Friday afternoon and my mind is wandering, which is inturn leading to a lot of head smacking "magic moments". Anyone whos interested in chocolate grinding feel free to have a look at my thoughts and hopefully add your own in the mmmmm..... chocolate! thread in the wishing well.
Anyways, long story short I was thinking a washing machine could make a good chocolate grinder. Then I was googling washing machine motors online when I noticed a combined washer dryer and thinking... maybe I could roast the beans and grind them in the same machine if I tore out the 150 degree thermostat they put in driers and replaced it with either a higher one or even better a programmable one.
Then I sat in a classic fridayitis stupor for 10 minutes until the penny dropped.
Chinese clothes driers can be bought new for around $200 these days, and take 5 kilo loads with ease. Plus if you get a side load one with a clear front door you can watch the clothes spinning. They have inbuilt agitators and timers.
Whats to stop people from buying a cheap drier, ripping out the wussy clothes grade thermostat, and fitting a heavier duty thermostat?
Thought perhaps the chaff would be a problem, but driers all have lint extractors now... is it me, or is the idea just crazy enough to work? Im starting to feel rather daft about putting so much time into modifying a bbq for the purposes... kinda hoping someone is gonna point out some obvious flaw in my plan of changing a thermostat and having a super cheap, premade high capacity roaster.
Anyways, long story short I was thinking a washing machine could make a good chocolate grinder. Then I was googling washing machine motors online when I noticed a combined washer dryer and thinking... maybe I could roast the beans and grind them in the same machine if I tore out the 150 degree thermostat they put in driers and replaced it with either a higher one or even better a programmable one.
Then I sat in a classic fridayitis stupor for 10 minutes until the penny dropped.
Chinese clothes driers can be bought new for around $200 these days, and take 5 kilo loads with ease. Plus if you get a side load one with a clear front door you can watch the clothes spinning. They have inbuilt agitators and timers.
Whats to stop people from buying a cheap drier, ripping out the wussy clothes grade thermostat, and fitting a heavier duty thermostat?
Thought perhaps the chaff would be a problem, but driers all have lint extractors now... is it me, or is the idea just crazy enough to work? Im starting to feel rather daft about putting so much time into modifying a bbq for the purposes... kinda hoping someone is gonna point out some obvious flaw in my plan of changing a thermostat and having a super cheap, premade high capacity roaster.





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