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  • #31
    Originally posted by SuperDavid View Post
    I received and put in the new burrs in my md50 today!
    The manual simply says "Calibrate the new grinders" as the final step in grinders replacement. I have no idea how to do that - is there anything you can advise?

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    • #32
      I think that means to wind the burrs up so they touch, then wind it back a tiny bit so that they aren't touching and then put back on your grind adjusting dial and have number 1 right up front. Thats what I assume. Mine seems just fine after doing that

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      • #33
        Originally posted by tjb1013 View Post
        Also love the scraper! Going to figure out how to copy that before you patent it.

        I'm on Day 1 of a used MD50, and tight on beans myself. How do you sweep off the shelf in the doser? The one that the star sweeps the coffee from? I get quite a bit of coffee in there and it is a slight pain to brush it out between the arms of the star. Is there an adjustment to make it sweep closer to the shelf?
        Ha ha, you are welcome to copy the scraper. As you may have found if its to long it will buzz on the burr carrier. Just use soft plastic so you don't wreck anything. I use a small paintbrush dedicated to cleaning the grinder out for cleaning out the doser. You can adjust the hieght/volume of the dose but not how close it is to the floor. On my old Rocky I made little felt sweepers for 2 of the fins. That worked pretty well. This MD 50 sweeps pretty clean anyway so I haven't modded it yet.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by Macasaurus View Post
          Ha ha, you are welcome to copy the scraper. As you may have found if its to long it will buzz on the burr carrier. Just use soft plastic so you don't wreck anything. I use a small paintbrush dedicated to cleaning the grinder out for cleaning out the doser. You can adjust the hieght/volume of the dose but not how close it is to the floor. On my old Rocky I made little felt sweepers for 2 of the fins. That worked pretty well. This MD 50 sweeps pretty clean anyway so I haven't modded it yet.
          I'm just using a little kids paint brush for clearing out the chute now, works fairly well, and I use that in the doser too. When I'm feeling a bit engineerish and artistic I might try to make your scraper.

          I feel like I won the lotto with the MD 50! such a good grinder and it was so cheap!

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