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  • Dimal
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    Originally posted by MrFreddofrog View Post
    Or maybe I should sound proof the toilet, hmmmm....
    Wanna be careful in what context you discuss this...

    Mal.

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  • MrFreddofrog
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    Horses for courses I guess. Most of my roasting done during the day so stopping development faster gives me better control.

    That said, I do occasionally roast at night so a quite option would be useful. Or maybe I should sound proof the toilet, hmmmm....

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  • Yelta
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    Originally posted by Dimal View Post
    Mine's as quiet as a whisper...

    Mal.
    Spot on Mal.

    My cooler is a 20 liter bucket with grading sieve using an exhaust fan, cools real fast and like Mal's, barely audible.

    First posted details with pics on Coffee Snobs about 7 years ago.
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  • artman
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    I had a blower vac cooler but switched to a bathroom fan. I do most roasts in the evening and the jet engine noise wasn't too welcome late at night. Was crazy fast though!

    Cheers

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  • Dimal
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    Mine's as quiet as a whisper...

    Mal.

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  • plf
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    ingenious!

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  • MrFreddofrog
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    Version 2: Bean cooler using a blower vac. This baby sucks so hard I have to wear ear muffs. Goes from 200C down to 16C (ambient) in around 30sec. I want to roast just so I can use it!

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  • Dimal
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    Here's a pic' of mine...
    Cools ~630g of roasted beans to just above ambient in about 45 seconds. Air is pulled through the bean mass...

    Base is a round kitchen tidy/bin, fan is a standard bathroom vent' fan and screen is a prospector's grading screen with 3mm mesh. Works a treat...

    Mal.

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  • bobbooks
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    My homemade cooler can be seen on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYzh4kCqcJU

    I also have my homemade one plus pound roaster posted there too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWZp_85vGsQ

    See:
    http://www.bobbooks.net
    Last edited by bobbooks; 22 August 2016, 02:37 PM.

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  • coffeechris
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    I dont know about the rest but i was lucky enough at the time to pick up a dust extractor for $50.

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  • MrFreddofrog
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    Just did some quick and dirty research on volume of air moved:

    My cordless makita, ~ 2.5m3/min
    Exhaust fan, ~ 4-6m3/min
    Electric or petrol blower-vac, ~ 12-15m3/min
    Dust extraction ~7-20m3/min

    Hmm, I have a 240v blower not doing much....

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  • Dimal
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    Lots of good info to be found here...
    http://coffeesnobs.com.au/home-roast...step-step.html

    Took three seconds to find using the Search Tool above...

    Mal.

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  • flynnaus
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    40cm baker's sieve that sits inside a plastic plant pot with a bathroom exhaust fan below the sieve to sucks air through the roast.

    It was almost as if the plant pot was designed to hold the sieve. It has an inside diameter slightly larger than the sieve and a ridge that runs just below the rim of the pot that the sieve sits neatly on. Works brilliantly to cool the beans in about 2 mins.
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  • artman
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    I press cool on the behmor and crack open the door! :-)

    Previously had a stainless sieve sitting in a bathroom extraction fan (sucking air).

    Prior to that I had a garden blower vac. Cut down the suction tube, cut a hole in a bucket to suit and placed a sieve inside the bucket. Cooled them in less than a minute. Bloody noisy though! And once the sieve moved and it sucked in some if the beans, sprayed the garage with grounds!!!

    Cheers

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  • saeco_user
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    Large stainless steel colander, hairdryer set on cool, hand strirred with a wooden paddle.
    I do batches of about 500g once a week. Takes 3-4 minutes to cool.

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