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Post by davelister Sat Feb 09 2013, 20:27

hi all.im new to this forum(first day!) ive recently purchased an old and rusty hammer mill but dont know who made it. the hopper says "the lightning hammer mill" on it but it took some gentle wire wooling to find it.there are some other remains of lettering but too far gone to get anything from it. im trying to find out who made it so i can restore it and paint it to orignal. if any one knows anything about this please please let me know.ive trudged through google but cant find anything (theres a company called lightning crushers but its not them) hope you can help guys.hammer mill info needed Mill0112


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Post by steve w Sat Feb 09 2013, 20:35

welcome to the forum - interesting bit of kit - cant help with the maker but will be interesting to see it in action.
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Post by davelister Sat Feb 09 2013, 20:42

yes indeed very interesting. i tested it on some hedge cuttings and it works well as a mulcher/shredder.havent put any corn or anything through it yet but i will be soon. ill proberly show it as is it this year and see if anyone can tell me more about it.from the paint remains its a fergie grey maybe a bit darker,i need to borrow the paint charts from my boss and see what it is.heres a close up of the hopper. hammer mill info needed Mill0210
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Post by kevjhnsn Sat Feb 09 2013, 21:57

nice one mate
i like it ,and it has original caractor to
good find with the detailing maybe wd40 will show up more of the writing on there
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Post by Guest Sun Feb 10 2013, 11:54

It would be a shame to loss the writing, if you take a pic to a grafix shop they might be able to replicate it. I try some WD40 as kev says or some thin oil see if you can find some more details. Some of these type of machines were just knocked together by the local blacksmith but this looks mass produced with it having the name on it.

Good luck in the search,

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Post by davelister Sun Feb 10 2013, 17:18

the plan was to blast and paint the mill but leave the writing on the hopper and laquer it.the writings properly sign writtten which seems to be a dieing trade these days.ive got a big tin of ub40 so ill try it next time its playtime.cheers guys.
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Post by blackvanman Sun Feb 10 2013, 17:38

there is no "S" there, just an "L" I am sure it says "The Lightning Hammer Mill", still gives no usable results on the net though

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Post by davelister Sun Feb 10 2013, 17:44

thats a typo on my part.yes it does say the lightning hammer mill.soz for any confusion.
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Post by blackvanman Sun Feb 10 2013, 18:21

davelister wrote:thats a typo on my part.yes it does say the lightning hammer mill.soz for any confusion.
lol, and there was me wondering which one of us was crazy Very Happy
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Post by davelister Sun Feb 10 2013, 20:05

haha, were probably both crazy just in different ways lol.
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Post by Guest Mon Feb 11 2013, 11:28

Dave have you moved your pics about because I can no longer see them.

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Post by Ianhw77k Mon Feb 11 2013, 13:46

stationary stu wrote:Dave have you moved your pics about because I can no longer see them.

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Stu, are you looking on a phone or on the computer?
The only reason I ask is because I can't see Nutgone's latest pictures when I look at the forum on my phone but this has only happened in the last few days. I can see the pictures on this thread right now, but I'm on the computer at the moment.
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Post by davelister Mon Feb 11 2013, 18:10

nope still there.

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Post by Guest Tue Feb 12 2013, 12:29

I can see the pics ok now, I think it was a problem my end with Internet Explorer.

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