Originally Posted by
simonl
Hi Gamma,
Would this be your first mill you are thinking of building, as in you don't have a mill at this point in time?
As outlined by others on the forum, building a mill would be one of the most complex and largest scale projects a person could think to build. I not here to talk you out of it, far from it! If it's something you really want to do then go for it and post your pics here along the way. I will be watching with much interest and give you all the encouragement I can. But, if it will be your first mill then you have already made things extremely difficult for yourself before you even start.
If it were me, I would purchase my first mill (new or S/H) and use it, learn from it, decide on it's design flaws and it's strengths and then use that info and experience and apply it to your next mill that you intend to design and build.
I think that designing and building your own mill without the luxury of at first owning and using one would be like re-inventing the wheel. You would be denying yourself much knowledge and experience in the design of such machines.
Oh P.S. it would also be much easier to build a mill, using another mill!
Good luck and keep us posted!
Simon