Hopper that NEVER runs out of beans!

#1: Post by **Vakse Viggo** » May 18th, 2017, 3:12 pm

I really like the look of a full hopper...especially on an old vintage model with glass hopper. I use my 1983 Quickmill Omre together with my 1956 Faema Faemina, but I always had to take off the hopper, or empty it, when using the Faemina.

With this little simple mod it always looks full with old decoration beans, and it does not matter if I accidentally touch the release lever...yes, it happens more often than you think.

Also the chances of me breaking it, gets smaller...after all, a replacement cost 400 Euro.

Really happy how this turned out.

The doser plastic had seen better days, so a heat gun and a piece of plexi glass, took care of that.

#2: Post by HB » May 19th, 2017, 7:52 am

Smart idea! And it saves you the trouble of having to clean it for aesthetic reasons.

Excellent job on the replacement doser lense.

#3: Post by **thecoffeefield** » May 19th, 2017, 9:36 am

This is genius! It will also shield your beans from the light if you keep the beans you use (not the fake ones) for few days

May 19th, 2017, 4:53 pm

HB wrote:Smart idea! And it saves you the trouble of having to clean it for aesthetic reasons. Excellent job on the replacement doser lense.

Thanks Dan

It is such an easy and cheap mod, that works on so many levels.

I have to make another doser lense. This one was kind of, or became, a prototype. I found a tin that fits the shape of the doser a lot better, so next time OD will have to be a little bit bigger, and then the top and bottom of the lense will have to be grinded on the outside, so the ID is going to fit just right.
Otherwise the arms will scrape on the plexi. The original plastic was a lot thinner and could be bend into shape a lot easier, but this 3 mm plexi just looks so much better and glass like. Maybe one day, I will have a proper glass lens made.

May 19th, 2017, 4:56 pm

thecoffeefield wrote:This is genius! It will also shield your beans from the light if you keep the beans you use (not the fake ones) for few days

Thanks Gabriel

Yes, and now I can also do some single dosing with a full hopper!

#6: Post by **thecoffeefield** » May 21st, 2017, 10:52 am

Now I have to figure out a way to this to my Mazzer Super Jolly with the mini hopper

May 22nd, 2017, 6:59 am

Is it possible to click the finger guard off...?

May 22nd, 2017, 8:59 am

If you mean the umbrella like thing in the hopper then yes, I can have that removed as they are attached with screws. Only issue I'll have to find plugs for the screw holes left behind.

May 22nd, 2017, 11:50 am

Just put some foil paper in the holes...you wont be able to see it anyway, because of the beans.

May 22nd, 2017, 2:50 pm

I love that idea! I'll give it a shot and maybe take pictures.