Good day,

I know several people have touted Stephen Sweeney's upper full design in the past, but since I like it so much, I am posting mine. This upper funnel replaces the small HG funnel and solves a few issues for me. First- I grind upwards of 40g+ of beans several times a week, and the original HG-1 funnel cannot handle that volume, so I needed to stop grinding and add more beans to the funnel. Second - The placement and small diameter of the original HG-1 funnel made it difficult to load beans since drive box kind of blocked you access to the funnel. Third - Popcorning was an issue, but really more of an annoyance since I had to take the time to clean up the shards that popped out from the funnel.

I saw Stephen's upper funnel design and knew that it would help resolve these three issues....and it does. I can now add a ton of beans since the added height of the funnel can handle the volume of beans. The increased diameter of the funnel extends beyond the drive box, so now I can easily load up the beans....simply....just pour the beans into the funnel with easy access and the they slide on in. And, now popcorning for the most part goes away. I may have had a shard pop out but not like it was using the original funnel.

In addition - Stephen is a first rate guy! and he did a great job machining the funnel which looks great as well as being functional.

That is one serious Modifikation glad to hear it works for you.
And it looks like good chraftmanship. Thumbs up.

/Uldall

Glad you are happy with it Mike.

The more shallow I make the slope of the funnel the less shards escape but the beans do not slide down as readily

FotonDrv wrote:The more shallow I make the slope of the funnel the less shards escape but the beans do not slide down as readily

Ah, the dreaded angle of repose!

Yes! The more the RDT the steeper the angle required...