Buy Country Living Hand Grain MillCountry Living Hand Grain Mill Product Description:
- Made of solid, cast aircraft aluminum - Made entirely in the USA
- FDA Approved Food Grade Powder Coating
- Double Sealed Industrial Grade Ball Bearings
- Cast Iron V-Groove Flywheel / High Carbon Steel Grinding Plates
- Adjustable - From Cracked Grain to Cake Flour - LIFETIME WARRANTY
Product Description
Solid I-beam construction from cast aircraft aluminum, double industrial sealed bearings, stainless steel shaft, and carbon steel grinding plates come together to make a rugged and durable mill, which is backed with a lifetime warranty. FEATURES: ** Made of solid, cast aircraft aluminum. ** Made entirely in the USA ** FDA Approved Food Grade Powder Coating ** Double Sealed Industrial Grade Ball Bearings ** Cast Iron V-Groove Flywheel ** High Carbon Steel Grinding Plates ** Adjustable - From Cracked Grain to Cake Flour ** LIFETIME WARRANTY
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179 of 179 people found the following review helpful.
Not for the urban or suburban home, without a plan.
By J. Willson
I bought this mill after a 30 minute phone call with the man who makes them. Very pleasant gentleman, whos gentle saleman's ways will talk your ear off, but you won't mind. This is a great mill! Our milled wheat is the best I've seen anywhere. The bread we made had the best texture I've ever eaten.BUT...This is not a mill you keep sitting around your kitchen, unless you live on a farm and have a closet to store it in. It is big and cast iron. Ain't nothing going to break on it. Don't worry about the warranty, your grandchildren will be fighting over it in 2090. I knew it would be heavy duty, but I was surprised how heavy that duty was. It comes with no base, so my son and I crafted a base that we thought would work well in the kitchen. We even glue rubber on the bottom in hope that it wouldn't slide. Not good enough. Even with clamps, it wanted to slide, which my wife wasn't very happy to see happen on Corian counters. Fortunately the rubber prevented scratches. This mill needs to be mounted PERMANENTLY on the surface where you grind; bolted to the table. If you keep it in the garage, keep it covered. We've had to clean it out by taking it apart (very simple, by the way) after letting it sit in the laundry room a couple of months without a cover. Gross mold isn't tasty.Next, unless you buy the motorized kit, be prepared for a workout. Remember your physics when considering the extension arm. Yes, the arm gives you more leverage, requiring less strength. However, your work is the same. Half the force, but twice the radius of the circle. Remember that formula, C = 2*R*pi. You're cranking that lighter force over a much larger distance. I found it easier without the arm, once I got the momentum going. However, my children under 12 years of age could not grind very much without the arm; too much strength required.We ground 5 cups of flour (3 cups of wheat kernals) in about 20 minutes trading off the chore. I did most of the work. However on days when I was at work and the children and wife were milling, it took 45 minutes. So guess what I looking to invest in - the motor kit. Too hard for just the wife in children. Yes, the survivalist inside of me rebels. But, the power grid isn't gone yet. Is it worth it -- yes. But consider where and how you are going to use it before you purchase. Know where you are going to mount it, store it and grind it.Hope this helps.
158 of 158 people found the following review helpful.
The best hand mill on the market!
By Big Jon
The country living grain mill is simply the best. It's solidly built to last a lifetime and easy to use. You really can't appreciate this mill until you try a cheaper one. It seems a little pricy, but you get what you pay for. If you are serious about grinding your own wheat (beans, corn etc) don't waste your time and money on anything less. You will either be discouraged and quit or you will eventually upgrade to a nicer mill like this one.I bought mine about a year ago because I made the mistake of grinding my own wheat to make bread. I had a cheaper (but still quite serviceable) mill Hand Grain Mill for beer making. The difference in flavor and texture of fresh ground wheat flour is profound. It hooked me immediately and I have never gone back. The trouble is, grinding wheat flour by hand can be a soul destroying task. My next purchase was an electric mill. BlendTec Kitchen Mill - Grain and Flour Mill. It worked as advertised, but it was LOUD and cleanup was a real chore.I finally broke down and bought the country living mill and motorized it using a belt drive and electric motor. It works perfectly fine without the motor, but I am very lazy. If you want to hand crank it, an extension bar for the hand crank is a nice addition that will make the job almost effortless.This is a genuine flour mill that produces excellent fine flour in a single pass...or you can open it up to make a courser meal or a cracked grain. It works with any non-oily seeds and would probably serve for oil seeds if you were patient and cleaned the working parts frequently. It has very large steel plates that make short work of turning wheat into flour. You have to try it to really feel the difference, but I love mine and would buy another if mine were lost.I highly recommend this product whether you want to run it by hand, by bicycle or by motor. As far as I am concerned, it's the best hand mill available anywhere.
72 of 73 people found the following review helpful.
Very Impressive Mill
By Hesiod
I bought my Country Living grain mill about a week ago. After thinking that I didn't need a costly mill to do what people have done for millennia, I realized that there has been profound progress in simple technologies. That's not to suggest that this mill is easy, that it will crank itself (although it will crank itself if you give it a motor), but the quality output versus frustration and difficulty input ratio is awesomely enhanced.I appreciate the sense of sturdiness in this mill. Some things are merely heavy and somehow still manage to seem flimsy. This mill is fairly heavy, but the sense of sturdiness exuding from it belies its weight. However, the weight really matters little, because you're not going to be packing it around. The elegant lines and beautiful simplicity of this mill belong as a fixture in the kitchen, bolted securely to the counter.I made some bread yesterday. Sprinkled in with the wheat in the mill's hopper, I added some dried rosemary and caraway seed. The resulting flour showed no specks of these spices, but the aroma was incredible. For bread I prefer a grind that is slightly more gritty than this mill will provide at its finest setting, so I backed it off a bit toward the course side.I am planning on motorizing my mill, but there's one thing you should be aware of on this matter. The company specifies that the lifetime warranty is void if the mill is motorized by any means other than the Country Living motorization kit, which costs about as much as the mill itself. Since the warranty was one factor in my decision to buy this mill, I will have to deliberate on this for a while. However, the quality of construction and availability of spare parts such as bearings and plates seems to negate the necessity of a warranty anyway. It's one of those rare products that can offer such a warranty in trust that it will never be cashed in. This mill will define durability for your great grandchildren.
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