My new Ball Mill

[Anonymous]

No not yet.As of right now I am only concentrating on getting the gold out.I am still fighting this tungsten problem.I just bought a new kiln this morning,and I am on the phone with barren bouncing ideas back and forth about the crucibles.He suggested trying sonitube for the outside and a plastic gallon jug for the inside,and using a soldering iron to remove the inside jug and cut the sonitube off.That should be big enough for now,until I can get some capital in and build or purchase a larger one.Barren is getting the last kiln(that I broke) and the reminants of my last ball mill.You guys either keep your fingers crossed,pray,toss some salt,or something that this works.lol.
Oh yeh,just to let you guys know...according to my wife,she is winning the lottery tomorrow,so I may be gone for a little while :mrgreen:

 

[joem]

Thinking of my plans to build a mill in the spring and I was looking for a way to control the speed with a set of ten speed derailer gears when I can across these plans.
They are not with derailer gears (I'll keep looking) but I think it will give some good ideas for those thinking of making a mill.
enjoy
http://www.skylighter.com/fireworks/how-to/use-a-ball-mill.asp

 

[rusty]

Thinking of my plans to build a mill in the spring and I was looking for a way to control the speed with a set of ten speed derailer gears when I can across these plans.
They are not with derailer gears (I'll keep looking) but I think it will give some good ideas for those thinking of making a mill.
enjoy
http://www.skylighter.com/fireworks/how-to/use-a-ball-mill.asp

Problem with using de-railer is the free wheeling ratcheting device built into the hub. But then you may have already figured this and made arrangements in your plans to compensate for this.

Please give more details on your plans.

Why not use a large diameter drum with a B belt draped over it run from a washing machine or dryer motor, you do not need a large pulley to drive the drum. The wide B Belt will have plenty of friction against the large surface area of the drum to turn it. There's no need to make this difficult.

A single B Belt should suffice, if not double up with a pair.

 

[glondor]

What is this tungsten problem you speak of?

 

[metalmickey]

I don't know if you might interested but there is someone on ebay that sells cheep ball mills thier members name is hobfir :arrow: They sell three sizes and offer a 2 years manufacturers garuntee/warrenty :!: You can use all three barrel sizes on the largest model mill. :arrow: but not the larger barrels on the smaller models :lol: