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  • sidewayss
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    Good to know you benefited ROs.
    Its a bit like having a better breathing extractors in a car ehh?

    Me thinks you would have a good half shot in a single basket Sir Stink in times of famine, and i can certainly relate to that, and youd still get a better cup than supermarket emergencies.   

    Theres been times this grinder do have a mind of its own, just the same as Rusty discovered with his.
    There are days when its quite cold, and the pre-programmed shot mode under-doses as well as clumping into the basket.
    If theres a minimal amount of beans in the hopper, it grinds finer than i prefer under those cold temps too, resulting in a choked shot.

    Im ok with that. Being a tweaker by nature, its a matter of periodical maintenance of burr cleaning, and moving the collar a couple mm either way depending on the temps and the roast result of the beans.

    Gary at G

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  • Sir_Stinkalot
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    Originally posted by 637974756771696363100 link=1305956193/19#19 date=1312188088
    All this time i had the bean stopper halfway out, today i pulled it further and found it can go all the way to fully open.
    So for those with K3s, keep pulling the lever all the way out past those 3 nasty little nodes, and presto, you have a fully open hopper neck.
    I find the left over beans on the ledge are like my emergency supply when the beans are low ...... sort of like the break glass option for the grinder world!

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  • Roz
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    Originally posted by 7A606D6C7E68707A7A090 link=1305956193/19#19 date=1312188088

    A little discovery today  

    All this time i had the bean stopper halfway out, today i pulled it further and found it can go all the way to fully open.
    So for those with K3s, keep pulling the lever all the way out past those 3 nasty little nodes, and presto, you have a fully open hopper neck.
    An absolute revelation haha, thanks now my pet peeve about the grinder is gone.

    Cheers

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  • NakiChap
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    Hi Gary

    My K3 has four dots with a coffee bean at the end just above the word coarse to the left of the shute I use the bean as a guide to allign the numbers on the dial.

    Thanks MNSTA

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  • sidewayss
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    Originally posted by 614346434C220 link=1305956193/20#20 date=1313500507
    With my K3 T I have the coffee bean on the side that says coarse alligned with the number 35 and adjust up or down a mm depending on the freshness of the beans,dosing 19.5 grms of beans into my VST 18 grm basket
    Hi there MNSTA,

    Trying to decipher what you mean.
    My first impression was you have a mathematical genius of a coffee bean thats helping you line up the planets.

    Gary at G

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  • NakiChap
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    Re: New Compak K3 Touch!

    Hello there

    With my K3 T I have the coffee bean on the side that says coarse alligned with the number 35 and adjust up or down a mm depending on the freshness of the beans,dosing 19.5 grms of beans into my VST 18 grm basket

    Using a Expobar minore 3-4

    Thanks

    Mnsta

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  • sidewayss
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    Originally posted by 6C6A7D766C6B7371180 link=1305956193/14#14 date=1309327205
    Mine doesnt open fully either, I get a little bank of beans above it and I wiggle the stopper to get them down the chute
    A little discovery today 

    All this time i had the bean stopper halfway out, today i pulled it further and found it can go all the way to fully open.
    So for those with K3s, keep pulling the lever all the way out past those 3 nasty little nodes, and presto, you have a fully open hopper neck.

    Thus far i have not found the need to adjust the grinder too often apart from a mm to the right or left depending on how old or how light/dark my beans are.

    Love my K3.

    Gary at G

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  • sched7
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    Well I took delivery of my new Wega mini instant (rebadged Touch) the other day and I have to say double-o-latte, I can relate to what you were going through. I spent a large amount of beans and some very frustrating moments trying to get the right setting for my machine (Gaggia Classic).

    The most frustrating thing I found was the fact that the burrs kept on getting gunked up even though I only adjusted the collar while the burrs were in motion. As a result, I had to remove the adjustment collar and de-clog a few times. Im still experimenting with the settings, but Im getting closer.

    One thing I read on another post regarding the metal position indicator, was the fact that it is used to position the adjustment collar when reassembling the upper burr. Can someone elaborate on this? i.e. position it with reference to what?

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  • sidewayss
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    In our case fatboy, the ledge goes out halfway and it wont go any further, so it looks like its stuck halfway. Im not sure if its meant to be that way. It does retain a fair number of beans, about 8 beans sitting on it looking like theyre crowding to take turns doing the half turn pike into the diving pool.

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  • fatboy_1999
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    Dont have the Compak grinder, but on my Macap I have a similar thing with the gate. If I pull it straight out , it stops short leaving a little ledge. I can then move it away from me or towards me and then it will come the rest of the way out. IE: On an angle.

    Might try and take a photo tonight to illustrate a bit better.

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  • sidewayss
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    Yes. Thats a strange one.
    When the beans run out theres some beans left on the bean stopper, so i do what you do.

    How do you find the quality of your coffee trentski?

    Gary at G

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  • trentski
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    Originally posted by 4D575A5B495F474D4D3E0 link=1305956193/13#13 date=1309324001
    My bean stopper seems to open partially. Does anyone have the same? Cant seem to open it fully due to 3 little nipples holding it back.
    You mean the sliding bit that holds the beans in the hopper?

    Mine doesnt open fully either, I get a little bank of beans above it and I wiggle the stopper to get them down the chute

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  • sidewayss
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    I picked up my K3 yesterday.

    Put some beans in and started grinding but nothing came out, so spent an hour and about 250gm of beans to get the right setting.

    I suspect there will be others who will find it a bit stressful finding nothing coming out initially before playing with grind settings.

    Shot quality has vastly improved over the Sunbeam 480. No comparison.
    The pour coming out was body of honey rather than black water.

    I also tried different beans on this baby and found that grind adjustments had to be made. This grinder shows up not just the nuances of the bean but also pour characters which the Sunbeam grinder hardly showed.
    For example, one bean will pour nicely when i get the setting right, then a different bean will pour faster, and then a change of setting by 1 or 2 mm was in order.

    The manual supplied was difficult to follow apart from requiring a magnifying glass to see.

    My bean stopper seems to open partially. Does anyone have the same? Cant seem to open it fully due to 3 little nipples holding it back.

    Overall though, theres a sense of pride of ownership. Very happy with it.

    Gary at G

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  • Rusty
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    Originally posted by 4F445E49474E064406474A5F5F4E2B0 link=1305956193/10#10 date=1306233462
    I find the grind adjustment dial is quite hard to turn, and the grind size markings impossible to read.
    I find the best way to adjust is to nudge the dial 1 or 2 mm. Larger adjustments will have you chasing but never finding the right grind :

    its agood idea once you find a good grind to mark the dial with a dab of liquid paper

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  • Rusty
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    Originally posted by 2C273D2A242D65276524293C3C2D480 link=1305956193/10#10 date=1306233462
    I know I should only adjust the grind size when the machine is running, but is it ok to have the machine running when theres no beans in it (to empty the machine of the last few beans)?
    Not a problem. I always adjust with no beans in the hopper.

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