We have had a rather nice battery operated Bodum pepper mill for the past few years. It has always worked flawlessly and is a well made, weighty beast. A few days ago it stopped grinding beyond producing a little dust and despite being stripped down it resolutely refused to do its duty.
On close inspection it appears that one of the grinder plate screw mounts has collapsed, which suggests the conical burrs are now moving incorrectly and fouling on each other. This in turn explains the piece of spurious plastic that I found on my runner beans the night before the grinder stopped working and the tiny shards of metal that appeared in post clean-up grind/dust production.
RIP lovely grinder