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  • #31
    Re: Mazzer Mini Mod Options

    Might just add that the great advantage of the "poke little thin flat things between the doser vanes" approach to sweeper modding is that you dont actually have to dismantle *anything*!

    A fine thing to find out after I did exactly that :-[

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    • #32
      Re: Mazzer Mini Mod Options

      I have just come up with a mod.

      Double shot bean dispenser.****
      I like to run the all the beans out of the girinder in between shots. This lets me pulse the grinder to help clean the chute, and it means when I tweek the grind for the next shot there will be no old size grindes left.
      This means that so far I have to measure out the beans for each shot - even If I intend to make 5 or 6 in a row.

      The Mazzer hoppers have a gate. If you close the gate you get way more than a double shot before it runs out. My Mod just reduces the bean volume under the gate.

      I just wedged a cylinder of styrofoam in the bottom of the hopper. I cut the foam cylinder smaller and smaller untill it left just enough room for a double shot of beans. (pictures to follow). It ended up looking like a 1/2 circle cylinder.  

      Now I can just tip a large volume of beans in the hopper. Every time I want to grind for a shot I just open and close the gate then run the grinder till it stops grinding. This leaves the right amount for a double shot ground in the doser every time.

      This is only a first attempt. Now I know the required wedge size I might make one out of wood.



      "Tuned" Foam block...

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      • #33
        Re: Mazzer Mini Mod Options

        Block in Hopper....

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        • #34
          Re: Mazzer Mini Mod Options

          Put back together.. you can hardly see it.

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          • #35
            Re: Mazzer Mini Mod Options

            I actually tried something similar but I saw some bits of styrofoam in my grind. Never again.

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            • #36
              Re: Mazzer Mini Mod Options

              Originally posted by E-Gene link=1214736102/20#34 date=1216627176
              I actually tried something similar but I saw some bits of styrofoam in my grind. Never again.
              Styrofoam is a prototype to get the size right... I reckon there are heaps of things that would work - closed cell foam , wood.

              I originally did not want to use styro for the same reason ,however, if you cut the styrofoam correctly you get a very smooth non crumbly surface. So far no sign of styro being ground - and you would see it too. I dont know how long it will last though.

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              • #37
                Re: Mazzer Mini Mod Options

                Just in case we didnt get a good enough view of the beach, you thought youd add in that extra pic through the hopper huh?

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                • #38
                  Re: Mazzer Mini Mod Options

                  Originally posted by YeeZa link=1214736102/20#36 date=1216629290
                  Just in case we didnt get a good enough view of the beach, you thought youd add in that extra pic through the hopper huh?

                  yeah... I thought twice about posting that one - did not want to seem like a complete showoff, I did enough of that the other day. but I could not be botherd taking another shot... If only we owned this place :-/

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                  • #39
                    Re: Mazzer Mini Mod Options

                    E-Gene - now foil covered. Fits in place better and no chance of ground styro. And I feel better as alfoil is more food suitable then styro.

                    YeeZa - dark outside , no view

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                    • #40
                      Re: Mazzer Mini Mod Options

                      Sc, do you have trouble with any beans bouncing up (popcorning) as you get towards the end of grinding your double shot?


                      Cheers...................Sean

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                      • #41
                        Re: Mazzer Mini Mod Options

                        I think the block stops most beans bouncing too high. A few beans come up higher and hit the bottom of the gate but they just bounce back in. Same issue (not reaaly an issue) whenever you grind untill nothing left in the burrs.

                        I have scince covered the foil in clear contact an stuck on some velcro to hold it super snug in place in the hopper. It is working very well and seems to be grinding a consistent amount of coffee each time. I say seems to be because before I tamp I chop off the grounds level with the PF which means It does not affect my shot if I grind a bit extra, however, I seem to only be chopping off the same small amont each time. If you dose by pushing down all of your grounds then I would do some tests weighing each dose for a while before releying on this mod.

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                        • #42
                          Re: Mazzer Mini Mod Options

                          In the case of this styrofoam mod, I think that size is the biggest factor. Its hard to gauge how big the wedge should be, because that will determine how much coffee goes in.

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