Low Profile 804 Ditting and restoration

Grinders are one of the keys to exceptional espresso. Discuss them here.
User avatar
zombiecoffee
Posts: 70
Joined: 11 years ago

#1: Post by zombiecoffee »

Continuing my legacy of tinkering with grinders, I am rehabbing an old KF804
I am in the process of making a lower profile Ditting that would fit under my cabinets for home use.
Here are a few before and after pics with the new white paint. I will post a complete chronological when I finish chopping headspace off the hopper.




Anyone can turn green beans brown...

flix67
Posts: 35
Joined: 5 years ago

#2: Post by flix67 »

Awesome, keep us posted! Would you mind also showing the internals: motor, grind chamber, PCB, etc.? I personally find that part to be quite interesting.

User avatar
zombiecoffee (original poster)
Posts: 70
Joined: 11 years ago

#3: Post by zombiecoffee (original poster) »

I will! The internals are pretty milquetoast. A vertical motor with burrs mounted on it. I takes up the entirety of the housing minus a small space at the bottom for resisters and power distribution. I can't fit the hopper under my chop saw, so I will have to drag out the table saw.
I just got a shipment of much needed parts from Nancy @ Ditting, so it is almost ready for the ball.
Anyone can turn green beans brown...

chsieh
Posts: 1
Joined: 5 years ago

#4: Post by chsieh »

This is my answer :D :D
I made a stainless cap to replace the original one for my 804 lab sweet.



User avatar
zombiecoffee (original poster)
Posts: 70
Joined: 11 years ago

#5: Post by zombiecoffee (original poster) »

I like it! If mine was draped it reflective stainless steel, I would show off more of it as well.
I am tinkering with a silicone plug hooked to a hand squeeze pump to "blow out" residual at the end of grinding.
I know the Sweet is pretty baller at retention, hoping to make my old 804 have a great transition between espresso and filter in the same morning.
Anyone can turn green beans brown...

User avatar
zombiecoffee (original poster)
Posts: 70
Joined: 11 years ago

#6: Post by zombiecoffee (original poster) »



Like this, instead of a butt plug, a hopper plug...
Anyone can turn green beans brown...

mivanitsky
Supporter ★
Posts: 1272
Joined: 15 years ago

#7: Post by mivanitsky »

Why not use a Mr Puff, or similar device?

Simpler, and can be positioned and used with one hand.

Great work on the Ditting.

User avatar
zombiecoffee (original poster)
Posts: 70
Joined: 11 years ago

#8: Post by zombiecoffee (original poster) »

As a sentient primate, my desire to make something more complicated than an existing product is unexplainable. Other than I can make a custom fit square tapered square plug.
Anyone can turn green beans brown...

jkmm
Posts: 4
Joined: 5 years ago

#9: Post by jkmm »

chsieh wrote:This is my answer :D :D
I made a stainless cap to replace the original one for my 804 lab sweet.

image
image
The stainless steel cap looks great. I have a Sweet Lab and have been considering a more discreet hopper solution. This is the best I have seen. How did you make it (and who did it)? Is it possible to order an additional one?