<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:14px"><div><span></span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417814803296_2955" dir="ltr">PVC also makes a pretty good, easy to replace bearing. We are using a 3" PVC couplings for bearings on a 2 roller mill. Fits great---for this mill. Very little trimming done. We used the whole coupling where we could and split the PVC couplings where we had to----on the drive roller shaft.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417814803296_2954" dir="ltr"> Richard<br> </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417814803296_2949" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417814803296_2948" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417814803296_2952" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417814803296_2964"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417814803296_2953" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Gene Crouse <fecjr@triad.rr.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Richard Harrison <rharrison922@yahoo.com>; A list for sorghum and cane syrupmakers <syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net> <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Jerry Jolley <jejolley@twlakes.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 5, 2014 2:59 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Syrupmakers] Rebuild of a Chattnooga no. 12 cane mill<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417814803296_2947"><br><div id="yiv8092308728"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417814803296_2946"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417814803296_2951"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417814803296_2950">You can also have bearings machined out of Delrin which is an oil impregnated plastic I was leery of those at first but they seem to work really well</div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Richard Harrison <rharrison922@yahoo.com> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417814803296_2945" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div><span></span></div><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417810419527_14033">Jerry,</div><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417810419527_14034" dir="ltr"> They have to be trimmed to fit at a machine shop, usually. Not too expensive. Lasts a LONG time. Not so hazardous as lead.</div><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417810419527_14048" dir="ltr"> Richard</div><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417810419527_14049" dir="ltr">It is really more of a sleeve, I guess. <br clear="none"></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yiv8092308728yqt7164734139" id="yiv8092308728yqt35439"><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417810419527_14931" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> <div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417810419527_14930" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417810419527_14929" dir="ltr"> <hr size="1" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1417814803296_2969"> <font id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417810419527_14928" face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Jerry Jolley <jejolley@twlakes.net><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> 'Richard Harrison' <rharrison922@yahoo.com>; 'A list for sorghum and cane syrupmakers' <syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Friday, December 5, 2014 2:41 PM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> RE: [Syrupmakers] Rebuild of a Chattnooga no. 12 cane mill<br clear="none"> </font> </div> <div class="yiv8092308728y_msg_container" id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417810419527_14935"><br clear="none"><div id="yiv8092308728"><style>#yiv8092308728 --
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#yiv8092308728 </style><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417810419527_14934"><div class="yiv8092308728WordSection1" id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417810419527_14933"><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417810419527_14932"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Where can one purchase the brass bearings or are they just a standard size?</span></div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Jerry Jolley</span></div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div><div class="yiv8092308728qtdSeparateBR"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv8092308728yqt8182191074" id="yiv8092308728yqt36424"><div><div style="border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(181, 196, 223) currentColor currentColor; padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Syrupmakers [mailto:syrupmakers-bounces@syrupmakers.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Richard Harrison<br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 05, 2014 1:44 PM<br clear="none"><b>To:</b> A list for sorghum and cane syrupmakers<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Syrupmakers] Rebuild of a Chattnooga no. 12 cane mill</span></div></div></div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal"> </div><div><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417808402191_4267"><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;">Claude,</span></div></div><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417808402191_4268"><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> You can also use brass bearings instead of babbit.</span></div></div><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417808402191_4269"><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> Richard<br clear="none"> </span></div></div><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417808402191_4273"><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417808402191_4272"><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417808402191_4271"><div align="center" class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><span></span><hr width="100%" size="1" align="center"></div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> Steven Ball <<a href="mailto:stevendball@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:stevendball@gmail.com">stevendball@gmail.com</a>><br clear="none"><b>To:</b> A list for sorghum and cane syrupmakers <<a href="mailto:syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net">syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net</a>> <br clear="none"><b>Sent:</b> Friday, December 5, 2014 11:52 AM<br clear="none"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Syrupmakers] Rebuild of a Chattnooga no. 12 cane mill</span><span></span></div></div><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417808402191_4275"><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span> </span></div><div id="yiv8092308728"><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417808402191_4277"><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417808402191_4276"><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>I went to a local nut and bolt warehouse and replaced all hardware with new including set bolts. I also sand blasted everything and primed and painted parts. I used food grade grease for the gears. There's a place in NC you can order lead free Babbitt to pore the barrings. Other then that these mills are very simple and don't have to many parts.</span></div></div><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417808402191_4278"><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>Have Fun!! If you need anything let me know!!</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>Sincerely,</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>Steven </span></div></div><div id="yiv8092308728yui_3_16_0_1_1417808402191_4280"><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>On Fri, Dec 5, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Claude Richbourg <<a href="mailto:iamgardenman@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:iamgardenman@gmail.com">iamgardenman@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></span></div><div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span> </span></div></div><div id="yiv8092308728yqt83704"><div><div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>Hello all,</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>I am new to the list and have been growing cane to make syrup for the last two years, (on a a small scale for myself).</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>Other people have milled my cane for me the last two years. But, I just bought a cane mill for myself and it is in good shape.</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span> </span></div></div><div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>No cracks or welds and all the pieces are there except the two roller caps on the top plate. I guess I will have to get those made by a local blacksmith.</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>Anyway, I was wanting to know if there is anyone near to the Tallahassee area that could provide me with some guidance on how the cane mill should be refurbished. I have started taking it apart and it all looks good. So, I may need assistance with that or maybe parts. I plan on cleaning the outer parts and repainting them back to the old redish color?</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>Thanks up front and<em><span> </span></em>I would appreciate any and all advice on this rebuild.</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>Best Regards,</span></div></div><div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>Claude</span></div></div></div></div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Syrupmakers mailing list<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:Syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net">Syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://syrupmakers.net/mailman/listinfo/syrupmakers_syrupmakers.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://syrupmakers.net/mailman/listinfo/syrupmakers_syrupmakers.net</a></span></div></div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span> </span></div></div></div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span> </span></div><div id="yiv8092308728yqt22482"><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Syrupmakers mailing list<br clear="none"><a href="mailto:Syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:Syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net">Syrupmakers@syrupmakers.net</a><br clear="none"><a href="http://syrupmakers.net/mailman/listinfo/syrupmakers_syrupmakers.net" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect">http://syrupmakers.net/mailman/listinfo/syrupmakers_syrupmakers.net</a></span></div></div><div class="yiv8092308728MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span> </span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div></div> </div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>