Hi All
As you probably know, Ive just upgraded from a relatively idiot-proof Sunbeam EM6910 and EM0480 to my Makin Maver and Macap M4. Ive gone back to feeling like a noob!
Sorry, no photos yet: still playing around and trying to get it right, rather than post shots of reasonably shocking looking shots!
There are a couple of questions I have, being so new to an E61 HX and higher end grinder, and I have done some looking and reading, but cant find the answers to these questions, so Ill ask away!
Also, because the Maver is pre-loved, I didnt get an instruction manual so Ive been going it alone, with a couple of minutes verbal instruction from Chris of Talk Coffee. I have sent an email to David Makin asking if he has a spare manual, but havent heard back as yet. If anyone has a manual they could photocopy and send to me, Id really appreciate it and am happy to pay for the photocopying and postage.
So questions:-
Macap M4
Maver Marte
Thanks for your help in anticipation!
Cheers
Di
As you probably know, Ive just upgraded from a relatively idiot-proof Sunbeam EM6910 and EM0480 to my Makin Maver and Macap M4. Ive gone back to feeling like a noob!
Sorry, no photos yet: still playing around and trying to get it right, rather than post shots of reasonably shocking looking shots!

There are a couple of questions I have, being so new to an E61 HX and higher end grinder, and I have done some looking and reading, but cant find the answers to these questions, so Ill ask away!
Also, because the Maver is pre-loved, I didnt get an instruction manual so Ive been going it alone, with a couple of minutes verbal instruction from Chris of Talk Coffee. I have sent an email to David Makin asking if he has a spare manual, but havent heard back as yet. If anyone has a manual they could photocopy and send to me, Id really appreciate it and am happy to pay for the photocopying and postage.
So questions:-
Macap M4
- With the M4, it says in the instruction manual to "Put the coffee beans into the Coffee Bell, open the fan and turn the machine on. I cant find any reference to what the fan is...is this just the little plastic thing that you move out to let the beans through to the grinders?
- When you grind into the doser, it all seems to dump into one or two little triangles, is this correct and the way it should be?
- Also in the manual, in the Adjustment area, it refers to click adjustment and pusing in the fixing pin to move the grinder. The only pin I can see is the one that has a flat head screw groove in it that fixes the hopper in place. Is the fixing pin in some obscure place that I cant see, or does the M4 not come with this fixing pin? Ive just been using the micrometric adjustment instead for the moment.
Maver Marte
- With the Maver, I put the PF into the group head and take the lever right up to the top, pull the shot for the required time, and then take the lever right down to the bottom again. Is this correct or should I be moving the lever to the middle position and leaving it there for a couple of seconds?
- Finally, when I take the PF out, Im finding there is a layer of liquid on top of the puck. The puck is dry when I knock it out, but the liquid sits on top for a couple of seconds before sinking through. Is this normal?
Thanks for your help in anticipation!
Cheers
Di



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