What caused this disaster?

[BigDanny84]

Rollers are solid but only one of them moves.

[Leann ull]

Other should rotate if pushed?
It might be stiff but that's ok

[armedcor]

Both should move. They're geared.

[BigDanny84]

The other one moves with a bit of force from underneath.

Change the gap and took the pic u requested CH

[Leann ull]

And that gap gives you what's on the plate?

[BigDanny84]

The same as the above

[Leann ull]

Go narrower and crush again and take a pic

[BigDanny84]

Will do tomorrow, thanks.

[Keg]

Is it possible that you turned the handle the wrong way when running the grain through the mill and instead of the two rollers going inwards, they were both rolling outwards and not crushing the grain I.e. The grain was just getting thrown over the side?

[BigDanny84]

That is possible but when I turn it the other way the rollers are stationary and no grain exits the mill.

[Leann ull]

I love an Agatha Christie, they are the most fun to solve

[mick02]

There is a pic of the guide screws on my bulldog mill. I'm having no problems with it so far. I also calibrated with a credit card and I've had perfect crushes everytime. I did notice that sometimes the drill losses it's grip on the mill if it's not tightened enough.

[molc]

That is possible but when I turn it the other way the rollers are stationary and no grain exits the mill.

This sounds like the issue to me. They are meant to be quite hard to turn, so I'd say your going in the opposite direction and the grain is just going over the sides and not getting crushed.

Alternatively maybe the gearing mechanical is jammed. Thought you couldn't move one of the rollers in isolation though, as they are linked by tye gearing system.

[Leann ull]

There is a max speed for crushing grain, those bulldogs are further complicated in that they have plastic interlocking gears so have the potential to shred teeth if operated too fast.

Tips for milling alway start your drill on slow speed, feed into spinning drums and use a clamp to have a continuous speed

[BigDanny84]

Thanks lads, will consider all this. I have tried to use the mill without the drill and was having the same results.