[Syrupmakers] excelsior mill

[ptrpdt at aol.com]

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.

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-----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.

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?? 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.

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