[911]

Manufacturing defect, no damage on opposite burr, will have no effect on grind quality at all.

Thanks so much Dave! peace of mind now, that's why I've been searching around, and couldn't find anyone else having same issue as me. Can't believe the £350 German made burr have defections !!! (. will they replace for me

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[911]

It's funny as I would have asked exactly the same but on standing back it's quite obvious

Ps - to the OP - congratulations on the shiny new purchase!

cheers , I almost pick the new burrs

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[911]

That was to be my next riposte to any such argument about the chip having a huge effect. In fact the 6 whacking great screw-holes...but funny enough once someone spies a tiny tiny defect in a burr, those big holes become invisible

Possible to have a link of your " the 6 whacking great screw-holes " post?

 

[911]

It was ages ago, someone moaning about a tiny defect on a burr...hadn't noticed the big screw holes I guess. I'd never be able to find it. As rob said it was one of many throw away comments, to a question that has been asked since the dawn of time and will go on being asked long after we have gone.

"I inspected my burrs under an electron microscope and found this tiny chip....do I need new burrs" "what screw holes.....oh those"

P.S. of course conicals don't have screw holes.....just another throw away comment

LOL

!!! Can I taking opportunity ask, " Do I need to keep this grinder running when adjust grinding size? please bear with me I'm new to ek43...

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[911]

maybe this https://coffeeforums.co.uk/showthread.php?22961-Caedo-grinders-supplied-by-Torr-e37s-and-e92&p=310204#post310204

I think I need to make 25 posts to read it, will try my best

! cheers!

 

[911]

Good catch, I tried and couldn't find it!

With grinders once they finish grinding there's coffee and broken beans in the burrs....making the grind finer (moving the burrs closer together), puts the mechanism under tremendous strain trying to crush all that stuff between the burrs.

What if there is no coffee grounds in the burrs, lets say I just done the cleaning.

 

[911]

Please may I taking opportunity, what if adjusting grinding when unplugged, would that affect calibration ? Do I have to calibrate it every time after taking the housing lid off ?

 

[911]

Afaik every grinder on the market has a manually set grind point. You can't lost 'calibration' by adjusting when off.

@911

Its fine to adjust finer if you just cleaned, just be careful not to go too fine and turn the grinder on with the burrs touching.

If you adjust finer with the burrs running they will 'chirp' before touching, so you don't run this risk.

There was day that after I removed the ek43 Housing Lid to clean the burrs, then calibration went wrong as the burrs started chirp at "2", luckily I didn't start with too fine .... So do I need to get it calibrated every time after the housing lid removed?

 

[911]

Adjust a mans grinder and it will be right for a day, teach him how to adjust it and it will be right for life....

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