[Syrupmakers] excelsior mill

[Ken Reit]

Tommy, are we to understand that you cook 300 plus gallons a cooking?? What
size and type of pan do you have?

 

Ken reitsma

 

From: syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net
[mailto:syrupmakers-bounces at syrupmakers.net] On Behalf Of tom clayton
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:37 AM
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] excelsior mill

 

Peter, I had a Excelsior #43 A. The rollers were 18 1/2 in long and the top
roller never had grooves. The mill would grind fine if ran at apprx 10-12
rpm. If I tried to speed it up, the cane was difficult to feed. Also, most
of us have gone to saw blade type cane cutters and this eliminates the cut
angle left by hand held cane cutters. The angle allows you to feed butt ends
first, which are easily taken into the mill. When I do 2 cookings, I grind
660 gallons in the AM and time is a factor. If I was just grinding 80-100
gallons a day, I would slow the mill down and not regroove the top roller.
Hope this helps, Tommy in North Florida

ptrpdt at aol.com wrote: 

thanks,I had been told that if grooves were worn cane would not pull
through. Just concerned that when I need to use mill and I fail to repair it
it will be a real problem to make a quick fix. If 
it will work without excessive extra work I would rather leave it as is.
that being said I would like to hear feedback on this issue as I have no
milling experience.

                                                       thanks,peter

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Harrison <rharrison922 at yahoo.com>
To: syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net
Sent: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 3:51 am
Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] excelsior mill

Peter,

    Top rollers don't absolutely HAVE to be grooved anyway. They will
squeeze the cane anyway. I think the grooves serve 2 purposes maybe: 

          (1) to help pull the cane through the mill, and 

          (2) to provide channels for the juice to run down away from the
crushed stalks. It      probably helps the efficiency of the mill a little.

 

   My opinion is that horizontal grooves improve the grabbing ability of the
rollers better than vertical grooves. Vertical grooves probably make better
juice channels. 1 man I know has his Goldens' 27 power mill grooved BOTH
ways on the top roller.

                                                     Richard Harrison

Ptrpdt at aol.com wrote:

Thanks for the info. I was not sure if a roller is cast thick enough for re
grooving without taking a chance on weakening the roller enough to cause
damage when grinding cane. thought about building roller up with cast high
alloy rods and turning on a lathe but at $76 a pound for rods I can buy a
mill cheaper by the time I am done. might split a piece of pipe if i can
find the right size and weld it to the roller and groove it as last resort.

 

 

 
thanks, peter






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