Re: Buying a USED Mazzer SJ Grinder - advice pleas
With respect, ahmadnz will not have a hope of determining the state of the burrs in the grinder.
My advice is this:
Dont fix something that aint OR may not be broke.
If you are going to buy this, take it out of the box, check it over visually to see there is nothing obviously broken then switch it on and see that it runs. Switch off, then:
give it a good external clean up with a soft cloth and a brush.
If necessary remove the hopper and wash it in warm soapy water
While the hopper is off you can see into the inlet throat of the grinder. Take a vacuum cleaner and simply suck it out.
If the throat is encrusted with broken, oily, pasty pieces of bean and grinds, scrape them up with a spoon or something without gouging into the metal, and again suck it out with a vacuum cleaner.
Run the grinder for a few seconds (WITHOUT STICKING YOUR FINGER INTO THE INLET AND GETTING IT CHOPPED oFF) so it will empty whatever is left between the burrs into the dispenser.
Stick the suction tube of the vacuum cleaner into the grinds dispenser and suck out what you can.
Clean it up and put the hopper back on when it is thoroughly dry.
If Ive left anything out abover it wasnt for lack of goodwill or trying!
Grind coffee for your machine ie set the grind to the machine and according to your particular technique and to suit the beans you have bought.
Lastly Enjoy and dont worry about appearance being an indication of overall condition. Many cafe clients are extremely rough on the equipment, and it is a lot worse on the coffee machines themselves than on the ginders. Commercial grinders are TOUGH....what you see is only cosmetic on the outside. If the price is right forget about tha appearance you can always paint it up some other time. If it bothers you dont buy it in the first place.
Regardz,
Attilio
first / original CS site sponsor.
If you are really worried about the condition of the grinding burrs after that, ask & then and I will give you a couple of very simple pointers that do not require you to needlessly disassemble the carrier to inspect the burrs and still not know what you are looking at even when you have them in your hot little hand. My opinion is you first need to learn how to set it up and use it in conjunction with whatever machine you buy to get a good coffee. Until you have done that my advice is to forget the burrs....you wil have a miriad of other variables to worry about first.
With respect, ahmadnz will not have a hope of determining the state of the burrs in the grinder.
My advice is this:
Dont fix something that aint OR may not be broke.
If you are going to buy this, take it out of the box, check it over visually to see there is nothing obviously broken then switch it on and see that it runs. Switch off, then:
give it a good external clean up with a soft cloth and a brush.
If necessary remove the hopper and wash it in warm soapy water
While the hopper is off you can see into the inlet throat of the grinder. Take a vacuum cleaner and simply suck it out.
If the throat is encrusted with broken, oily, pasty pieces of bean and grinds, scrape them up with a spoon or something without gouging into the metal, and again suck it out with a vacuum cleaner.
Run the grinder for a few seconds (WITHOUT STICKING YOUR FINGER INTO THE INLET AND GETTING IT CHOPPED oFF) so it will empty whatever is left between the burrs into the dispenser.
Stick the suction tube of the vacuum cleaner into the grinds dispenser and suck out what you can.
Clean it up and put the hopper back on when it is thoroughly dry.
If Ive left anything out abover it wasnt for lack of goodwill or trying!
Grind coffee for your machine ie set the grind to the machine and according to your particular technique and to suit the beans you have bought.
Lastly Enjoy and dont worry about appearance being an indication of overall condition. Many cafe clients are extremely rough on the equipment, and it is a lot worse on the coffee machines themselves than on the ginders. Commercial grinders are TOUGH....what you see is only cosmetic on the outside. If the price is right forget about tha appearance you can always paint it up some other time. If it bothers you dont buy it in the first place.
Regardz,
Attilio
first / original CS site sponsor.
If you are really worried about the condition of the grinding burrs after that, ask & then and I will give you a couple of very simple pointers that do not require you to needlessly disassemble the carrier to inspect the burrs and still not know what you are looking at even when you have them in your hot little hand. My opinion is you first need to learn how to set it up and use it in conjunction with whatever machine you buy to get a good coffee. Until you have done that my advice is to forget the burrs....you wil have a miriad of other variables to worry about first.



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