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I got my 270wi a few weeks ago and installed one of the shims straight away before using it. The reason was simply that I'd read here and saw in some YT videos that most people had to eventually add at least 1 shim for espresso grinding. Now, I'm on macro settings 6 and 7 depending on the bean.
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Try emailing Baratza.
Going to 1 seems extreme in my opinion.
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Yes, actually I cleaned it after being forced to adjust to 1 - and it stayed the same.
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Are you positive you've screwed the cone back on fully?Originally posted by RainerLink View PostI'm grinding at 1 right now after a year at 3. Needed adjustment only when trying out a different coffee. Have cleaned the machine with a brush recently. I grind about 40 grams daily.
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I'm grinding at 1 right now after a year at 3. Needed adjustment only when trying out a different coffee. Have cleaned the machine with a brush recently. I grind about 40 grams daily.
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Are you at 3 or 1 now?Originally posted by RainerLink View Posthedonist222 At the very moment it is fine enough. I've been using the Sette for 1,5 years now and just a few weeks ago I had it at 3 - so I guess I will have to adjust the grinder in a while at least. It was stable for about a year and actually I was very surprised to be forced to move it to 1...
Have you tried cleaning out the machine?
I don't recall going down very drastically in the years I owned it.
Maybe a notch or two.
From 5-6 to 3-4 after a few months.
Then no more changes.
I grind about 30 grams a day everyday.
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hedonist222 At the very moment it is fine enough. I've been using the Sette for 1,5 years now and just a few weeks ago I had it at 3 - so I guess I will have to adjust the grinder in a while at least. It was stable for about a year and actually I was very surprised to be forced to move it to 1...
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What are you grinding at now?Originally posted by RainerLink View PostHi, does anybody know if the original Baratza-Shims are required for additional adjustment (which I have lost unfortunately...) - or who has experience in using conventional hardware. Which did you use (external and internal diameters please)?
If you're grinding at 1A and its still not fine enough, then yes you would need a shim.
Adding a shim at your current 1A, will be the equivalent of 5A or 6A.
So you could then go down to 5A or 4A.
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Hi, does anybody know if the original Baratza-Shims are required for additional adjustment (which I have lost unfortunately...) - or who has experience in using conventional hardware. Which did you use (external and internal diameters please)?
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The shim/s of course fit tightly between the burr and carrier and can't move independently of the burr. In any case, the centre cone burr where the shim is placed, is stationary, and it's the outer burr --which has no shims--which rotates.
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While I'm not a rotating machinery engineer, I understand that unattached-mass will affect centrifugal efficiency.Originally posted by hedonist222 View PostIn your case robusto, the shim serves no purpose - because without it you'd be grinding at 3-4
Baratza says each shim adds 5-6 levels
Its not harming anything - well other than maybe perhaps reducing centrifugal force - but that would be negligible
But like I said earlier, negligible if shim is securely tightened to shaft.
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How would the addition or removal of a shim contribute to this exactly?well other than maybe perhaps reducing centrifugal force
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In your case robusto, the shim serves no purpose - because without it you'd be grinding at 3-4
Baratza says each shim adds 5-6 levels
Its not harming anything - well other than maybe perhaps reducing centrifugal force - but that would be negligible
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Is that a 270 or 270W? My 270wi came with no shims installed, but 2 as extras in case needed. For some reason--I can't remember why--a year or so later I put in one shim. Espressos are about 9 macro.
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