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  • #91
    Re: Buying a USED Mazzer SJ Grinder - advice please

    hey Yeeza, i dont quite understand what you meant by
    slide some plastic cars or whatever from a takeaway contained to fit, them replace the top dosing star
    .

    please explain (pauline hanson)

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    • #92
      Re: Buying a USED Mazzer SJ Grinder - advice please

      Plastic cards cut from a takeaway container.

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      • #93
        Re: Buying a USED Mazzer SJ Grinder - advice please

        I modded the doser on my Mini the other day. Instead of doing the popular mod with electrical tape, I cut 6 2.5cmx2.5cm squares from cardboard and slid them up into the doser veins from the chute.

        You need to lie the grinder on its back to access to dosers chute, but its quite simple. Less fiddly and IMO even more effective. Its also not effected by changing the height of the doser veins.

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        • #94
          Re: Buying a USED Mazzer SJ Grinder - advice please

          Originally posted by 76747870707E7964170 link=1226270246/92#92 date=1242209686
          I cut 62.5cmx2.5cm squares from cardboard and slid them up into the doser veins from the chute.
          This was tried by Simone last year:
          http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?num=1214736102/29#29

          I tried the mod myself and it was very effective...while it lasted. After several weeks the cards fell out or got pulled out by friction.

          I ended up doing the tape mod using duct tap which is better than electrical tape in my opinion

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          • #95
            Re: Buying a USED Mazzer SJ Grinder - advice please

            Originally posted by 3C362334343B2F295A0 link=1226270246/93#93 date=1242213817
            I tried the mod myself and it was very effective...while it lasted. After several weeks the cards fell out or got pulled out by friction.

            Once you get the hang of inserting them, its very quick. If they fall out every couple of months, I can live with that. Simply redo a few more squares and replace them.

            I actually used normal 80gsm paper covered on both sides with electrical tape, which makes them non-porous and just the right flexibility to I hope, stay put.

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            • #96
              Re: Buying a USED Mazzer SJ Grinder - advice please

              Originally posted by 76747870707E7964170 link=1226270246/94#94 date=1242214349
              Once you get the hang of inserting them, its very quick.
              Oh I had no problem with the insertion - I did it many times . I used an old business card as I couldnt get anything thineer to stay in place. I persisted with it for several months (including replacements).

              I find the tape mod more reliable even if it does take more time initially.

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              • #97
                Re: Buying a USED Mazzer SJ Grinder - advice please

                Without a doubt the best thread to appear for a long time .......

                The best part was when the sale price was revealed - 250 kiwi......

                Ive never seen so much angst placed into a decision making process for such little risk - brilliant.

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                • #98
                  Re: Buying a USED Mazzer SJ Grinder - advice please

                  are the burrs set up on the mazzer the same as the Rocky - ie you can let them touch without damage because its the flat outer edge that is touching and it cannot touch tooth on tooth?

                  Cheers

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                  • #99
                    Re: Buying a USED Mazzer SJ Grinder - advice please

                    Pretty sure thats the case Oz,

                    Have never spotted a set of flat burr-plates that dont have this safety feature... 8-)

                    Mal.

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