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  • Joyo
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    Hi all

    I managed to pick up a Kony recently.

    Was keen to get take the hopper out without damaging the tabs. It's way too big for home use.

    Read around, and using cable ties did the trick for me.
    This may be helpful to some, photos attached.

    I used two table ties on one tab, and one on the other. This did take a while to loop it around the tabs.
    And I got the wife to pull the hopper while I pulled out on the cable ties on both sides



    Any one now whether the big hardware stores sell stand sized acrylic cylinders that would fit nicely into the collar.
    and just wondering if anyone came across some click-clack top that would work for a cylinder, to push through the retained grinds.

    Love to hear your experience

    thanks
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  • GregWormald
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    Re: Mazzer Kony Electronic - Excessive Clumping

    I wanted the extra height, and so the diameter was a bit small. I contact-cemented a ring of leather around the shaker to get a nice tight, rattle-free fit.

    The fact that one of those "tin-can resealer" tops fit perfectly was just good luck.

    It was really easy to do, and I reckon I spent more time polishing it up than doing the work.

    Greg

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  • Jono_Willmer
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    Re: Mazzer Kony Electronic - Excessive Clumping

    Originally posted by 7C495E5C6C5449565A575F3B0 link=1329571021/33#33 date=1335432901
    I did a similar modification to my Macap M4D but cut the bottom off a cheap stainless cocktail shaker (about $6 from the cheap shop) for the hopper.

    This polishes up really nice.

    Greg
    Hi Greg did you have to do anything else to make it fit or just cut it where the diameter is right?

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  • GregWormald
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    Re: Mazzer Kony Electronic - Excessive Clumping

    I did a similar modification to my Macap M4D but cut the bottom off a cheap stainless cocktail shaker (about $6 from the cheap shop) for the hopper.

    This polishes up really nice.

    Greg

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  • dumiya
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    Re: Mazzer Kony Electronic - Excessive Clumping

    I have done a safety check and have put the pipe extension back on as I found I could touch the grinders. But this time the extension fits properly into the hidden coupling in the collar and overall it is very safe - I am thinking of my grandchildren.
    So it looks a bit like my original pictures only now theres the original safety collar in place.

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  • TC
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    Much nicer work dumiya...

    McGuyver award nomination for finding a solution to tab breakage as well! 8-)

    Thanks for helping me sleep at night! [smiley=tekst-toppie.gif]

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  • dumiya
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    Re: Mazzer Kony Electronic - Excessive Clumping

    Yes really off the original post.
    Here is my safe Kony E Mini Top! Many thanks to Talk Coffee for the caution, incentive and "I love all my fingers!"
    Getting the original top off: I used a heat gun set to 100 -110 *C.
    (I dont know the melt or warp temperature of the plastic). This softens the taps so they can be levered away with a small screw driver. Of course all at the owners risk. (To refit the top to the collar the tabs have to be reheated and pushed in a bit so they are held by the restricting ring of the transparent container.)
    I may disguise it but it looks okay after a while. This modification uses all the original safety devises but not the magnet. In the collar there is a 50mm coupling ground down to fit so it covers the tab holes. Part of the cap is also ground down to fit into the collar as well as shortened to hold 17gms of beans.

    Looks? well !!!!!! but the coffee tastes great (HWApproval).




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  • TC
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    Re: Mazzer Kony Electronic - Excessive Clumping

    Originally posted by 28392125352D4C0 link=1329571021/28#28 date=1335341483
    cannot do much with the proper bean holder as I cant unfasten the black plastic collar  that has the safety key from the upper clear container.
    There is a slot in the throat of the hopper and a couple of tabs hold the hopper in place within the collar body.

    I have heard reports of successful removal by grabbing a couple of spare hands and using a couple of cable ties around the tabs- but do so at your own risk. It seems for each successful removal that there is another with broken tabs.

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  • dumiya
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    Re: Mazzer Kony Electronic - Excessive Clumping

    I have taken Talk Coffee to heart.
    I cannot do much with the proper bean holder as I cant unfasten the black plastic collar that has the safety key from the upper clear container. So I am making a step bracket behind my pipe and will fit a plastic safety key to it and fasten the modified custom unit with a long bolt as on the original. My pipe is too narrow and long to get a hand near the grinders. My caution is that fastening of the bracket to the pipe does not have any small parts that could fall off in use into the grinders. Other than that it is almost ready to be assembled.
    So unless the modified unit is fitted properly the grinders will not be able to operate.

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  • Jono_Willmer
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    You should be proud of the work youve done it looks great.

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  • coffee_machinist
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    Originally posted by 15202D2A1E022E27272424410 link=1329571021/24#24 date=1335261746
    Might I suggest that for the sake of your digits (or those of a family member or friend), it would be far better to google modify kony hopper and design a modification which uses the existing collar and safety mechanism.
    Thanks Chris I should have added this as a caveat, while I would never advise bypassing any safety switch as a rule, in this case its my own personal grinder and I chose to do so. There is of course the very real danger of injuries when the burrs are exposed and the safety is bypassed. Big conicals especially will digest rocks and not bat an eyelid.

    Jono, the gauge is a dial indicator sitting on the adjustment collar, and shows the gap between the burrs in hundredths of a mm. Its not my idea originally (saw it on H-B) but I had one in a drawer and thought Id try it out. Its very useful when swapping back and forth between different machines and roasts.

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  • Jono_Willmer
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    Re: Mazzer Kony Electronic - Excessive Clumping

    Originally posted by 544F454D7944494842260 link=1329571021/22#22 date=1335258491
    I made a similar hopper from clear perspex pipe and two machined acetal plastic parts, a lid and an adapter that fits in the throat of the grinder.

    Pic below  8-)
    Wow that is insane what is the gauge for?

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  • TC
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    Re: Mazzer Kony Electronic - Excessive Clumping

    Scary, scary, scary. 

    One thing to keep in mind is that these modifications all override the inbuilt safety switch which is activated by the collar. I know of at least one bloke with a dramatically shortened finger per favour of the burr augur. This was caused by exactly this modification, so BEWARE.

    Might I suggest that for the sake of your digits (or those of a family member or friend), it would be far better to google modify kony hopper and design a modification which uses the existing collar and safety mechanism.

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  • specialpants
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    Looks great

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  • coffee_machinist
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    Re: Mazzer Kony Electronic - Excessive Clumping

    I made a similar hopper from clear perspex pipe and two machined acetal plastic parts, a lid and an adapter that fits in the throat of the grinder.

    Pic below 8-)



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