Bunnzilla for Dummies - Bunn LPG upgrade to Ditting 804 burrs - Page 2

#11: Post by **JohnB.** » March 18th, 2014, 9:15 pm

The LPG is too small to be a Bunnzilla.

You'll have to dream up your own name for that one.

#12: Post by **drgary** » March 18th, 2014, 9:17 pm

Suggestions anyone? BunnDitt?

#13: Post by **JohnB.** » March 18th, 2014, 9:25 pm

Son of Bunnzilla? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Godzilla

March 18th, 2014, 9:34 pm

drgary wrote:Suggestions anyone? BunnDitt?

BunnDitto!

#15: Post by **doubleOsoul** » March 18th, 2014, 9:54 pm

Is this upgrade only for the Bunn LPG series?
Oops... I see it also includes G series which is what I have.

#16: Post by **drgary** » March 18th, 2014, 10:35 pm

JohnB. wrote:The LPG is too small to be a Bunnzilla. You'll have to dream up your own name for that one.

I looked up "Bunnzilla" in the official H-B dictionary and it defines Bunnzilla as "any Bunn grinder that has been hot rodded." And if you think it's small, my wife looked at it yesterday and called it a "monstrosity" on our counter until I showed how it just fits under the cabinets. Actually let's keep the name as is so people can look up the Frankenmachine version of a Bunn grinder, okay? Bunnyzilla would have been a bit silly anyway ...

Back on topic.

March 19th, 2014, 4:05 am

I would have practically given you my LPG. I've been listing it on CL on and off for months. Heck, I'd let it walk for only $100. I only paid barely that and spent a ton of spare time polishing out the plexi that had been repeatedly scoured with a scrubby, hazing the plexi. It's sat unused since I cleaned it up, nearly 2 years ago. The plexi is now perfect too. It just needs new burrs unless you only grind auto-drip. It's dead on consistent at only one very fine setting.

Anyways, these really never grow out of the bulk coffee grinding camp, due to the terrible pop-corning issues. I've considered various tubes or rigged up methods to keep the beans somewhat over the burr path, but there'd still need to be a way to sweep beans all the way down to the burrs that refuse to fall in.

#18: Post by **JohnB.** » March 19th, 2014, 7:15 am

drgary wrote:I looked up "Bunnzilla" in the official H-B dictionary and it defines Bunnzilla as "any Bunn grinder that has been hot rodded."

That H-B dictionary seems to be about as accurate as Wikipedia.

Bunnzilla is what I named my modified G3 lets not bastardize the name.

#19: Post by **JohnB.** » March 19th, 2014, 8:39 am

doubleOsoul wrote:Is this upgrade only for the Bunn LPG series?
Oops... I see it also includes G series which is what I have.

The original mod I came up with was for the G series Bunn grinder & included making the adjustment stepless along with the Ditting machined burr swap. With the new G2 Trifecta detent plate w/27 factory settings that's now available for a couple dollars the stepless conversion is no longer necessary. The G series Bunn is the ideal candidate as it's auger feed eliminates popcorning which is an issue with the LPG when single dosing. Also the G series allows easy grind adjustment compared to the LPG which uses a screw adjustment under? the grinder.

#20: Post by **osanco** » March 19th, 2014, 8:55 am

JohnB. wrote:The original mod I came up with was for the G series Bunn grinder & included making the adjustment stepless along with the Ditting machined burr swap. With the new G2 Trifecta detent plate w/27 factory settings that's now available for a couple dollars the stepless conversion is no longer necessary. The G series Bunn is the ideal candidate as it's auger feed eliminates popcorning which is an issue with the LPG when single dosing. Also the G series allows easy grind adjustment compared to the LPG which uses a screw adjustment under? the grinder.

For this high degree of cleverness and ingenuity, including the unforgettable name, we heartily salute you.

I couldn't be happier with mine. Thank you for your guidance.