Millstone Dressing In Appalachia v79

I will show in part of how I dress mill stones for milling corn. Hope you enjoy. Here at Metcalf Mills our goal is the preservation and education of the grain milling process. and also to help provide a service that makes good, healthy, fresh milled products more available to individuals and communities.
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[@glennfelpel9785]

Thanks Justin.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Hope you enjoyed Glenn.

[@Dave-ty2qp]

I would imagine that milling would be pretty much the same today as compared to 500 years ago, but the beauty the touch, smell, and the feel of the grain; the personal skill and knowledge would not be the same. I'm a retired jet engine mechanic. I remember working on the older first generation engines of the late 40's and 50's and how much more in touch I was with the science and tech of that era. The newer engines were so refined you didn't need skills to work them. The new stuff bored me into retirement. LOL Thanks for the video Justin. I really enjoyed it.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks for sharing Dave! Glad you enjoyed! Enjoyed hearing about that.

[@nates2526]

Cool slow-mo footage!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks Nate! Glad you enjoyed!

[@ladyryan902]

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[@Outtahide540]

Too little, too late. Story of my life lol. Always another try to do. Very interesting as always keep up the good work. Thank you

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks Mel!!

[@breathoflifefarm7197]

I appreciate your videos. 💚

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you

[@tpaw6908]

Wow your arm has to hurt after dressing that stone. Thanks that a wonderful talent you have . Be safe enjoy .

[@metcalfmills5679]

Usually not on the small stones. Thank you TPaw!

[@HeatherNaturaly]

That is NEAT!! I often wondered how a mill stone would continue to work, year after year. I see now, that without 'dressing', they DON'T!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Glad you enjoyed!!

[@rickyb2200]

Thanks Justin , all the video might not have been there but the stone been dressed was very good , I've never seen it done before so thank you.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks Ricky! Glad you enjoyed it my friend

[@donnasimmons1335]

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[@ronaldclemons5520]

Enjoyed seeing how this is done. The craft of the old ways are being lost everyday. Have a blessed day🙂

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you Ronald. You too my friend.

[@kennethsword551]

Hey there Justro. I saw the title of you dressing a millstone and was expecting you putting a Santa costume or some other clothing on one. Then I see you beating a round piece of stone with what looks like a meat tenderizer. Man, you'll never tenderize that stone to cook it. LOL. All, joking aside, sorry you lost video of previous recorded material. It just proves you can't trust new technology over the 'old ways'. It's great that you know how to refurbish these mill stones. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Now, for storing stuff in clouds ... Clouds are water vapor and tend to condense and fall as rain. It'll rot wood, rust metal, replenish our earth, but store digital video?!?!? LMAO. 😆 Love to ya, brother.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha ha! Millstones are Christmas decor too! This gives me an idea Kenneth! Thank you for this comment. It must have been the wrong kind of cloud. Thank you and Love to you as well my friend!

[@brendaarnold8485]

Very interesting video. Thank You for the close up so that we can see what dressing actually does.

[@UrbanWhiteBuffaloFarm]

Hey Justin, when you are tappin on the wheel I think you call that dressing right? My question is the corn in the mill at the end is that Hickory King White corn? This summer I'm gonna grow some Ohio Blue field corn and I still hope I can get some of Justro's Jimmy Red corn to grow also. in 2023 I'll grow the Hickory King and Hopi Turquoise corn. Great video, God bless take care bye for now

[@metcalfmills5679]

No that is a white field corn with occasional red stripes, his family has been growing it for a long time. That’s great!! Yes I hope to have seeds available soon! Thank you and God bless you as well my friend!

[@hanytrade]

Its one from best vedio i saw on yourube

[@metcalfmills5679]

Aw thank you so much!

[@tagladyify]

Sorry about the hungry cloud. It cannot be trusted. Still a nice video, though. I hope we will see the 4th part of the chimney flu before long. One of my favorites you have done.

[@metcalfmills5679]

That’s a fact Tracy!! Yep, it will be after the busy time. I am looking forward to getting it finished up!

