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coffee grinder question
Dennis
>I got this coffee bean grinder from LV as Xmas gift year or so ago and now not sure what kind of wood to make the ground coffee drawer out of. The plan's that came with it calls for 1/4" plywood but to me that just doesn't seem like the thing to do. And the next question is "does one finish this drawer with something like walnut oil?"
Dennis
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Re: coffee grinder question
Jack from Maine
>I got the same thing. I made the drawer with 1/4" solid birch.I dovetailed the drawer and grooved the sides and front to fit the birch bottom. I made one previously with plywood and hated it. I used blo and shellac but wish I hadn't done the drawer.The smell won't go away.I recommend not finishing the drawer or any of the insides.
Re: coffee grinder question
Dennis
>Thanks Jack,birch always was the kitchen drawer standard wood and no finish on the insides.
Trying to get this done before spring storms roll thru south florida, hard to make coffee with no power.
Dennis
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Electron-free coffee grinding
Ellis Walentine
>Yeah, tell me about it. Out here in the wilds of Bucks County, we lose power about twice a week -- more in winter. I end up crushing coffee beans in an empty tuna can with a mallet. Not the best way.
I'll have to get one of those LV grinder mechanisms. sounds like a fun project. I could use a couple pepper mills too.
Ellis
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Jack from Maine
>I bought 6 of those for christmas presents. They were good dovetail practice. I was surprised at how popular they are. Every coffee nut I know wants one.---Crackerjack
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Jack from Maine
>What started me on these things was necessity. We lost power in early winter and I needed a way to grind my beans so I did a search for coffee grinders.We lose power here frequently in winter.---Crackerjack
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William Duffield on the Cohansey
>This works very well for coffee beans, as well as hard-to-grind spices and herbs, e.g., rosemary, caspicum, cloves...
The cast iron mill is an antique, by C. B. Rogers. Handle restoration, in teak, is by Loxahatchee Tool Works.
The old handle was Atlantic White Cedar.
Re: Electron-free coffee grinding
Jack from Maine
>William,
Have you tried that on coffee beans? It looks like it would be difficult due to the fact that they are so "slippery".---Crackerjack
Re: Electron-free coffee grinding
William Duffield on the Cohansey
>It's a pair of really rough castings, so the frictional forces are high. The only problem it has is with the crispiness of the beans, usually on the first encounter. Sometimes, they shatter, and some of the shards go flying across the counter. The other problem is my fondness for hot red peppers, but not in my coffee first thing in the morning. Since I only have one of these mills, and haven't even seen another one, nor talked to anyone who has seen one, electrons continue to die grinding my Starbucks beans.
I tried it on coffee beans. I found out it works. My curiosity was satisfied. When I need coffee, I do not need the complications of using this tool, so I keep it for grinding things for which my coffee mills, pepper mill, mortar and pestil, blender, food processors, Frog chef knife or Foley mill have proved to be less than optimal.