Has anybody tried removing this stupid piece of metal?
It seems to me it kind of maybe solves one issue with clumping or tries to. This metal helps compress the grind and results in uneven dosing. It is flimsy and moves in the grind path, bending outwards. I think it results in a type of pulsing grind which means I can get 13 to 17 grams on the same timer setting. It is merely annoying as I am weighing my shots now so it just means I time under then manually top it off, which I can live with.
I'm seriously thinking of just removing it. I will probably remove it the next time I clean it and see what happens. I am interested in other people who have tried before me, just what results they have got.
The design of the Atom leaves a lot to be desired with lots of plastic, a long exit chute and it requires several different tools to dissemble and reassemble.
In comparison to my Robur which requires no tools to do the same job...and it probably doesn't retain any more than the Atom.
The more I look at this, the less happy I am with their overall design. Fiddly and plasticky.
It seems to me it kind of maybe solves one issue with clumping or tries to. This metal helps compress the grind and results in uneven dosing. It is flimsy and moves in the grind path, bending outwards. I think it results in a type of pulsing grind which means I can get 13 to 17 grams on the same timer setting. It is merely annoying as I am weighing my shots now so it just means I time under then manually top it off, which I can live with.
I'm seriously thinking of just removing it. I will probably remove it the next time I clean it and see what happens. I am interested in other people who have tried before me, just what results they have got.
The design of the Atom leaves a lot to be desired with lots of plastic, a long exit chute and it requires several different tools to dissemble and reassemble.
In comparison to my Robur which requires no tools to do the same job...and it probably doesn't retain any more than the Atom.
The more I look at this, the less happy I am with their overall design. Fiddly and plasticky.

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