by motoman » Mon Jul 24, 2017 10:04 am
I did the strip down and used white spirit to soften the gunk, came out very well, I used cotton buds soaked in white spirit to clean the tubes simple extractor valve plates as they were the main cause of chaff getting stuck in the extractor tube. I left the drum alone, the heat from the burner keeps any residue under control. There is a fault in the design that causes a few beans to get stuck in the bottom of the loading tube, I get round this with a few strokes from an old fashioned pair of bellows. This solves the problem of a few half baked, stale beans getting pushed in to the drum by the fresh green beans.
I use two fans, one to cool the roasted beans, very efficient as it does this in less than a minute. Much better than the 10 minutes from the Genie. The second fan extracts the chaff and hot air, the problem here is the mesh in the pan that hold the chaff, this lets fine particles through and the heat has welded them to the fan blades. I am looking around the net for a replacement as I do not think this fan has a future.
I am very happy with the Huky 500T, any minor niggles are easily sorted and the coffee produced is worth the effort.
La Valentina Levetta
Mazzer Mini
Huky 500T
Bodum s/s Press Pot(Covered in dust)
Mokka, Vietnamese Press and other pots(unseen since I fell in love with La Valentina)