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Wondermill Jr - augers

 
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Just wondering about the "wet" auger vs the normal one. It actually just looks like a better auger period. There's a lot of recirculation that can happen with the regular auger and I always have quite a bit of intact berries left at the end the auger just doesn't move.

Does the wet auger work with wheat/stones? Work better? Also, had anyone shimmed the auger with washers to keep the back of the auger against the bronze bushing? I've got about 0.370" at the bushing which just doesn't feed, but without some sort of shim, tightening the stones to the proper gap just pulls it all away from the bushing.
 
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FYI - I got a response using FB. The wet auger will clog the mill with dry hard grain. Shimming the auger will reduce the adjustment range.
 
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Keeping the mill slightly tilted will help those last bits feed through. I have mine bolted to a table, not clamped. I put a bit of padding under so it wouldn't gouge the table, then stacked washers under the two bolts in the back. That tilts the whole works forward a little, so those last bits can slide downhill toward the burrs.
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