Make This Simple Hand Grain Mill! 15th Century Grain Mill Made From Wood.

Really fun and simple project to make a grain mill from the 15th century. How effective is it? Well you'll have to wait until the end!
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[@urbanlumberjack]

Super cool! I bet it worked great for wheat. Oats are oily, so looked like that coated things too much and prevented true flour. Awesome to see ancient technology used again!

[@englishhomestead]

I'd love to build a bigger one, like a proper mill, one day. I think that would be a great project. Thanks for watching.

[@EnglishCountryLife]

Thoroughly enjoyed that Kev, really interesting

[@englishhomestead]

Thanks, I was a fun little project. I enjoyed making it.

[@hannawilliams5317]

Very nice!

[@englishhomestead]

Thank you! It was fun to make.

[@frankswims]

That's badass

[@englishhomestead]

Haha, not sure any one has called it badass before but I love that you have. Thank you!

[@twcmaker]

That was cool Kev 👍

[@englishhomestead]

Thanks. It was a fun project to make.

[@DaveBennett]

Maybe they just cracked the grain and then boiled it to get the edible parts. I’d think the hulls would have floated to the top and could have been easily removed.

[@englishhomestead]

I think you're probably right. Once I filmed this we kept the mill in the house for a few days and we'd all grind it a bit as we walked past. It did produce flour, but took a lot of effort. Just cracking the grains wasn't such a big job.

[@umusaraba]

goog idea

[@englishhomestead]

thanks, was something fun to make.

[@iris22000]

Maybe it would have worked better if the mill was 4-5 times bigger and fixed to the table. That way you could use all your force to press. Also, it will be interesting to see if you can make a wood mill similar to a stone mill.

[@englishhomestead]

Yeah, bigger would certainly work better. I think the idea with this was it's small and mobile for the soldiers to carry in their packs.
I'd love to make a proper mill like you've described, if I could find an example of one that works I'm sure I could be persuaded!

[@minehacker733]

Didn't they used stone for that? Or do i remember wrong

[@englishhomestead]

This is a reproduction one that was given to Swedish soldiers to carry in war time in the 15th century.
Most millstone would have been stone, but that would be far too heavy (and expensive) to give to the troops to carry individually. The idea was they were issued grain rather than flour as it stored better,then had to mill their own by hand.

[@WthrLdy]

Was the original not a small stone?

[@englishhomestead]

No, it was wood. I think it was partly availability and partly to keep the weight light in their packs for a marching soldier.