Kinu M47 (2017) doesn't grind fine enough

#1: Post by **barouet** » March 24th, 2019, 3:46 pm

I'm under the impression that my Kinu m47 (2017, v2?) is not grinding as fine as it should. I'm currently getting normal espresso grind when my kinu is @ 0 using 16g in the Cafelat Robot. If I want to go for 14g doses, I just can't because I can't go finer?

Anyone here had similar issue?

#2: Post by **maxbmello** » March 24th, 2019, 7:13 pm

No. Have you recently disassembled it? These grinders are capabale or beyond Turkish fine, so something is amiss with your unit

#3: Post by **mivanitsky** » March 24th, 2019, 7:38 pm

That is certainly odd. I've used that version, as well as the current version. Both can choke Slayer. Something must be trapped, limiting the excursion of the inner burr.

#4: Post by **Jasper_8137** » March 24th, 2019, 7:43 pm

I agree - my Kinu easily chokes my LM. Try taking it apart and giving it a good cleaning.

#5: Post by **radu** » March 25th, 2019, 4:16 am

barouet wrote: I'm currently getting normal espresso grind when my kinu is @ 0 using 16g in the Cafelat Robot.

By 0 do you mean the dial being at the 0 setting or you tried turning the dial all the way until it can't turn anymore? The espresso settings should be after 1-2 full turns of the adjustment knob, so it should go at least one other full turn below your current espresso setting.

March 25th, 2019, 6:45 am

radu wrote:By 0 do you mean the dial being at the 0 setting or you tried turning the dial all the way until it can't turn anymore?

The dial is all the way down.

#7: Post by **Balthazar_B** » March 25th, 2019, 11:04 am

If you take it apart for cleaning, check the condition of the burrs -- hopefully your three-year-old didn't use it for crushing marbles -- and that the shaft is true. I don't have one -- yet -- so perhaps someone can refresh my memory: IIRC one of the burrs is not intended to be removed during disassembly on at least one of the generations of the grinder? If that's the case, and that burr was removed, is it possible it wasn't seated properly when put back together?

#8: Post by **DeGaulle** » March 25th, 2019, 11:12 am

The grinder used to come with a metal rod that one could use to knock the outer burr out for cleaning, but mine (purchased last October) didn't. I asked them about this and they advised me that they no longer recommend to remove the outer burr and no longer include the rod with the grinder.

March 25th, 2019, 12:41 pm

I just emailed Kinu asking for their recommendation regarding this issue.

#10: Post by **Kind_Karma** » March 25th, 2019, 1:03 pm

Has the grinder ever been disassembled and cleaned?