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  • #31
    Originally posted by Erimus View Post
    ^^^
    Sounds like an advert for EBay.
    Hahahahahaha

    DJ

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    • #32
      Could anyone comment on how "noisy" this grinder is, relative to a Rancilio Rocky doserless?

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      • #33
        Interesting the i has auto correcting/learning weight measuring. The normal 270w version always doses within 0.1g and often is dead on.

        Cheers

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        • #34
          Originally posted by robusto View Post
          Probably too early for an update, so let's call this a progress report...


          Yesterday I tweaked the the setting a little towards the fine side. You are supposed to ensure there are no beans or partly ground beans in the burrs when doing this because they offer resistance, but I forgot.

          So I removed the burrs to remove any remnants of the week-old Behmor-roasted Brazilian pulped naturals.

          The burrs, as on the first day, come out readily enough. But putting them back in -- what a monstrous task that had me one step away from returning this machine.

          According to dowloaded instructions and Youtube videos Baratza support makes, you simply align the grind adjustment collar with a spot on the machine, push up firmly and twist clockwise to lock the burrs in.

          Then, continue turning to your desired grind level. Should take half a second.

          Well, I did that for TWO frustrating hours without success.

          Push firmly up, twist--- it's not the stuff of coffee-fuelled rocket science, now is it?

          The burrs lock in alright...but refuse to budge any further, remaining way, way off the coarse end of the scale.

          Funny that -- if you recall in my original post, that's the way the machine came in the first place, and only after I removed them and somehow luckily put them back in, that adjustment became possible.

          Over the course of two hours I became very familiar with this burr system. Mostly plastic, in three parts plus burr.

          The burr is held onto the hollow plastic carrier by one small bolt. Hollow to allow the grinds to drop through into the portafilter basket.

          A plastic tube slides over the carrier to direct grinds down. That assembly is then pushed into the adjusting collar -- the thing that is refusing to turn once I push up firmly.

          Baratza support's youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sBpJcsF7-4

          Pushed, prodded, removed, cleaned, re-cleaned, back to youtube, removed, replaced...rinse and repeated that a hundred times and deduced that despite appearing to seat where where they could go no more, all three bits had to go further into the far reaches of the contraption.

          This was confirmed to me after a few goes at putting in the stubborn adjustment collar without the burr or carrier. It locked twisted and turned then, didn't it.

          So, with gentle brute force--after all it is plastic we are dealing with here--I pushed that final hair's breadth which makes all the difference between push/twist success, and push/twist and shout.

          Unfortunately I've run out of degassed beans and only have some I roasted on Friday.

          This morning I dialled up 20 grams, pushed play and out they came--or should I say splattered-- in omni directions....a substantial amount on the bench, on the grounds catcher, on the arms which hold the portafilter.

          Heck, some even made their way inside the the portafilter basket!

          Obviously that's something which has to be addressed by my inventiveness.....

          On the big Grimac coffee machine, the grind appeared to have all the hallmarks of a gusher --- and a very pale one at that.

          But the extraction managed to nonetheless take a reasonable 25 seconds.

          Awful, awful taste. But in hope and optimism, I put that down to the freshness of the ungassed beans, rather than the unthinkable alternative: a $626 future paper weight.

          My exact experience! Unfortunately cannot live with noise, poor build quality, Burr wobble, misalignments, spillages, reassembly issues Goodbye sette 270 wi! Good post BTW. Shame I missed this post before purchasing! Would not have bothered!

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          • #35
            Originally posted by robusto View Post
            Probably too early for an update, so let's call this a progress report...


            Yesterday I tweaked the the setting a little towards the fine side. You are supposed to ensure there are no beans or partly ground beans in the burrs when doing this because they offer resistance, but I forgot.

            So I removed the burrs to remove any remnants of the week-old Behmor-roasted Brazilian pulped naturals.

            The burrs, as on the first day, come out readily enough. But putting them back in -- what a monstrous task that had me one step away from returning this machine.

            According to dowloaded instructions and Youtube videos Baratza support makes, you simply align the grind adjustment collar with a spot on the machine, push up firmly and twist clockwise to lock the burrs in.

            Then, continue turning to your desired grind level. Should take half a second.

            Well, I did that for TWO frustrating hours without success.

            Push firmly up, twist--- it's not the stuff of coffee-fuelled rocket science, now is it?

            The burrs lock in alright...but refuse to budge any further, remaining way, way off the coarse end of the scale.

            Funny that -- if you recall in my original post, that's the way the machine came in the first place, and only after I removed them and somehow luckily put them back in, that adjustment became possible.

            Over the course of two hours I became very familiar with this burr system. Mostly plastic, in three parts plus burr.

            The burr is held onto the hollow plastic carrier by one small bolt. Hollow to allow the grinds to drop through into the portafilter basket.

            A plastic tube slides over the carrier to direct grinds down. That assembly is then pushed into the adjusting collar -- the thing that is refusing to turn once I push up firmly.

            Baratza support's youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sBpJcsF7-4

            Pushed, prodded, removed, cleaned, re-cleaned, back to youtube, removed, replaced...rinse and repeated that a hundred times and deduced that despite appearing to seat where where they could go no more, all three bits had to go further into the far reaches of the contraption.

            This was confirmed to me after a few goes at putting in the stubborn adjustment collar without the burr or carrier. It locked twisted and turned then, didn't it.

            So, with gentle brute force--after all it is plastic we are dealing with here--I pushed that final hair's breadth which makes all the difference between push/twist success, and push/twist and shout.

            Unfortunately I've run out of degassed beans and only have some I roasted on Friday.

            This morning I dialled up 20 grams, pushed play and out they came--or should I say splattered-- in omni directions....a substantial amount on the bench, on the grounds catcher, on the arms which hold the portafilter.

            Heck, some even made their way inside the the portafilter basket!

            Obviously that's something which has to be addressed by my inventiveness.....

            On the big Grimac coffee machine, the grind appeared to have all the hallmarks of a gusher --- and a very pale one at that.

            But the extraction managed to nonetheless take a reasonable 25 seconds.

            Awful, awful taste. But in hope and optimism, I put that down to the freshness of the ungassed beans, rather than the unthinkable alternative: a $626 future paper weight.
            I found grinds stuck in the top assembly between the outer but and it’s plastic carrier were the problem. You need a thin paper clip to clean around the outside of the bur then it goes all the way up easily. I think it’s on their website faq also.

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