Hello fellow CSers
Have any Baratza Sette 270Wi owners installed the two shims that come with the machine? I was originally grinding for espresso at a setting of about 9D-F, depending upon beans, then, and I'm not sure when it happened, I found myself having to grind at a macro setting of around 3! I purchased the grinder new and have only had it for about two years, and have only ground an estimated 12Kg of coffee (at about 20g per shot), so I'm pretty surprised that I've gone from 9 to 3 having ground only that quantity of beans. Anyone else have a similar experience?
I installed the two shims on the weekend and backed-off the macro setting to 5. My Espresso Wow! beans arrived this morning and I went through 80g before getting close to an acceptable grind. Now, the macro setting is on 15!
On another note, a couple of weekends ago, I pulled the burr assembly out and lucky I did, because the burr came off with only a couple of turns. I noticed that the Loctite appeared only to be painted on the lower part of the nut, and the upper part, where the burr screws in, was clean - an assembly defect, perhaps.
Have any Baratza Sette 270Wi owners installed the two shims that come with the machine? I was originally grinding for espresso at a setting of about 9D-F, depending upon beans, then, and I'm not sure when it happened, I found myself having to grind at a macro setting of around 3! I purchased the grinder new and have only had it for about two years, and have only ground an estimated 12Kg of coffee (at about 20g per shot), so I'm pretty surprised that I've gone from 9 to 3 having ground only that quantity of beans. Anyone else have a similar experience?
I installed the two shims on the weekend and backed-off the macro setting to 5. My Espresso Wow! beans arrived this morning and I went through 80g before getting close to an acceptable grind. Now, the macro setting is on 15!
On another note, a couple of weekends ago, I pulled the burr assembly out and lucky I did, because the burr came off with only a couple of turns. I noticed that the Loctite appeared only to be painted on the lower part of the nut, and the upper part, where the burr screws in, was clean - an assembly defect, perhaps.

. But would love to know what amount is retained and gets put into the next dose...
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