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by hbvd2
February 12th, 2014, 10:39 pm
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 10
Views: 2091

Pharos Grounds Removal Tips and Mods

pshoe, In answer to your questions: Although the gap between the flange of the hopper/chute and the center Plate is small If one turned it on its side with a ground charge I'm sure some coffee could spill out. Yes I have made turned stainless steel posts or bolt covers all around including a bottom ...
by hbvd2
February 11th, 2014, 6:34 pm
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 10
Views: 2091

Pharos Grounds Removal Tips and Mods

Another simple approach to more complete grounds removal is to add three precision (ground) flat washers one to each of the three lower metal bolt covers, just under the middle plate. This in effect makes each of the bottom spacers approximately .050" longer. After normal secure tightening of the ou...
by hbvd2
March 2nd, 2012, 12:01 pm
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 20
Views: 6277

Burrs Don't Need to be Sharp

Hi Jim, What I was trying to point out there, was that along the tooth opening, when there is open volume,that is " a partial fill" there is room for more detritus to fill in those voids. If the geometry is is such that the free volume is constantly diminishing and it fills in these open spaces such...
by hbvd2
March 1st, 2012, 10:06 pm
Forum: Grinders
Replies: 20
Views: 6277

Burrs Don't Need to be Sharp

It occurs to me that the specific geometry of the burr set causes the description of the burr set performance to be correspondingly different with each different set. Any set that has progressively smaller geometric openings would eventually plug or get very hot at the point of compression because o...
by hbvd2
March 4th, 2011, 4:47 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 140
Views: 9846

Large Home Roaster Coffee Buying Club

Ken, I wouldn't dismiss the idea out of hand, but your response adds to the partial list of hurdles to be overcome for buying as a group in larger quantities. Without examining similarity of tastes by naming recent offerings that many of us have been exposed to or to just move ahead with a smaller $...
by hbvd2
March 4th, 2011, 1:46 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 140
Views: 9846

Large Home Roaster Coffee Buying Club

I am interested in this concept of procuring coffee. I find it a very complex objective to fulfill. Without boring anyone with the details, suffice it to say that the many process operations to arrive at a reasonable prospect for purchase, complicate the identification and selection of a worthy targ...
by hbvd2
January 22nd, 2011, 11:02 pm
Forum: Coffee Roasting
Replies: 112
Views: 27186

My days of being dogmatic about roasting are over

Congratulations on your new Roaster. The Diedrich Ir Series Roasters are really great machines. I too had a similar experiece in conversation that I had with Steve while attending his school in Ponderay a few years ago. After hearing his pationate and well founded experiences and comparing them to m...