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> > Get the ones with stones as the the burrs don't last too long.
> 

If the burrs don't last long, the mill is not propertly adjusted or is not 
being used properly.  I have a BlackHawk mill that has been in continuous use 
for nearly 100 years with the original burrs and they are fine.  Before I got 
it 
(from my grandfather) it was being run with an electric motor and not only 
ground the kitchen corn meal but also chicken and hog feed at times.  It has 
the 
hand crank now.

I also have one of those cheapie Corona mills with both metal burrs and 
stones.  The stones grind very fine flour, but the burrs (flat on the Corona, 
conical on the Blackhawk) have been used for cornmeal and masa and malt for 
30 
years and are indistinguishable from new ones.

Properly adjusted burrs, like properly dressed mill stones and quern stones, 
shear off little flakes of corn and the burrs never touch one another.


James