Today we graduated from our hand milker (the Henry milker) to an inexpensive electric milker. this home built model cost under $200 total.
The pump was $100 brand new. It is a vacuum pump used by auto mechanics to purge auto air conditioner lines. I attached a auto fuel pressure/ vacuum gauge for about $10. The only other pieces are misc lines and connectors. The tall black thing is a 3 foot section of 411 inch abs pipe. To control the mac vacuum there is a plastic valve from a fish tank line on the back as an air bleed.
I strapped the black tank to the end on the stand for stability.
We are using the "syringe" style attachment for the goat teats that came with the Henry milker except there are two with a tee so both can be done at once.
All together it only took 20 or so minutes to milk all 6 goats! And it is a relaxing experience...almost a spectator sport!
We are considering manufacturing these to sell to other small goat keepers.it is incredibly hard to find an electric milker for under $800 these days.if you are interested...email us!
The pump was $100 brand new. It is a vacuum pump used by auto mechanics to purge auto air conditioner lines. I attached a auto fuel pressure/ vacuum gauge for about $10. The only other pieces are misc lines and connectors. The tall black thing is a 3 foot section of 411 inch abs pipe. To control the mac vacuum there is a plastic valve from a fish tank line on the back as an air bleed.
I strapped the black tank to the end on the stand for stability.
We are using the "syringe" style attachment for the goat teats that came with the Henry milker except there are two with a tee so both can be done at once.
All together it only took 20 or so minutes to milk all 6 goats! And it is a relaxing experience...almost a spectator sport!
We are considering manufacturing these to sell to other small goat keepers.it is incredibly hard to find an electric milker for under $800 these days.if you are interested...email us!
Love the look of this. Our Henry Milker is great for our one milker right now, but next year we'll be up to four (hopefully). Are you manufacturing them, or can you give me the details of the pump that you used?
ReplyDeleteGreat blog, and great work!
Cathy
We dont plan on selling this milker, too many irons in the fire already. BUt i'd be glad to explain how we built it to anyone desiring to duplicate. We have since moved on to a commercial milker as the herd grew, but this little setup served us for quite a long time!
ReplyDeleteplese send me the information on this milker just geting started with goats
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