Extremely bad quality grain mill

[ngavin2001]

I ordered a corona grain mill from a home brew company in Ireland and it is not a corona grain mill it is a cheap copy and the quality is so bad it's shocking I would send it back but I want to get a brew on at the weekend.

The grinder shaft first of all would not even fit into the mill without 10 mins with a file, when it did go in the 2 grinding plates were only touching at one point it was 5mm off at the other side so the plate attached to the mill had to come off but the 3 Phillips screws were rung from being tightened due to the bolts being such bad quality when they did come off I had to grind down the face of the mill where the fixed grinding plate screwed on. Then the end of the shaft that goes into the adjustable end clamp was too long the 2 coach bolts and wingnuts would not tighten so that had to be cut. The threads where the handle pinch bolt holds on the handle could not have been drilled any more off centre the threads almost meet the outside. And lastly the hopper would not push on without the mould marks being filed down.

Be warned it's on sale with 51% off for a reason.

[LordEoin]

51% off? Bargain, I'll take 2!!

[LordEoin]

But seriously, if it's that bad just poke them and see if you can return it.
What brand mill is it by the way? can you post a picture of the box and mill?

[ngavin2001]

Ah it's done now I do metal work anyway so it wasn't that hard to get semi right to use I just posted it so someone else doesn't have to go through the hassle of returning etc. It has no brand on it except 500 moulded into it where corona should be moulded into it. The box has no brand either.

If it was advertised as a cheap no brand I would have passed I'm just a bit annoyed that it's been advertised as a brand it's definitely not.
Photobucket is not working for me for some strange reason!

[johnrm]

Why not just shim it out with washers like other people did?

http://www.nationalhomebrewclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,7653.msg95924.html#msg95924
Ta-Daa!


They are not great quality, but you get what you pay for.
It seems the build or the parts are a little different now, Newer versions have this annoying gap, but also have a rubber foot and a 'splash guard' to cover the grinding plates.

[mr hoppy]

I've got one of those. Put a drill and washers on and happy enough with it to be honest. If you get a 5 litre water bottle and cut the end off you can stick it in the hopper to get better capacity.