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Yes, I bought that Kees Speedster in 2011 although it's in storage now. My friend also has one that is up and running beautifully. I stopped by yesterday at lunch for some straight shots from his machine and proceeded to "break" the dosers on the dueling Fiorenzato Doge Conicos*. This brain fart of mine delayed coffee service for nearly an hour. lol

Now, we both have a more intimate knowledge of that adjustable dosing mechanism.

*note -- He had the space to house mine, too, as a single-dose grinder if he gets the itch. Scored these babies brand-new for us at $1,100 off of retail. That deal helped soften the Speedster purchase pain for us both since we both desired a big conical to replace our planar grinders.
I was very fortunate with my grinder situation. I found a used mahlkonig k30 vario on Ebay for $600. It was missing some pieces, so I looked up the US office. Turns out it was 7 minutes from my work. The guy there was sooooo nice! He replaced over $800 worth of parts, grind chamber, burrs, both the small and large hopper and the grinds catch tray, all for FREE. So now I have a fully refurbished $1800 grinder, and it rocks. I've used some others, mostly mazzer, and nothing comes close.