[@Skashoon]

It was interesting to see this, especially the slo-mo. I wouldn’t have known some video was lost in the cloud if you hadn’t mentioned it. Perhaps many of us wouldn’t have known. So, no worries Justro, it’s all good stuff. Thank you.

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you RR!!

[@LeaC816]

With all those gone’s I thought you were about to start singing a Montgomery Gentry song!! 🤣 I hate you lost so much footage, but this was still very cool to watch! I don’t care if you won’t claim it, you’re an incredible artist even if your sharpie skills don’t show it!!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ha ha ha! Thanks Lea! Glad you enjoyed it. I will work on my dry erase skills..

[@rickcooper6817]

Thanks Justin, that was still an interesting video. I hate you lost some of your info. Maybe you should put a dab of Billy's bone sauce around your computer!

[@metcalfmills5679]

That is a great idea Rick!!! Thank you for watching my friend.

[@thirrybelisle]

Always enjoy those mills video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. If you ever feel like it i would like to see how to build your own motorized flour mill. It would be like a 12 inches stone sadly i cannot find plans anywhere. Thanks again

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you for watching! There are a lot of details to flour mills. I have some in the works but I don’t know yet if you can get quality flour on stones that small. But in time I will find out!

[@auntym4729]

Never seen anything like this b4. Always wondered because I have celiac and have to b so careful to use grains that are from dedicated gluten free mills. Thanks for sharing this with us! Sorry the black hole ate your work but it is still interesting. Keep smiling and laughing

[@metcalfmills5679]

Aw thank you Auntym! I would like to know what all kinds of grains you can eat. I want to try milling some of my sweet sorghum grain.

[@harrythewoollyman]

I have a question? Have you heard of cutting the flutes in different directions for mills on different sides of the creek?

[@metcalfmills5679]

I have not but the only sense it would make to me is because you would be starting the gear train on opposite sides of the wheel. So you would be dealing with a opposite driven direction. But that would be easily remedied by gearing off opposite sides of the master/greater face wheel. Thank you for this interesting comment Wayne! Hope you are well my friend.

[@vickisavage8929]

So THAT’S what it means to dress a millstone!

[@metcalfmills5679]

That’s one way, thanks Vicki!

[@lloydfortner1663]

Another great video. I was probably about 11 or 12 when I watched grandpaw do his mill and thats been many moons ago. I'm hoping to get his mill cleaned up and running this coming year. I would like to get with you and talk about what all needs to be done to it. Hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thanks brother. Anytime let me know!

[@ASouthernLadyinAppalachia]

Always put a drip pan under your camera when you load to the cloud. 🤣 Sorry you lost the footage, still a nice video!

[@metcalfmills5679]

Ahhh! Thank you SL!! Lol Hope you enjoyed it!

[@Kreeson]

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[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you!❤️

[@sonyagregory5711]

My Daddy gave me two grinding stones way back in 2005. They are about 2 to 3 inches thick but they are smooth, no groves, about 24in in diameter. I wonder what they were used to grind?😊

[@metcalfmills5679]

Likely they were used to grind metal. Thanks for sharing Sonya!

[@SoldaduraCosmos]

Buen video bendiciones me podría ayudar soy de Perú estoy tratando de hacer un molino de piedra que pesa 170 kilos quisiera saber motor de cuántos hp necesito para mover la piedra de ese peso? Gracias de antemano

[@metcalfmills5679]

If that is the weight of one stone and it is a horizontal mill 7.5-10 hp should be sufficient. Hope this helps

[@SoldaduraCosmos]

@@metcalfmills5679 muchas gracias amigo gracias

[@Outtahide540]

It does look like you’d be eating some small grinds of stone though, ouch!

[@metcalfmills5679]

In the lost episode, I described “purging the stones”. You want to grind about 50lbs of corn to do this. That will be chicken feed.

[@Outtahide540]

@@metcalfmills5679 that makes sense. Thanks

[@metcalfmills5679]

Thank you Mel!

[@notmyrealname5865]

You make it flat by hitting it with a hammer?