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  • #31
    Re: Corretto advice

    Originally posted by Pat Breen link=1226320162/20#26 date=1228980376
    Yeah great, cheers guys. Just checking out ebay at the moment, there are quite a few cheap ones around. Same with the heat guns.

    I reckon Ill use an old mic stand to mount the gun, and adjust the hight.

    Whats the story with the temperature guage (probe?). This needs to be in with the beans, or through the side of the BM, yeah?
    Hi Pat, welcome to CoffeeSnobs.

    Regarding buying a heatgun off ebay, Id be heading for a large hardware chain to buy it. You can get them there for under $20, or pay up to $180, but the point is they will honour the warranty, where an ebay supplier may not. A high number of heatguns fail - I believe that manufacturers figure that the average home handyman will only use them a few times, so while they market them and warrant them as being "tough", they cut corners in manufacturing. One day last year, I had to return two heatguns on the same day - the replacement failed as well. Some people buy the cheapest gun they can find, and it just goes and goes. I now have the Makita HG1100, it hasnt skipped a beat in 12 months (touch wood), but I paid $165 for it. (Less the cost of the faulty one I was returning).

    Ebay is great for a lot of purchases, but being able to jump in the car, replace your heatgun and continue roasting makes a lot more sense.

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    • #32
      Re: Corretto advice

      Hehe~~did another roast today. Here is the graph. Im quite happy witht it. FC started @ 13m:11sec. SC came a little quick (~4mins after FC). Still have a little bit of tipping, dont know y? I reckon ill stick to this roasting profile next time. Ill try to extent the time between FC and SC.  What does everyone think?

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      • #33
        Re: Corretto advice

        Not bad.
        See how it tastes.

        Id be aiming to hit FC about 2 minutes sooner and see if you can hit SC with a 5-6 minute gap from FC.

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