Hi everyone
For the last few weeks Ive been asking a lot of questions on this forums and I got great response. So as a thank you I thought I would write something instead of posting questions. This is my little contribution to this forum
When I got my new MDF grinder a few things popped into my head:
1. not stepless
2. it has a doser
3. the coffee dispenser shifts coffee to the left
4. the hole from where the coffee exits is quite large
5. the fork is too close to the doser
6. the fork is uncomfortable
I tried using it straight from the box, but because 5. and 6. my whole counter was covered in coffee and it was really annoying to work with the grinder. First thought: that fork has to go. A closer inspection showed that the fork is a part of the bottom cover and I will have to unscrew 4 TORX T10 screws to get it off. Unfortunatelly I didnt have a T10 torx screwdriver at home at that time so I used a different method. I build a small PVC extension for the coffee output hole and placed the grinder on a piece of wood to fit the PF under the fork (the extension ended at the same level as the fork lower ridge). The extension was constructed in such a way that it was narrower at the bottom, which made dispensing coffee easier and accurate.
Today I bought a TORX T10 screwdriver and managed to unscrew the bottom cover with the fork. It looks like this:

I used 1mm PVC (soft plastic sheets) to recreate the cover but without the fork. It was pretty easy and after around 2hours I had two pieces ready, front cover (it goes where the fork was) and the bottom cover, with some holes for ventilation and stuff like that. Heres how it looks:

So now I dont have to worry about points 5. and 6. from the list above
Yesterday I also did a stepless "teflon" mod and I have to say it works great and is easy to do. Just follow all the instructions on this page:
http://coffeeaspirations.blogspot.com/2006/07/barista-guild-of-america-and-how-to.html
And yes you will be surprised how much coffee stays inside
Just remember to put enough teflon tape to make the screwing of the upper burr set really hard. That way you will make sure it wont move during the grind. Point 1. from the list is no longer a problem.
So Im left with:
2. it has a doser
3. the coffee dispenser shifts coffee to the left
4. the hole from where the coffee exits is quite large
Point 2. is not so bad, as pulling the doser lever can help to break clumps. Point 3. is caused by the movement of the doser paddles, but it can be solved, look below. Point nr 4. is a bit annoying as a lot of coffee can get on your counter. I will try to make a small narrowing to make the hole smaller, which should also make the left coffee shift dissapear.
So anyone has any cool MDF modifications to share?
I hope this thread is of some help.
Cheers,
dsc.
For the last few weeks Ive been asking a lot of questions on this forums and I got great response. So as a thank you I thought I would write something instead of posting questions. This is my little contribution to this forum

When I got my new MDF grinder a few things popped into my head:
1. not stepless
2. it has a doser
3. the coffee dispenser shifts coffee to the left
4. the hole from where the coffee exits is quite large
5. the fork is too close to the doser
6. the fork is uncomfortable
I tried using it straight from the box, but because 5. and 6. my whole counter was covered in coffee and it was really annoying to work with the grinder. First thought: that fork has to go. A closer inspection showed that the fork is a part of the bottom cover and I will have to unscrew 4 TORX T10 screws to get it off. Unfortunatelly I didnt have a T10 torx screwdriver at home at that time so I used a different method. I build a small PVC extension for the coffee output hole and placed the grinder on a piece of wood to fit the PF under the fork (the extension ended at the same level as the fork lower ridge). The extension was constructed in such a way that it was narrower at the bottom, which made dispensing coffee easier and accurate.
Today I bought a TORX T10 screwdriver and managed to unscrew the bottom cover with the fork. It looks like this:

I used 1mm PVC (soft plastic sheets) to recreate the cover but without the fork. It was pretty easy and after around 2hours I had two pieces ready, front cover (it goes where the fork was) and the bottom cover, with some holes for ventilation and stuff like that. Heres how it looks:

So now I dont have to worry about points 5. and 6. from the list above

Yesterday I also did a stepless "teflon" mod and I have to say it works great and is easy to do. Just follow all the instructions on this page:
http://coffeeaspirations.blogspot.com/2006/07/barista-guild-of-america-and-how-to.html
And yes you will be surprised how much coffee stays inside
Just remember to put enough teflon tape to make the screwing of the upper burr set really hard. That way you will make sure it wont move during the grind. Point 1. from the list is no longer a problem.So Im left with:
2. it has a doser
3. the coffee dispenser shifts coffee to the left
4. the hole from where the coffee exits is quite large
Point 2. is not so bad, as pulling the doser lever can help to break clumps. Point 3. is caused by the movement of the doser paddles, but it can be solved, look below. Point nr 4. is a bit annoying as a lot of coffee can get on your counter. I will try to make a small narrowing to make the hole smaller, which should also make the left coffee shift dissapear.
So anyone has any cool MDF modifications to share?
I hope this thread is of some help.Cheers,
dsc.











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