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#351: Post by genecounts »

Mine is #200 mfg Aug 7, 2012. This one proved his new jig was perfect. Doug was kind enough to etch autograph it for me with mfg date and "Good Friends, Good Coffee". The man is a poet!
It is so beautiful I really hate to grind with it.

It measures exactly 10 1/4 inch from the bottom of the glass to the top...not top of Lido grind handle but top plate of bean entrance.

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#352: Post by jbviau »

Good to hear.

Mine *are* actually a hair taller than that: 10 5/16 in. and 10 3/8 in., with the difference between them due to the height of the jar. In comparison, the height of one aluminum plate on mine is 3/16 in.
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#353: Post by SimonPatrice »

jbviau wrote:Ok. So does your one plate have that groove? I wonder if the two-plate LIDOs are taller?
No it doesn't.
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#354: Post by jbviau »

I forget how I ran across this, but here's a UK thread on the LIDO with some "owner experiences." Haven't had a chance to go through the whole thing yet.
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#355: Post by drgary »

Making a Popcorning Shield for the LIDO

LIDO #6 is now complete. My only complaint was that it popcorned coffee bits onto the floor. A compass cutter, a 7/16 inch leather punch, box cutter and thin rubber gasket sheet took care of that. Using a dinky plastic compass cutter is a little tricky. The rubber sheet can start to bend and the blade can spiral inward if you don't take care. But I made it work by tightly gripping the blade holder. The gasket sheet is inexpensive rubber that isn't heat rated and was purchased in the Home Depot plumbing department.



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#356: Post by TomC »

That's a perfect solution. They should come with them stock though.
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#357: Post by drgary »

My inspiration was the popcorning shield that comes stock with the Pharos.
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#358: Post by cannonfodder »

I never had it popcorn beans out when I was using one. By the time the bean level is low enough for popcorning to happen the bean chamber was much taller than the bouncing beans.
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#359: Post by jbviau »

Gary, I like your cover. It's a better fit than mine (discussed here). Originally, I didn't think "poppers" were a problem, but then I started grinding in the kitchen over tile and was better able to see the occasional escapee.
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cannonfodder wrote:I never had it popcorn beans out when I was using one. By the time the bean level is low enough for popcorning to happen the bean chamber was much taller than the bouncing beans.
How many RPMs were you doing? :lol:
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