Thrift store coffee grinders as grain mills

Whenever I see a coffee or espresso grinder at a yard sale or thrift shop for $5 or less, I buy it. One never knows how much life there is in it, but if it whirrs when it's plugged in and the button is pushed, and I don't see any visible nicks in the blades, then it'll do.

If you have one which has a damged lid or no lid at all, you could put a plastic bowl upside-down over the grinder, or even slip a zip-lock bag over it.

This video shows someone gridning emmer wheat into flour. Buckwheat has a tough hull but a coffee grinder will do a good job. I recommend sifting the flour before adding it to your pancake mix, which will keep small bits of hard hull from surprising your dental fillings in mid-chew. A regular mesh st

A decent mesh shtrainer is about three bucks online.

rainer works great for this. Just dump in the ground buckwheat and shake the strainer over a bowl.