04-05-2008, 11:52 AM
My friend's coffee mill in Panama used a hot tumbler to de-husk. The heat makes the husk crispy & brittle... the aggitation pops the husks off. Granted, theirs was commercial, but I plan to do the same thing with an old 55-gallon drum & a hibachi....
figured I could weld a few pipes onto the drum so it can be turned like it's a pig on a spit, then fire up the hibachi underneath it while the drum turns. heat, bouncing around, presto!
Huh, come to think of it, maybe I'll take my green beans down to the laundromat & throw 'em in the commercial dryer!!
FWIW, my friend's place, they use the last batch of dried husks as the fuel for the fire that heats the next batch in the de-husking drum. They don't have to use any outside fuel source!
figured I could weld a few pipes onto the drum so it can be turned like it's a pig on a spit, then fire up the hibachi underneath it while the drum turns. heat, bouncing around, presto!
Huh, come to think of it, maybe I'll take my green beans down to the laundromat & throw 'em in the commercial dryer!!
FWIW, my friend's place, they use the last batch of dried husks as the fuel for the fire that heats the next batch in the de-husking drum. They don't have to use any outside fuel source!
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