What an amazing work...
Twelve or so years ago, my first ‘coffee machine’ was a Braun Espresso Master, which came with a Braun spice grinder.
This nasty little Braun is long gone, but the grinder lives on as a great spice grinder.
When the Braun died, I started reading up and visiting forums, over-researching things in my usual Aspergers-like fashion. Based on reviews and opinions on different websites, I got a second-hand Rancilio Audrey, which came with a Sunbeam EM0480 grinder. Now I was cooking with gas. While Audrey was a weapon compared to the Braun, the EM0480 was a nightmare,
I picked up a second-hand Rocky grinder of Fleabay, and fitted new burrs. After the EM0480, the Rocky impressed me – steel, brass, aluminum, smooth, and heft, mucho heft. (The mother-in-law will attest to this, she picked it up from Taree, and brought him down to Canberra in her carry-on luggage.) And better yet, Rocky, like Audrey, was pull-apart-able. No silly plastic clips, but real threads and fasteners. They were designed to be repaired - to live forever. Now Rocky isn’t perfect, the adjusting thread is a bit loose, the speed is a bit fast, and the adjusting detent is a little coarse. As per advice, Teflon tape fixed two of the problems, and Rocky is well-loved.