thought the stones looked good. Furrows are clean
> > and crisp.
> > > Some glazing on the outer 3" , not much. If I back off the chafe/waste 
> > > goes way up.
> > > Is there such a thing as a 'grits' dressing? I'll take them somewhere 
> > > to have this done if I knew where. As it is, it's not worth much.
> > > Appreciate any advise,
> > > Ron
> > > 
> > > --
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> > > Visit us at Carolinagrits.com
> > 
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