Can my wheat grinder be saved?

[DownHome]

It stopped working a while back and I have a new one, but I'm wondering if the old one is fixable and saleable. I'm not completely sure what happened to it, but I think I might have put the wheat in before I turned it on. So now when I turn it on it sounds like it is running, but nothing happens. Any suggestions on things I can do or what kind of people would fix these. We have a lawnmower/motor repair place up the road ran by retirement age guys. Do you think they might be able to help? or another kind of place?

downhome

What type of mill is it exactly?

.....Alan.

[DownHome]

I can't remember exactly and it is on my top shelf in the laundry room. It is from like the 50's, is white and has three legs evenly spaced in a triangle pattern. Worked great until I messed it up. Does that help or do I need to crawl up there and get that heavy thing down?

Downhome

[Windy in Kansas]

Since the motor appears to be operating IF the unit can be taken apart I am guessing it would be an easy fix as long as gears are not stipped.

A five year old can easily disassemble, but maybe not get it back together for you. lol

Check with Emmett Clark in Mayberry, he runs a fix-it shop. Mayberry is near Mt. Airy, N.C. Andy or Barney can tell you where his shop is located.

[uncle Will in In.]

If you want it fixed, you will need it down off that shelf. Get a volenteer to help with that. Now start taking out all the screws and nuts. If it don't come apart throw it out the back door. OR since you already have it down, just take it down to the old geezers shop and let them look at it. JUST LOOK. If they act like it can be fixed, be sure to get the point across to them that you don't want to put the price of a new one into it. And smile at them all the while you are there. Old geezers like to be smiled at. <>UNK

[Farmerwilly2]

Most anything can be fixed just not everything is worth the price to do it. Take it to them fix it boys, let them take a look and see what is wrong. It could be something as simple as a broken shaft key and that would be a cheap easy fix. Could be a chewed up gear, probably fixable, but you'd need to order the part.

[HermitJohn]

Originally Posted by DownHome

It is from like the 50's

Originally Posted by Farmerwilly2

Could be a chewed up gear, probably fixable, but you'd need to order the part.

Good luck finding parts for some small appliance made in the 1950's. It would probably require adapting/custom-parts and probably not worth it.

As to Emmett, he's dead by few decades now: Paul Hartman (March 1, 1904 – October 2, 1973)

Course if you have that odd time machine working, maybe you'll get lucky.