Reviving an old cimbali junior grinder

#1: Post by **ValeVitola** » October 13th, 2013, 6:34 pm

I have been trying to revive an old La Cimbali Grinder. Taking out the burrs was the must difficult part since they were stuck.... Brutal force had to be used to take out the screws... The fork and the bottom tray were in a very bad shape, so decided to try to use wood... Here is my advances so far. Next the hopper tray, the doser tray, the tamper (not that I am planning on using it) and the knobs.

October 13th, 2013, 11:30 pm

LOVE your work...

#3: Post by **bmb** » October 14th, 2013, 1:46 pm

Beautiful result Viola !
What do you call that wood ?
I use the attached tamper in my Macap grinder for singles, works much better than any other.
Cheers.

October 14th, 2013, 10:29 pm

The wood is called guanacaste or conacaste, from a tree called elephant ear tree, it is used to provide shade for coffee plantations

October 19th, 2013, 12:26 pm

Coffee scoops, the light wood is from coffee plant root

October 19th, 2013, 11:02 pm

I rebuilt a LaCimbali Max a couple years ago.

Reviving an Abused Cimbali Max

November 17th, 2013, 11:42 am

Well, I am almost there.. Still eed to work on darkening the new wooden pieces, but everything fits now

November 17th, 2013, 11:42 am

cannonfodder wrote:I rebuilt a LaCimbali Max a couple years ago.

Reviving an Abused Cimbali Max

Thanks, your post was very helpful! Thanks