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  • SuperDavid
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    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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  • Macasaurus
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    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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  • SuperDavid
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    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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  • tjb1013
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    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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  • SuperDavid
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    I received and put in the new burrs in my md50 today! What a difference that makes! Now instead of the grinds slowly getting pushed out of the chute, they come flying out and completely spray the inside of the doser! I have to keep the lid on now. No more clumping!
    What a state it was under the burrs! So much gunk. Judging by the screws that hold the burrs on, I can see the burrs have been changed before, so maybe it didn't get cleaned out under there at the change over. All good now.
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  • tjb1013
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    Originally posted by Macasaurus View Post
    Nice work. I have been running a MD 50 I collected from verge collection for a year. I gave it a full clean, new burrs (about $60) and took out the auto grinding. This thing is a beast.
    I am tight on my beans so I grind on demand. Level pf of beans in and I made a small plastic scraper to clean out the chute. I probably waste half a teaspoon of grounds on a single shot.

    I have considered cutting down the hopper as its huge but I have a big space for it in my outside coffee bar. (My wife can't stand my coffee addiction in the house). This thing should last you a lifetime.
    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?

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  • SuperDavid
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    yeah I'm a bit funny like that, can't stand to see things wasted! Feel like I'm making pretty good coffee considering I've only spent $100! 5 machines! Where did you find them?

    I'm tempted to find a better machine now that I've got a nice grinder!

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  • Macasaurus
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    Yeah I think I just heat shrunk the terminals and used hot glue to blank the holes off. The chute is big and flat so will hold about 10g in it so unless you are putting high volume through it you may need try brush or scrape it out. I just took my old Rocky grinder away on holidays and was reminded how much faster the MD 50 is at doing its thing.

    If you don't need to move it around its great. I did remove the tamper from the front to make it a bit cleaner looking.(and it was redundant).


    Good to hear you saved a 6910 from being destroyed too. I have now saved 5 machines that just needed a clean up and maybe a group seal.

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  • SuperDavid
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    I jumped in and gave it a shot anyway! The end result on the wires isn't exactly pretty, but its solid!

    I'm fairly happy now! I didnt like how many grinds were staying in the chute, even though beans aren't really an issue for me because I work at a bakery/cafe with "award winning beans".

    Next I might try running with no hopper so I can get even more grinds out.
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  • SuperDavid
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    Originally posted by Macasaurus View Post
    Nice work. I have been running a MD 50 I collected from verge collection for a year. I gave it a full clean, new burrs (about $60) and took out the auto grinding. This thing is a beast.
    I am tight on my beans so I grind on demand. Level pf of beans in and I made a small plastic scraper to clean out the chute. I probably waste half a teaspoon of grounds on a single shot.

    I have considered cutting down the hopper as its huge but I have a big space for it in my outside coffee bar. (My wife can't stand my coffee addiction in the house). This thing should last you a lifetime.
    Nice! I like that little scraper! I've had another look at taking out the cover and switch around the chute but I can't see how to do it. Got any tips, tricks or photos?

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  • Macasaurus
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    Nice work. I have been running a MD 50 I collected from verge collection for a year. I gave it a full clean, new burrs (about $60) and took out the auto grinding. This thing is a beast.
    I am tight on my beans so I grind on demand. Level pf of beans in and I made a small plastic scraper to clean out the chute. I probably waste half a teaspoon of grounds on a single shot.

    I have considered cutting down the hopper as its huge but I have a big space for it in my outside coffee bar. (My wife can't stand my coffee addiction in the house). This thing should last you a lifetime.
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  • SuperDavid
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    I opened up the md50 a bit tonight to see what its like around the burrs. Bit messy! Very hard clumps of grinds/oils around the bottom burr and some very solid clumps around the chute, cleaned that out and inspeced the burrs. I'm no expert but they seem very worn. I read somewhere in here that the edge of the burrs should catch your nail? These dont, they have fairly smooth and rounded edges on the burrs. Amazing how fine it can grind with such worn burrs. I'll order some new ones. I'm confident I can change the burrs. The next thing I would like to do is remove the box in the doser with the auto switch so I can brush out the chute.

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  • LeroyC
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    Originally posted by rawill View Post
    Interesting thread.
    It seems my bleoved EM 480 is not up to the mark according the the posters above.

    I have it set on 10, use a 7 gm VST basket on my EM6910, and if I tamp too hard I can choke my coffee machine.
    Seems great to me.

    Just saying, and I bought it used, for $80.00, I just bought another used one for my daughter,
    paid $70.00 for it.
    Here is hoping it is as good as mine is.
    And I have had mine for 4-5 years, I forget exactly.
    The EM04xx grinders are great little grinders IMO. I've had 3 now and I reckon they're best in class except maybe for the Breville Smart Grinders (which I haven't used). Having now had a couple of larger flat burr grinders I can say from experience that they are a noticeable step up, however you'd probably only notice marginal gains pairing something with an EM6910 due to the limitations of that particular machine. I used an EM4820 for a few months recently, mostly with an EM0440 grinder, but I also tried it with my Compak K8. There was a definite improvement when used with the Compak, but not to such a degree that I'd suggest anyone using a Sunbeam espresso machine needs to rush out and buy a (semi) commercial grinder.

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  • rawill
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    Interesting thread.
    It seems my bleoved EM 480 is not up to the mark according the the posters above.

    I have it set on 10, use a 7 gm VST basket on my EM6910, and if I tamp too hard I can choke my coffee machine.
    Seems great to me.

    Just saying, and I bought it used, for $80.00, I just bought another used one for my daughter,
    paid $70.00 for it.
    Here is hoping it is as good as mine is.
    And I have had mine for 4-5 years, I forget exactly.

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  • SuperDavid
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    I ended up buying a rancilio MD50, it popped up for $100 so I grabbed it. I'm impressed! It's a bit of a monster and clearly for commercial use, but man does it grind fine! I'm pretty sure I made brown talcum powder!
    Seems to work really well, but I wonder if it's worth getting it serviced?
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