[Syrupmakers] Cane mill bearings

Sun Feb 17 07:26:42 PST 2008

I'm a beekeeper also, so I have a lot food grade grease for the  extractors 
and stuff. I'm gonna try it 1st. It's thick like axle grease, so  hopefully the 
syrup want be able to displace it. Oil floats on water so I  could see it 
pushing all the oil out pretty quick.

JT

In a message dated 2/17/2008 8:37:37 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
victoryfirst at nxs.net writes:

JT, your bearings look like really nice work. I brazed the lid on a  small 
roller cover that was broken into. I didn't get the two pieces exactly  plane so 
it "rocks" very slightly. The braze was very successful.
    When I first used my Chattanooga Plow #12 horse mill I  put new motor oil 
in the reservors assuming that it would stay there. After a  short time of 
grinding the motor oil was replaced with cane juice. We know  where the motor 
oil went ! Do others have success at keeping  lubricant in the cups ? Will a 
food-grade grease stay put ?

----- Original Message ----- 
From:  _DBACrownhoney at aol.com_ (mailto:DBACrownhoney at aol.com)  
To: _syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net_ (mailto:syrupmakers at syrupmakers.net)   
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 7:47  AM
Subject: Re: [Syrupmakers] Cane mill  bearings

Ya, I tried preheating it. I used a big propane weed burner torch. It  got it 
pretty hot. I think if it brakes all it will do is allow the juice to  get in 
the bearing box. If that happens I think I can JB WELD  it enough to keep the 
juice out. 
 As for the zinc. I haven't used it before, but there was a guy in  N. or S. 
Carolina making bearings for Chattanooga 12's and he's the one that  told me 
about it. He said his have lasted a few years so far. I also  researched it and 
found a lot, much more severe, applications that it's used  in. 
I plan on putting the mill back together today, I'll post some more  pics.

JT

In a message dated 2/17/2008 2:44:48 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
rharrison922 at yahoo.com writes:

J T,
   The photos look nice to me. As for welding cast iron, I  hear that it 
needs to be preheated to work best. Nice looking bearings!  have you used 
zinc/aluminum alloy before for bearing use ? Will it stand  pressure ?
                                                       Richard

DBACrownhoney at aol.com wrote:

Hey ya'll  sorry it took so long but here are some pics of the zinc/aluminum  
bearings I've been talking about. These are for a Chattanooga 13. The 2  
piece bearing was cast in sand. The other one I poured directly  into  the cup and 
used a piece of spray paint can to form the  socket for the shaft to fit 
into. I also left about 1/4" of the bearing  material on the bottom of the cups so 
the shaft wasn't  rubbing right on the cast iron. I don't  think I'll ever  
have to replace them. 
Now I  have a question. I think in the past someone took this mill apart and  
when they  took the top off they let the large  roller fall over and cracked 
the rim around the hole. I welded  on the cracks  directly behind the shaft 
were the most pressure  will be. I know it's a poor excuse for a welding job but 
welding  the cast iron is a lot different than steel. It's hard to hold an 
arc.  Anyway, just wondering what ya'll think  about it. The cracks  don't go 
into the main plate just that rim. Think it'll hold  up?

Here's the  link to the pictures: 
_http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh267/Crownhoney/_ 
(http://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh267/Crownhoney/) 

JT

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