I have an old FAEMA grinder that has been kicking around the workshop for a few years and I have decided to strip it down, give it a clean then do some customising. The grinder is quite the brutalist design: a big hunk of cylindrical metal with quite an 80's bull nosed foot. I intend to make a new base as well as new lids and a new smaller bean hopper, a new paint job and maybe new dosing lever.. see how things go.
So Far I have removed the doser and the top burr carrier and the lower burr but I can't work out how you should loosen the central nut to remove the bottom burr carrier. It would really like to get it out and give it a proper clean but it spins with the motor so I'm not sure how to hold it still so i can undo the central nut (which is on very tightly). Any ideas? there must be a way the professionals do it, I can't be the only one who's needed to get this off.
I thought about wedging something between the grounds chute and one of the upright arms of the lower burr carrier then using a tube spanner but I'm not sure the brass burr carrier will take the stress. Id hate to break it.
So Far I have removed the doser and the top burr carrier and the lower burr but I can't work out how you should loosen the central nut to remove the bottom burr carrier. It would really like to get it out and give it a proper clean but it spins with the motor so I'm not sure how to hold it still so i can undo the central nut (which is on very tightly). Any ideas? there must be a way the professionals do it, I can't be the only one who's needed to get this off.
I thought about wedging something between the grounds chute and one of the upright arms of the lower burr carrier then using a tube spanner but I'm not sure the brass burr carrier will take the stress. Id hate to break it.
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