taiwanluthiers Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) First things first: DO NOT MILL BP COMPS WITH THIS unless you want to lose your leg or worse if the thing were to explode... MILL ONLY FUEL OR OXIDIZER BUT NOT BOTH!!! I am waiting for the part for my ball mill to arrive, got a 1/4 HP motor, and some 12mm bearings. I still need some pulley and belts... In the meantime I placed the jar on the floor and rolled it around with my feet. It is good exercise and you really need about 3 hours of milling time with this. For charcoal first reduce the charcoal into small pieces, if it doesn't fit through a screen crush it some more (a coffee grinder would work). Then load your jar and just roll it back and forth with your feet, and watch a movie or something. It's not the most efficient way to mill materials but it beats mortar and pestle by a wide margin. I wouldn't try this with a large jar but something small would work. I milled some charcoal this way and the bp produced (small mortar and pestle batch) burned a bit faster than just mortar and pestle. Maybe you can ball mill aluminum foil too but I wouldn't recommend it, unless you just want to roll it for 24 hours. again.. MILL ONLY FUEL OR OXIDIZER COMPONENTS BUT NOT BOTH AT THE SAME TIME!!! Edited June 18, 2012 by taiwanluthiers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potassiumchlorate Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) Hahaha, great work! Edited June 18, 2012 by Potassiumchlorate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiwanluthiers Posted June 18, 2012 Author Share Posted June 18, 2012 Hahaha, great work! You know that model of Potassium chlorate (I forgot what its called, electron cloud model?) looks like some guy with 3 "legs" and a creepy looking Jason face mask... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potassiumchlorate Posted June 18, 2012 Share Posted June 18, 2012 (edited) You know that model of Potassium chlorate (I forgot what its called, electron cloud model?) looks like some guy with 3 "legs" and a creepy looking Jason face mask... I used to have the left one on another board, but here you can only link to avatars, and I can't find it on the net anymore. And a pic of a Chinese one, just for you. Edited June 18, 2012 by Potassiumchlorate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taiwanluthiers Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 The Chinese says aluminum oxide... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potassiumchlorate Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Well, don't blame me. I don't speak Chinese, and on the page where I found the pic, they say that it's potassium chlorate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan999ification Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 i present the hand mill... 3 liter bucket with lid a pound of charcoal 3k lead media "swish" the bucket like how hand rolled stars are made with two bowls, i had airfloat quite fast about 20 odd mins but only resorted to this because the mill is maxed at 100g dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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