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by jon » Sun May 12, 2013 12:33 pm
I've got an old bodum burr grinder - must be 5yrs plus old now. This morning, it ground some coffee as usual and then started making a high-pitched whining noise (and not grinding) part way through grinding. I took the hopper off and cleaned out the grinder - it now sounds like the burrs are turning OK if I run the grinder empty, but as soon as I put any beans in it makes that horrid whining noise (and grinds nothing).
Any tips for a fix? Not even sure where to look on the thing...
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by jon » Sun May 12, 2013 3:01 pm
Thanks. Because of the way the grinder works - you need to put the hopper on before it will run, which obscures the view of the burrs - it's hard to tell if the centre burr is rotating. No coffee comes out the bottom, though, so I suspect it's not
Anything else worth looking at? To be honest, had been thinking of replacing with a hand grinder anyway...
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by GreenBean » Mon May 13, 2013 7:18 am
jon wrote:.... To be honest, had been thinking of replacing with a hand grinder anyway...
It seems that now may be the time to do it.
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by jon » Sun Jun 02, 2013 4:50 pm
Right - does look like burrs aren't turning
Barring any other suggestions (or anyone wanting a free fixer-upper) look like this is for the trash.
Served me well, anyway!
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by jon » Sat Jun 08, 2013 4:01 pm
Fair enough - doesn't look user-servicable, so likely bin-bound... Porlex is smaller and seems to give slightly better results, at least
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