I finished off the front panel tonight.
This is the piece to extend the chute to the front panel:

The front panel fitted and grinder assembled:

Temporary external chute made up to see how the grinds come out:

Seems to be a bit messy, the grinds come out with some speed and bounce out of the PF somewhat, and the throat of the chute is a bit too big. I might make the chute narrow down into a smaller size and see how that goes.
As I set the grind finer the grinds all start to jam up inside the grinder inside the internal chute, before even falling out past the front panel. This makes it less messy depositing into the PF, but a pain the way I use the grinder for a shot at a time, as a heap of grinds stay there getting stale. Is this normal for these sorts of grinders? I guess in a high volume application, this is not an issue.
My wife is not too keen on this beast, what is it with women and their lack of appreciation for things mechanical with some macho styling??? ;D
I am not sure now whether to try a new set of burrs and see if the clumping inside goes away, or just get the breville smart grinder instead, and get rid of this one?
Any ideas on the approximate value of such a grinder?
Cheers





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