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jeffez

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How much power would a 6lb ball mill use?

15 November 2008 - 12:41 AM

I have one of these ball mills, for making black powder.
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I need to know its power consumption (amps or watts). I'm in aus and i run it though a step down converter 240v>120v that provides a maximum of 100w. I need to know if this is enough, so that i can be sure my mill is running as well as it should be. I've looked everywhere but had no luck finding out its specs.

Does anyone else have one of these or know how much it uses?

Why does my black powder allways burn slow?

15 November 2008 - 12:19 AM

Hi all, i'm new to this site.

I've been trying to make half decent black powder for quite some time now. I have a 6lb ball mill (2 x 3lb drums). No matter how much milling i do i never seem get anything better than slow burning meal type powder. I've had the mill running for upto 30 hours and the crap never improves. Another thing that annoys me is that the powder clumps up and sticks to the sides.

Can anyone help me? I have spent months trying to work out what i'm doing wrong.

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