Hi,
I recently bought a second hand Quamar M80E grinder for using at home. I am not able to set the grind fine enough for espresso, and I am on the finest setting where I cannot hear the burrs touch (i.e. if I dial any finer then the burrs are audibly touching). I completely cleaned the machine and the burrs (I took the burrs out to do this), but to no avail. Does anyone on the forum have any ideas what I can further try to do to fix this?
The machine was actually quite clean inside (i.e. no coffee oils or grease), and the burrs feel sharp (seems like new burrs were put in recently) so I do not think new burrs will improve things. The motor sounds fine and the inside of the machine looks OK. The machine on the outside however shows quite some wear (except for the totally new and pristine bean hopper), so maybe the machine has been used in a cafe for a long time and has done many hundreds kilo's of beans and it is simply worn beyond its useful life. The total counter on the M80E display menu had only a total of 189 shots so that was clearly reset (that should have rang alarm bells I guess). Anyways, before I throw the machine in the bin (and take my loss), is there anything I could check or try to see whether I could get some use out of it (for grinding for an espresso)?
Thanks,
Erik
I recently bought a second hand Quamar M80E grinder for using at home. I am not able to set the grind fine enough for espresso, and I am on the finest setting where I cannot hear the burrs touch (i.e. if I dial any finer then the burrs are audibly touching). I completely cleaned the machine and the burrs (I took the burrs out to do this), but to no avail. Does anyone on the forum have any ideas what I can further try to do to fix this?
The machine was actually quite clean inside (i.e. no coffee oils or grease), and the burrs feel sharp (seems like new burrs were put in recently) so I do not think new burrs will improve things. The motor sounds fine and the inside of the machine looks OK. The machine on the outside however shows quite some wear (except for the totally new and pristine bean hopper), so maybe the machine has been used in a cafe for a long time and has done many hundreds kilo's of beans and it is simply worn beyond its useful life. The total counter on the M80E display menu had only a total of 189 shots so that was clearly reset (that should have rang alarm bells I guess). Anyways, before I throw the machine in the bin (and take my loss), is there anything I could check or try to see whether I could get some use out of it (for grinding for an espresso)?
Thanks,
Erik




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