Post by Ben on Apr 23, 2010 9:39:19 GMT -5
I posted the following as a comment to the blog post about the new winnower style here:
chocolatealchemy.com/2010/04/22/new-winnower-style/
It hasn't been approved yet, so I figured I'd post it here (also, it probably makes more sense here as a topic of discussion).
I didn't know what a cyclone dust collector was, so I looked into it a little more. Has anyone tried just using one for winnowing? I found this one that looks to be about the right size for a small home operation:
www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=22062&utm_source=GoogleBase&utm_medium=aff&utm_campaign=GAN
It looks like two of those strung together would basically mimic the Brooklyn Cacao design, although the second cyclone kind of confuses me. Why do the shells get sucked up in the first one, but not the second? Is the second one a different size to minimize shell intake?
Also, I found this DIY version of a cyclone dust collector:
lumberjocks.com/projects/19069
Ben
p.s. Sorry for such a long first post to the forum. A friend and I are very interested in making our own chocolate and have been doing a ton of research on the subject (just research so far, as we're broke and can't afford the equipment just yet ). This site and these forums are an excellent resource!
chocolatealchemy.com/2010/04/22/new-winnower-style/
It hasn't been approved yet, so I figured I'd post it here (also, it probably makes more sense here as a topic of discussion).
This appears to be very similar to the winnower that the Mast Brothers use. I believe I read that it was a prototype that they were working on with an engineer friend. As they’re in Brooklyn, it may be that this is the finished design. You can see their winnower in this photo essay:
www.theselby.com/1_8_10_mast_brothers/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+Theselby-PhotosInYourSpace+%28The+Selby+is+in+Your+Place+featuring+photographs+and+paintings+of+creative+people+and+spaces.%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
It looks like they use a crankandstein to crack beans into a bucket that they then shopvac into their winnower. I don’t think this idea should be too hard to replicate.
The mast brothers winnower doesn’t incorporate the cracking stage as this one does, but it shouldn’t be too hard to mount a crankandstein over a funnel feeding into the intake hose.
I didn't know what a cyclone dust collector was, so I looked into it a little more. Has anyone tried just using one for winnowing? I found this one that looks to be about the right size for a small home operation:
www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=22062&utm_source=GoogleBase&utm_medium=aff&utm_campaign=GAN
It looks like two of those strung together would basically mimic the Brooklyn Cacao design, although the second cyclone kind of confuses me. Why do the shells get sucked up in the first one, but not the second? Is the second one a different size to minimize shell intake?
Also, I found this DIY version of a cyclone dust collector:
lumberjocks.com/projects/19069
Ben
p.s. Sorry for such a long first post to the forum. A friend and I are very interested in making our own chocolate and have been doing a ton of research on the subject (just research so far, as we're broke and can't afford the equipment just yet ). This site and these forums are an excellent resource!