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04-23-2013, 03:46 AM #1Senior Member
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My Antique Coffee Grinder restore.
I got done with it a few months ago and hand grind my coffee beans right when I going to make a fresh pot...
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04-23-2013, 03:57 AM #2Senior Member
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I like it. How do you tell if one of these is worth buying? I have been thinking of one for my wife who is the coffee drinker around here.
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04-23-2013, 08:10 AM #3Senior Member
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Actually, this one was plain grey cast iron. Got a great deal on Ebay. The pictures looked like it was old-new stock but it was missing the hopper, collector, and collector arm. I made a hopper from an old pickle jar using a diamond dremel blade to cut out the bottom of the jar for feeding then cut out and jb welded the lid onto the unit "still gotta paint the jb weld black". Then I fabricated a collector jar arm and used an 8oz juice glass for the collector. Painted the grinder satin black and rubbed the details with gold lacquer stick. It works great. Nothing like an ol' manual coffee grinder for a fresh pot...
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04-23-2013, 08:20 AM #4Senior Member
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The two clanking sounds were from my hand hitting the wine glasses I have hanging above my sink. Hit them with my hand. It was a bit awkward trying to hold the camera and use the grinder to get the right angle for the video.
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04-23-2013, 01:08 PM
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I like it. How fine does it grind the coffee? it seems to work faster than my electric grinder.
04-23-2013, 01:18 PM
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That's frickin awesome ... I've been looking for a vintage coffee grinder. I've found a couple but like yours the hoppers have been broken.
You've got me thinking i should pick one of them up. Thanks!
Mike
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04-23-2013, 03:40 PM
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The only issue with an antique like that is eventually all grinders need to have the burrs replaced which of course you can't do with the antique units and you have no way of knowing if the antique unit has worn burrs to begin with. If you do anything other than typical drip type coffee worn burrs are a big problem. Either way it's a nice display piece.
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04-23-2013, 05:48 PM
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Nice job, the gold details are a great touch. Is the grind consistent?
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04-23-2013, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by thebigspendur
I think you can still get grinders as well as burrs from either Lehman's catalog or Cumberland General Store catalog. Do not know if they have a burr for every brand produced but it may be worth checking out.
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04-23-2013, 07:43 PM
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That's a pretty cool thing to own, great job on the resto!
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