[SEL] Wow ! Quite a find.

frank skinner marinesurveys at msn.com
Fri May 21 11:02:51 PDT 2010


Jerry, those machines were really neat,  I have a set of stones & would love

any list members to comment on how one would set them up.

        Franklin S. Skinner 
    Marine Surveyor & Consultant 
3428 Talon Court Wilmington NC 28409 
       34'10.9 North 74'52.4 West 
PH 910-791-8870 Cell 910-612-7470



 
> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 19:11:13 +0200
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> From: jerrye at databak.co.za
> Subject: Re: [SEL] Wow ! Quite a find.
> 
> At 06:00 PM 21/05/2010, you wrote:
> 
> >Message: 8
> >Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 15:56:23 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: Ron Frost <ron217_2000 at yahoo.com>
> >Subject: Re: [SEL] Wow ! Quite a find.
> >To: The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> >Message-ID: <973457.95379.qm at web110216.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>
> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> >Jerry, At the risk of sounding stupid, What is a roller mill's product?
> 
> 
> Hi Ron,
> No, you do not sound stupid. I'm no expert on those machines 
> either but are they not beautiful?
> 
> Basically a Roller Mill crushes and grinds wheat (and other grains 
> like corn) to make meal. I'm not too sure if stone or burr mills were then 
> used to get a finer meal (flour). The really old water wheel powered mills 
> had two counter rotating stone discs (wheels) which ground wheat into a 
> very fine smooth meal (flour).
> 
> There are many guys on this list far more clued up than me on the 
> subject - how about a few explanations - it's not "Off Topic" if the whole 
> thing was powered by an internal combustion engine :-)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Keep the revs up (or down)
> Jerry Evans
> Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
> Etched Brass Engine Plates made to order:
> <www.oldengine.org/members/evans/plates/index.htm> 
> 
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