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Taming the wild Major!
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| peterz |
Posted on 05/04/2006 19:19
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There are a lot of old Majors out there for sale.
Mazzer sold a lot of them to *$, and they are being replaced.
I got what I consider a good deal on one, even though it is old and beat
It came with no doser, no hopper, and kind of a plate over the front with a copper fitting attached with silicon sealers:3
This is what it looked like when I got it down to basics:
You can see it is really beat
It looks like it may have seen duty as medium in a rock crusher. s:7 s:8
I can not imagine how it came to look so mistreated.
It barely worked when I got it, but the vendor sent me a new start capacitor, and new burrs  s:1
Also, the hopper fom my Mazzer Mini fits almost perfectly.
Next problem was how to handle the grinds? s:6
It pushes out lots of coffee.
First I tried using the set up it came with, but grounds went EVERYWHERE! s:8
So I tried as a backup, a large SS mixing bowl, and catching the coffee in a 1 pound bag s:8s:8c:1
More coffee went on me than went into the bag, and lots went over the walls and floor to. c:2
Before I grind any more, I need to harness this beast. s:4
I tried copying some of the adapters I have seen, but no luck. Coffee still sprays all over.
So I happened across a SS canister that just fit the doser curvature.
It gets held on with a spring (womans belt)
from a thrift store:
The canister is just the right size to hold a pound of ground s:2
and covers the whole area where the front plate was.
It had a clamp strapped onto the canister, but it was in the way.
So I removed it and just kept the plastic lid with the silicon washer.
Here is a picture of the inside, you can see how I cut a square hole with my Dremel to match the Mazzer Major outlet.
Now the ground storm is all contained! s:1s:2
Nothing gets out while grinding
The wild coffee spreading Mazzer Major has been tamed s:2 |
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| Mike |
Posted on 05/04/2006 22:14
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Peter,
All I can say is - - Cool s:2s:2
Mike
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| metal |
Posted on 05/05/2006 05:14
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Awsome...Thanks for the piks!
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| Dan |
Posted on 05/05/2006 06:43
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Peter. Want a hoppe? I have a hopper from my MM that may fit. If you'd like it, it is yours. If so, first measure the inside diameter of your inlet so I can make sure it will fit. Dan |
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| peterz |
Posted on 05/05/2006 11:26
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HI Dan,
Thank you very much for your generous offer.s:1
The neck inlet on the Major is ~ 2+5/16 inches.
The neck on the Mini is ~ 2 + 1/4 inches.
btw, your pm box is full s:3 s:8s:8
H)
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| mecompco |
Posted on 05/05/2006 16:57
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Pete, that thing is cool--where can they be found? |
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| peterz |
Posted on 05/05/2006 19:02
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They sell a lot of grinders like this on ebay;
could be better or worse condition
The SS container I got at Walmart, or some such store. Maybe even a thrift store, but they are quite common s:2
and not expensive at all s:2s:2
It is about 5" in diameter and 8"tall, roughly measured with a tape measure.
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| peterz |
Posted on 05/05/2006 19:06
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The canister is not mounted permanently. While grinding I need to hold it against the port, with a finger over the lid to keep that on tight s:8s:8
The good part is there is no mess, and I can just dump it into a bag when it is finished
The spring just helps keep it on when not in use. c:1
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| RayO |
Posted on 08/02/2006 01:59
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I've got to put wings on an idea I've had about discharging the static charge generated by grinding. I'll whip up a small Tesla coil or TV flyback transformer for a high frequency, well insulated high emf electrostatic field.
About like erasing magnetic media- tape, disc, etc- the high frequency alternating electromagnetic <Erase> field is used to rearrange the magnetic domains in random order.
12vdc at low power ought to to power the power oscillator circuit.
So simple- all I gotta do is try it out!
Cheers -RayO
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| Ascholten |
Posted on 08/02/2006 05:02
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i LIKE that idea there.
I have a doser on mine but I dont want to sit there and clunk out half ounce lumps of grounds for 10 minutes to fill a pound bag, which the thing will make in about 20 seconds.
Ill have to play now and see what I can rig up to mine.
aaron
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| RayO |
Posted on 08/07/2006 20:49
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"...a 42" Tesla Coil would look great in the midle of my wife's new kitchen. She might not mind it."
Oy, Brett. I haven't the slightest idea what you're referring to.
You don't know me- but one of my Hi school chums and I took the better part of a week after school to wind the secondary on a small carpet tube. Might have been about the size you mention. I disremember- I set up a big electrolytic cap as the mandrel at one end while one of us cranked a breast drill to turn the tube and the other fed the 40-gauge wire.
Scott (Perkins) and I were sitting quite a distance apart when we got the coil finished. Two 833A triodes in a Hartley oscillator. Too much- no sparks, just violet streamers would reach out for people as they walked by.
A transistor power oscillator with a flyback transformer would be less spectacular, but adequate. It's just a fire hydrant that also grinds coffee. I probably ought to resist setting the grounds on fire in the chute.
Cheers -RayO
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A big shout out to out newest member