grinding bark

[fanch]

hello everybody !

finally i collected everything i needed to start a ATB salt extraction ;
so first of all , i wanted to reduce my MHRB into powder , as the one i have is just roughly cutted in big shunks of around two to three centimeters for the main part ...
i putted it (100g, not that much) in a powerfull mixer/blender, and then all it does is blocking the blade of the mixer , like if the pieces of root are too hard ; so i cutted them down to smaller pieces (around 1cm), and same thing happened ^^
i bagged all of it in a ziploc bag and stored it in the freezer , hoping it will soften the bark , but i don't know if it will affect the hardness of the product at all.
so do you guys have a special technic to soften the bark shunks to grind them more eazily to powder ?
thanks in advance .
sorry if my english is so so , it's not my main language !!

Fanch

 

[Reincarnated]

We used a pair of sheet metal shears/cutters to get it as small as possible....then some good old pestle and moarter action with added elbow grease. Until majority would pass through a sieve. The bark was very dry this definitely helps

 

[fanch]

thank you Reincarnated , it's one option i was concidering as i have home a mortar and pestle made in volcanic rock that could be good for doing it .Laziness made me ask for an eventual easyest method anyway , haha !
thanks for your answer

 

[raven44]

Vitamix will powderize many things quite nicely. They will make flour ect very versatile units imo.

 

[swimer]

Swim prefer to freeze the bark before starting the process of shredding. Then he uses GOOD cofee blender.