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Glass Chimney for PI?
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| davekoch |
Posted on 07/07/2010 18:44
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My Chemex 10C pot came today. WOW, that makes great drip. I have a LOT of Yirg FC roasted this week, with all my popper experimentation. So, I can't let that go to waste. 
Yum, I like it. Clean!!
Sounds like the Pumper seller on Evil Bay is sending me another popper to make things right. That could be cool.
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| Ringwood |
Posted on 07/15/2010 06:21
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Dave
How did you make out with the Ebay Pumper? I am thinking of using one and want to see how they work. Did you have to modify it?
Thanks,
Ring |
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| davekoch |
Posted on 07/15/2010 12:09
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Eventually, I made out great. I bought the 1400w version, but it kept stalling out. After diagnosing the issue, he sent me another 1400w base with the thermostat bypassed, which works great; the fan really pumps the air. it easily roasts a cup. I bypassed the thermostat on the first 1400w, too, but it still doesn't work all that great.
I bought a 1250w on the Evil Bay, too. It also works great. For the 1250w pumper, I opened the slots on the bottom of the chamber; it make a big difference.
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| dja |
Posted on 07/19/2010 17:37
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gonna find the chaff collector I made before I can post a pic of it, but I haven't forgotten about it. just been busy.
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| Paul |
Posted on 07/20/2010 12:36
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I finally got the right sized glass Chimney today and roasted with success in a newer Pop Lite Pumper, and then tried another roast in an older Pumper with the 'vortex' pattern holes. Glass Chimney didn't fit so I tried a 3" to 4" Duct connector, and both gave me very nice roasts, Total nearly filled a pint glass. |
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| davekoch |
Posted on 07/21/2010 09:40
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dja wrote:
gonna find the chaff collector I made before I can post a pic of it, but I haven't forgotten about it. just been busy.
I look forward to seeing your chaff collector. I need a better way to collect chaff. I'm using frown-shaped duct sections that fit into the top of tin cans, with the chaff ending up in a cardboard box. Easy to dump, but the popper tends to tip over with all the weight.
Other chaff collector ideas?
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| dja |
Posted on 07/21/2010 21:41
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I keep looking for the dang thing, its been a while since I used it.
what I did was to take a sifter with a plastic handle on it, some people call then strainers, one if them little wire baskets made out of like window screen. anyway it had a plastic handle which I cut off.
then I laid it on a peice of aluminum and traced around it. and cut it out. then I cut a hole in it that would let it slip down over the top of the glass globe I was using on the popper.
it just sat there like a hat and the chaff collected in it, some really fine stuff would get out thru the screen and a little around the globe but nothing that made a mess.
I'll keep looking for it, or maybe better look for a picture I may of already have if it.
Dumping was easy hold it over the trash can and shake it like a dog.
David
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| ronnieb |
Posted on 07/25/2010 12:50
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Here is what I use for my P1
The Roaster
The control panel
350F
First crack
The cooler
http://i19.photob...cooler.jpg
Decaf beans roasted to 442F, just before 2nd crack.
http://i19.photob...fbeans.jpg
Sumatra Mandelhing roasted to 450F, rolling 2nd.
The chimney is from Wally World. I modified it to fit by grinding down the glass bead at the bottom and cut off the top with a Dremel. The cutting must be done slowly so that you release the stress in the glass and it won't break. I use a dimmer to control the fan and I use 2 booster transformers from The Surplus Center https://www.surpl...e=electric to boost capacity. I can roast 240 to 250 grams by tilting the entire assembly. The chaff collector is from Wally world also. I cut holes in the sides of a canister and lined it with aluminum screening. I cut a hole in the bottom to fit fit a small tomato paste can as an extension of the chimney. It fits the top of the glass chimney perfectly.
Ron
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| davekoch |
Posted on 07/26/2010 17:52
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ronnieb.....WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!! Great setup!!
Thanks so much for the great info. |
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| dja |
Posted on 07/28/2010 21:00
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chaff colector that i use on my popper
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Edited by allenb on 08/09/2010 19:41
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| freshbeans |
Posted on 07/29/2010 10:01
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A Little something from the boneyard. My first roaster; A Sivetz heat gun. And, the chaff collector.
4" diameter at the top of the roaster fit nicely into a jello mold( my wife is still looking for it)
Small strainer on top...tweeked to create a tiny gap for chaff(not beans) Larger strainer inverted as a cap.
Chaff slips through under the first strainer, into dead air-space at the perimeter , drops right into the jello mold.
The whole assembly would slip right off. I could do 4 or 5 loads without having to empty it.
Your diameter is different, but for what it's worth. Have Fun! -Scott |
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| freshbeans |
Posted on 07/29/2010 10:04
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Whoops, here we go
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| dja |
Posted on 07/30/2010 06:55
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Ok I found the Chaff Strainer that I made, I took the picture, I have tried to load it and it would not load, so I again once more this morning after fortfying myself with a nice cup of some bean that I have forgotten the name of, am once more going to try and load this picture into this thread on Homeroaster's.
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| davekoch |
Posted on 07/30/2010 08:43
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freshbeans wrote:
.... 4" diameter at the top of the roaster fit nicely into a jello mold
( my wife is still looking for it)Small strainer on top...tweeked to create a tiny gap for chaff(not beans) Larger strainer inverted as a cap.
Chaff slips through under the first strainer, into dead air-space at the perimeter , drops right into the jello mold.
The whole assembly would slip right off. I could do 4 or 5 loads without having to empty it.
Your diameter is different, but for what it's worth. Have Fun! -Scott
funny......
Great idea, thanks Scott!!
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