Handgrinders

derrilex

Wow, now that looks good. I shudder to think how much it would be ???

beanflying

It will be interesting to see if it ever makes it to production and what form it might take. While I wait for this one to arrive I ran across the rather nice early Spong model 0 on the bay of evil last night in the UK at a touch over $100 including postage a decent buy for my collection I think. #1 and #2 now have a little old Grandma to look after them 8)

Dry_bean

I'm in the market for a quality easy to use grinder that will grind fine enough for Turkish, any thoughts? 🙂

hiphipharar

Dry bean. wrote:

I'm in the market for a quality easy to use grinder that will grind fine enough for Turkish, any thoughts? 🙂

If you are happy to pay for quality then I can recommend the Zassenhaus 175 Turkish. Only available from Sweet Maris in the US AFAIK so expect to pay up to $120 (or perhaps more) when postage is included but you won't be disappointed. http://www.sweetmarias.com/sweetmarias/grinders/manual-grinders/zassenhaus-175-m-turkish-mill.html Actually, SM has a disclaimer on the site above: Please note that just because it's a "Turkish-Style" mill, doesn't mean that it will grind well for "Turkish" coffee. Although this grinder can give you a consistant grind, it won't create the very fine powder that is necessary for real Turkish coffee. I can't verify as I don't drink Turkish but it's a great grinder. Unlike most other handmills, it has a flat burr set (not conical)

C-man

Bean Flying wrote:

Gorgeous - that is all for now :thumb:

That one looks interesting...

Lacehim

There is also a HG One http://hg-one.com/ Looks well over engineered, with a flywheel!!! Some of these are pieces of art alone! The handgrinder sector seems to be taking off at the moment which is great to see.

galumay

Sorry to be a pedantic *federal politician*, but its not a flywheel on the HG-1, its made of alloy and is simply a crank wheel rather than a flywheel! (sorry the generic kiddy safe editor is replacing a person who wanks with "federal politician")

Lacehim

galumay wrote:

Sorry to be a pedantic *federal politician*, but its not a flywheel on the HG-1, its made of alloy and is simply a crank wheel rather than a flywheel!

:rofl: Fair enough Mr G. Quote from their website "Hardened steel gears on stainless steel shafts connect an eight and a half inch diameter flywheel to the conical grinding burrs" so they did call it a flywheel. I was just quoting them! Maybe you should spank their bottoms! :stir I agree if it has no weight it might not act as a flywheel as such. I did think the flywheel idea would be good to continue the momentum of grinding rather than relying on the action of the person, if you know what I mean. While I was there I noticed some pricing. HG one grinder with an 83mm Mazzer burr set for $850USD and with the 71mm Mazzer burr set $840USD. I found out about it from http://londiniumespresso.com/ who have purchased on to use as their sample grinder. 🙂 I'm keeping an eye out on their blog re their lever.

beanflying

galumay wrote:

"federal politician")

I will need to include a special exemption where the phrase is used in a self deprecating manner 😉 We are only trying to look after the innocent forum members really :angel: On topic. It will be interesting to see if anyone takes the big burrs from either a Guatemala lab or an Uber to make a killer manual grinder for Brewed or course grinds. Conicals just don't work as well!

galumay

Lacehim wrote:

:rofl: Fair enough Mr G. Quote from their website:...

Yes well, I shall give them a self righteous serve as well. :angel: I first read about it on Home Barista and am on the list for a pre-production one, not sure whether I will go ahead with it but something about the engineering and design has caught my eye! The attributed influences of Apple & Bauhaus are clear in the finished product.

C-man

Lacehim wrote:

:rofl: Fair enough Mr G. Quote from their website "Hardened steel gears on stainless steel shafts connect an eight and a half inch diameter flywheel to the conical grinding burrs" so they did call it a flywheel. I was just quoting them! Maybe you should spank their bottoms! :stir I agree if it has no weight it might not act as a flywheel as such. I did think the flywheel idea would be good to continue the momentum of grinding rather than relying on the action of the person, if you know what I mean. While I was there I noticed some pricing. HG one grinder with an 83mm Mazzer burr set for $850USD and with the 71mm Mazzer burr set $840USD. I found out about it from http://londiniumespresso.com/ who have purchased on to use as their sample grinder. 🙂 I'm keeping an eye out on their blog re their lever.

Very nice grinder, I would think for the extra $10 I would get the 83mm just because I am a man and size matters. I chose the Mini Rosco for quality and to travel with.

Kelsey

I can see the benefit of hand grinders for several reasons: 1 - portable/cheap espresso (nearly went down that route myself!) tho quite a few don't fit my definition of 'cheap'! 2 - quiet operation, for people with pumpless lever machines 3 - absolute grinder fanatics who can't afford a commercial big burr grinder but want the quality 4 - collectors and/or nutbags 😉

Dry_bean

Lacehim wrote:

There is also a HG One http://hg-one.com/ Looks well over engineered, with a flywheel!!! Some of these are pieces of art alone! The handgrinder sector seems to be taking off at the moment which is great to see.

Looks very much like a hand operated Versalab. Re the fly wheel, it is a flywheel! granted it may not have a lot of mass but what it does have must have some affect. 🙂

derrilex

Yep thats a flywheel alright. If the OD is greater than the OD of the shaft its attached to and has more mass then its a flywheel. Even a bike tyre is a flywheel and it has bugger all mass. Spin it up and try and stop it by putting your fingers in the spokes.

galumay

Its not a flywheel, it will have no momentum at all. Stop pushing it and it will instantly stop. The bike wheel is a poor analogy, it acts like a flywheel because it does have momentum relative to the resistance. Its no big deal and more semantics than deal breaker, but its an important distinction lest people think it has some mechanical advantage beyond that provided by the lever effect. It does not help the grinder to spin against the resistance of the burrs grinding coffee.

ACog

Nice styling. Does it have a name?

beanflying

The Stainless Juicer styled one no name as far as I am aware. I have sent him a request on Twitter so I can maybe find out a little more.

beanflying

I got a reply back about the Grinder from Yvan "I designed the grinder to pair with my Speedster. I call it Goliath, 100% stainless steel with 83mm conical burs." and yes I have asked the obvious question in return "any plans to do a production run of these" :angel:

C-man

unreal! my guess it would be 1K plus

BLrdFX

Pharos with the voodoodaddy MOD is by far the best hand grinder I have owned. I had a Spong years ago but when I got electric grinders and sold the Spong I found I missed the meditative aspect of hand grinding. I now have a Pharos and love it for a PORTABLE GRINDER so travel is not without great grounds. The high end brass ones made by Rosco look really nicely made but pretty expensive.

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