Building A Grain Grinder Table

After a few years now of using a hand-crank grain grinder to grind seeds like sesame, flax, pumpkin, peas, and other, I've learned how important it is to have a sturdy table to secure it to. The grinder I have has attachment points for bolts or screws, along with an adjustable mounting screw of it's own. I've pushed the limits of trying to get away with using it on various smaller wood frames but would end up with it bouncing and sliding all over the place. Now that I just got a resupply of screws and built up a nice pile of scrap lumber from scavenging the ghost towns of the desert wasteland, I'm able to do it right this time.

I built a sturdy table with salvaged lumber though it's not as straight forward as it could be given that all the wood is splitting and splintered in various places. You never know what you'll end up with once you start cutting the pieces to size and screwing it all together. Sometimes you have to add multiple beams to re-enforce each other. You end up with a patch-work of lumber pieces. Some times you have to replace them over time, but for the value of saving tree by re-using old lumber, it's definitely worth the extra maintenance.

Here I'm demonstrating the method of making faux 4x4s to work as sturdy legs for a table. Just be screwing together 2x4s, you can create 4x4s. There are more considerations however such as having to be mindful of where they meet so that you don't screw them into the table top too close to the edge. They work great though and it's much easily to find scrap 2x4s than 4x4s.

I also demonstrate the practice of drilling a pilot hole before screwing two pieces of wood together. This helps prevent splitting.