Flour Mill/Can I use it to grind corn?

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I have a Lee Household Flour Mill, electric, which was a freebie, found in a basement of a relative's house, along with 100 lbs of red winter wheat. I've tried it out, and it works, although it takes about 4 or 5 hours to grind a 3 lb coffee can of flour. I have no instruction book, nor anyone who knows anything about it, so wonder if I could grind whole corn in it for my chickens? Or just for corn meal for home use? I hate to ruin it by trying, so if anyone has any experience with these, i would appreciate the input. There is no adjustment to it, so you can't control speed, coarseness, etc. Thanks for any help you can provide. Jan

-- Janice Bullock (Janice12@aol.com), January 21, 2000

Answers

Hi, Janice!

I don't have one like yours, but what would tip me off is the lack of coarseness control, along with it being called a "flour" mill instead of a "grain" mill or some other.

It sounds like it was meant for wheat berries and not much else. Just a thought, for what it's worth. :-)

-- KK (figtree@bright.net), January 25, 2000.


As I understand it, if the mill has stone for grinding, it can only be used for flour. I believe you need metal burrs for corn because it is oily and will mess up the stone. My electric mill will grind that much flour in about 5 minutes. You could probably do faster with a hand grinder!(than the electric one you have) I have bought old items like that and found the company still in business and have been able to get parts and manuals. Why don't you try doing a search on the computer or perhaps check for an 800 # for that company? Good luck

-- barbara (barbaraj@mis.net), January 25, 2000.

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