1kg home roaster

[Luke_G]

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Cheers Matt! Ill see you there.

P.S. No robusta consumption this time! lol

[Javaphile]

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A simple and easy to make chaff separator would be a 20l bucket. The straight cylindrical ones are not as efficient as the cone style but are much easier to make at home.


Java "Doing the Cyclone Dance" phile

[WSullivan]

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Im a big fan of that cooler matt! especially that stirrer!, well done, great movement in the beans! maybe you could encase the under bench portion of the cooling tray in a large round s/s bowl and attach a vacuum hose.......cool 2 X as fast!

[matt_Hellyar]

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I duno WS its pretty fast now, the range hood inside the box has two fans and I think it moves more air than a vacuum.
I just tried a 750g roast of Colombian natural beans, very chaffy, but it was all sucked away down my 100mm exhaust pipe that sits in front of the roaster and is powered by the range hood box.

It was fun watching the chaff fly out of the roaster and down the chute.

[matt_Hellyar]

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A simple and easy to make chaff separator would be a 20l bucket. The straight cylindrical ones are not as efficient as the cone style but are much easier to make at home.

Any more specific details on what this would look like JP? would it still have a hole in the bottom and sit on another container or would the chaff just spin around in the bottom and not make it up to the sucking hole at the top of the contraption?

[matt_Hellyar]

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Just had word that the new roaster prototype will be made early Jan.

will have to be patient.

Gives me time to think more about the design.

[matt_Hellyar]

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now have a stainless steal braided probe in the bean mass, have not roasted since it arrived though.

really getting the hang of controlling the temp through a curve now.

[Luke_G]

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Have you decided on final production specs yet Matt or do you need to wait and play with the prototype for a while before going ahead with it?

You know you can put my name down for production unit number 1 right? 8-)

Youll have it cranked up and roasting away on the 16th when we do the snobbery thing right?

Luke.

[matt_Hellyar]

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With any luck I will have the prototype ready for the 16th, if not I will at least have the current old girl running.

[hiker]

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Hi Matt

Love the project - hows the new model coming? Am looking for a home grown 1kg roaster and yours looks great - any ideas on $$ and availability yet.
cheers
hiker

[matt_Hellyar]

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thanks hiker,

unfortunately I dont know exact price at this stage, although I am hoping that I will be well below other 1kg drum roasters.

The new model will be made within the next few weeks with any luck, after that I will put it through its paces and post all of my findings here.

once Im happy with it I will nail down price and make a few for interested people.

are you roasting at the moment? if so, what are you using?

Matt

[west912]

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Hi Matt,

Stumbled across this thread, and found it verry interesting.
Whatever happened to this roaster prototype?
I realise it is an old thread, but curiosity got the better of me. Did you finally get it all working as you wanted?

[hauncy]

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Nice!