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[Kai Vido <kaivido@yahoo.com>]

We use the "Diamant" mill that Lehman Hardware sells, and another large
mill, the "Atlas" made by Christy Hunt of England, which has been
discontinued. Neither are motorized, though the Diamant has a V-belt
pulley. Both were purchased in the 1980s from In-Tec Equipment of
Dayton, Ohio, though they stopped selling mills some time ago. Lehmans
took over the Diamant dealership and raised prices, and the Atlas were
apparently never a good seller for In-Tec. 

We like both very much, and use the high-output Atlas for coarser
milling, cracking cereals etc., and the Diamant for finer flour. Three
to five minutes a day is all it takes to mill all we need for a family
of five, and it's good aerobic exercise because the mills both sport
large flywheels and a long handle for both hands. And, though pricey,
they are lifetime investments. I would recommend it to anyone who likes
ultra-fresh flour, cereals, cornmeal grits and so on.

By the way, if anyone out there needs new grinding plates for an Atlas
mill--only 40 of which were sold on this continent--we bought the
leftover inventory from In-Tec ten years ago and have plenty of plates.

Kai Vido



--- Jody Troupe <jodyt2@mac.com> wrote:

> Thank you Claudia, and lbsaltzman. That is important to know - - that
>  
> it takes so long just to
> get enough flour for one loaf of bread! We haven't tried any mills at
>  
> all yet, so I didn't have
> a frame of reference.
> 
> Thank you both for the info.
> 
> Jody
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On May 29, 2007, at 9:38 AM, lbsaltzman@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > I have baked bread for many years. I tried a small hand cranked
> mill  
> > and was ultimately frustrated at how long it took to make enough
> flour  
> > for even one loaf of bread.  I suspect you would need one of the
> large  
> > ones that run on bicyle power or an electric one.  I personally use
>  
> > the Grain Master Whisper Mill. It is extremely fast for a $200
> mill.
> >
> >
> >> Hello all-
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Claudia Joseph <permie@earthlink.net>
> > To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> > Sent: Tue, 29 May 2007 5:58 am
> > Subject: Re: [permaculture] Non-electric grain mills
> >
> >
> >
> > The Bread Book by Tom Leonard (East West Health Books 17 Station
> > treet, Brookline Massachusettes 02146)  rates grain mills -
> electric
> > nd hand cranked -  quite thoroughly.
> > On May 28, 2007, at 8:49 AM, Jody Troupe wrote:
> >> Hello all-
> >
> >  We are looking for recommendations on hand-crank type appliances.
> >  Specifically in this moment, grain mills. Its easy to find a
> >  variety of
> >  these appliances on websites, but in terms of getting a sense of
> good
> >  quality we haven't stumbled on that info yet. We'd found Lehmans,
> but
> >  another friend of mine thought we could find better quality
> elsewhere
> >  (but made no suggestions). We are just trying to do our homework
> >  before
> >  purchasing.
> >
> >  Does anyone have any suggestions of manual grain mills they would
> >  recommend? This would be for smaller quantities for home, not to
> do
> >  any
> >  commercial with the product.
> >
> >  Thank you for any recommendations :-)
> >
> >  Jody Troupe