Birth of the Bruce

[coffeelust]

Re: Birth of the Bruce

what are your thoughts on perforating the drum?

[matt_Hellyar]

Re: Birth of the Bruce

nice, cracks should be loud and clear then.

[coffeelust]

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Thanks Matt, We did one of around 600g but beans were being thrown out. However, now that we chock up that end of the stand a little it seems not to be a problem, so will try a big batch soon. The new rollers, with ball bearings, are much quieter, so now it is just the whir of the motor and the rattle of the beans.

[matt_Hellyar]

Re: Birth of the Bruce

looks good, have you done any bigger roasts yet?

[coffeelust]

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here are some pics from this mornings roasts. Our son was nearly late for school because we were fiddling around with this (oops)









and a short video  

http://static.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid814.photobucket.com/albums/zz63/Luwaks/P1010079.flv

Its a bit of a billycart to Matt Hs Ferrari, but you can have a lot of fun with a billycart!

thatll do for now

L

[matt_Hellyar]

Re: Birth of the Bruce

Still very keen to see some photos of Bruce

also, info on how the roasts are going

[matt_Hellyar]

Re: Birth of the Bruce

Did you have to get a special heat-tolerant bearing?

I didnt get a special bearing, but I asked about heat when I was at the bearing place and they said it would be no problem.

I am planning to try and look up temperature tolerances for this brand of bearing.

[Javaphile]

Re: Birth of the Bruce

[movedhere] Home Roasting - Tips, Tricks etc [move by] Javaphile.

[coffeelust]

Re: Birth of the Bruce

Thanks Matt

cameras on the blink at the moment, but should get some pics up soon.

In reply to your question re noise on another thread, I think its from the rollers at the far end of the drum from the drive shaft. Rather than a bearing like yours, mine has a pair of bronze rollers. Did you have to get a special heat-tolerant bearing?

[matt_Hellyar]

Re: Birth of the Bruce

would love to see some pics

[bjeck14]

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PHOTOS!!!! ;D ;D

p.s sounds awesome

[coffeelust]

After months of chatting, designing, scrounging and some seriously good metalwork, our proverbial old-metalworker-next-door has just delivered our roasting machine - The Bruce (named after its builder). It is a stainless steel drum over a bbq burner turned by a wiper motor. First batch was 300gm Brazil roasted to a very even CS9. Now we just have to be patient enough to enjoy it at its peak. I reckon if anything the batch was a little small for it; looked like it was crying out for at least a half kilo.