Hi Cricket! Here's a site with instructions. Total cost was around $15 according to the writer. Hope this helps! Darlene Here is a link that might be useful: Grain mill plans

The pellets are great! They flow through the spreader just like chemical fertilizers. Powdered CGM blows all over the neighborhood if there is any breeze at all.

If you want a good selection of various types, check out the link below. Lehman's markets to traditional Amish and Mennonite communities. I have bought several items from them--great service and products. My own grain mill is an electric one, but if I had the $$$ I'd love to get a Diamant. The "Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book" recommended it highly. If you have or if you're going to be using a KitchenAid mixer to mix dough, they have a grain mill attachment for their mixers which I hear works pretty good for small quantities of grain. The Corora type mills are a great value for the dollar but you have to disassemble them for thorough cleaning, and it's an effort to grind enough flour for baking. If you want to make enough flour to bake your own bread it's certainly worth getting a good mill. And freshly ground corn meal makes the absolute best corn bread in the world. Here is a link that might be useful: grain mills from lehman's

Many years ago, I played with a 'grain' mill. It was used mostly to crack and grind corn. The body and wheel were cast iron with a steel grinding burr. The wheel was turned by hand. If it was adjusted to crack a corn kernal into 5 or 6 pieces, one could produce one cup in about 10 minutes. If the burr was set to make meal fine enough for corn meal, it took a long time to make one cup. It was ok to play with, but not practical for any serious food preparation.