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tedrodgerscpa 04-07-2014 06:04 PM

Re: Corretto roaster, or how to start roasting for less than $100.00
 
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Originally Posted by Chris. (Post 1950596)
LOL!

Thanks for the tips ted. There's a fella from up north on youtube who recommended a krups and a cruisinart and showed a nice little sharpening mod to make them even better. I may go for one of them. Part of me wants to save money and buy a Skerton, but I've read too many bad things about its coarse consistency and bushings wearing out around the shaft...

I've also contemplated making a drum roaster out of a couple big ass colanders and some sort of fire element. Shouldn't too difficult since I have the means to weld something together.

A skerton sounds like a great idea until you crank that M.F. about 10,000 times, and then you hate it.

I have a vintage hand grinder that I hate with a passion. It makes a great grind, but I hate it.

My guess is krups or cuisinart will get the job done. Just expect to upgrade should you want to dabble in espresso / turkish / pour-over. Hell, anything listed as a 'burr grinder' on buy.com, w00t, groupon, living social, whatever should do the job. That way you're not blowing your budget.

A 'decent' grinder will run about $175 to start, and the sky is the limit. If you're gonna go cheap now, might as well go really cheap. Just my :2

tedrodgerscpa 04-07-2014 06:06 PM

Re: Corretto roaster, or how to start roasting for less than $100.00
 
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Originally Posted by galaga (Post 1950570)
He showed me a picture last Thursday. A converted toaster oven. Looked pretty cool. I'll talk to him about maybe posting something, Your Highness.

Sounds just like a Behmor! I love DIY.

Sr Mike 04-13-2014 01:08 PM

Re: Corretto roaster, or how to start roasting for less than $100.00
 
Thanks Rick,

I started a thread on my roaster to not distract from Ted's.

http://www.cigarasylum.com/vb/showth...04#post1952204

Chris. 04-13-2014 03:18 PM

Re: Corretto roaster, or how to start roasting for less than $100.00
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by tedrodgerscpa (Post 1950613)
A skerton sounds like a great idea until you crank that M.F. about 10,000 times, and then you hate it.

I have a vintage hand grinder that I hate with a passion. It makes a great grind, but I hate it.

My guess is krups or cuisinart will get the job done. Just expect to upgrade should you want to dabble in espresso / turkish / pour-over. Hell, anything listed as a 'burr grinder' on buy.com, w00t, groupon, living social, whatever should do the job. That way you're not blowing your budget.

A 'decent' grinder will run about $175 to start, and the sky is the limit. If you're gonna go cheap now, might as well go really cheap. Just my :2

Ted I ordered a Skerton. Going to replace the crank with a hex nut and use a drill on a slow setting to grind the beans. This should keep the center burr more centered during coarse grinding for my French press. If it still has issues I'll buy the bearing upgrade from orphan espresso. This grinder is apparently awesome for all types of grinds. It's only downfall is that it's manual. A drill or electric screwdriver should fix that. Lol


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