Ball Mill

how fast is the bucket spining and how fast is the mottor spining?

Yes I think if you have some mower wheels they would work well. it you can drive two with belts it would work even better.

Nicely done. I think you could also use old push lawn mower wheels and the bolts as well.

Your motor won't be the limiting factor. My motor is only about a 1/8 HP. You need enough room in the container for things to tumble around. In mine (5 gal) I think it would handle about 2 gal worth of chemicals and media at a time. Traction on the power wheels is the biggest challenge.

umm my motor came from a wachine machine

see what your motor can turn

I run a ball mill at work, 40 feet long, 10foot diameter. I grind fly ash. What do you use this for? Sometimes I just cant get away from ball mills! JK

Dale

I was running a 10 lb shot put in the video. You can use glass marbles, or lead black powder rifle balls or both. Just put in as much as seems right. My mill wont work if there is not enough weight in the bucket. It doesn't get enough traction. That is why two powered wheels across from each other is better, just more complicated.

hey can u tell me how much media u got in that thing i completely upgraded my old S**t mill to a way better looking 1 it does 1kg at a time easyily but i need to know were and what could i use as a container i need 1 as big as urs

One note, If you build one, position the wheels so that the bottom of the bucket sits lower that the top, so the powder rolls to the bottom. I lost a whole load of charcoal because the lid had a big bung on it and the shot put kept hitting it until it knocked the lid off.
It took about 1 hr to make, including searching for the dang wheels that were elusive.

It really is quite simple. I just traced the bottom and top of the bucket on the 1/2" OSB (plywood) and cut that out. then mount the Rollerbade wheels far enough apart on the curved cut so the bucket sits low, but close enough to not let the bucket crimp between them. Then the shaft of a motor can roll directly against one of the wheels. The OSB gets screwed to a block of wood like a 2X4 or 2x6 that is cut square on the ends, and is the right length.
Total cost to build $0.00 (recycle old crap)

thanks. Glad you enjoyed.

nice design u can ball mill alot at a time in that but i would be going for a more simpler design i have build a ball mill but need 2 pulleys and new bearings cause the bearings i got r loud went they spin fast

wow nice ball mill dude!

lol i sent it to a couple of my friends all ready