CLOSED, ACCEPTING PAYMENTS - Orphan Espresso Pharos Grinder Traveling Road Show

[headchange4u]

This is the signup thread to demo the new Orphan Espresso Pharos hand grinder.

The OE PHAROS hand coffee grinding machine is the result of our long term study and use of hand coffee grinders.   It is built to satisfy US to meet the demands of VERY demanding hand coffee grinder users (that would again be US).   The grinder lacks some of the amenities of the standard coffee grinder due to our rigid enforcement of one central engineering rule....dead center alignment of the burrs with no wander shake or shimmy.   We invite and encourage all new owners to mod this mill to meet the requirements that YOU have to bring this into specs for your personal use. 

As offered, the PHAROS features
68mm conical commercial grinding burr set
Top and bottom replaceable bronze oil less axle bearings
Stepless top adjustment made simply and repeatably using the included top adjustment nut tommy bar, which is included and stores readily on the machine
large ergonomic soft revolving handle knob
Rubber "popper stopper" top hole cover to seal top hopper when grinding
Rubber head reflex hammer to aid in grounds removal from lower hopper
Easy burr cleaning without take down and complete machine cleaning with simple take down followed by simple assembly (instructions included).
All parts are replaceable and available as spares if ever needed.
Built to last ...the assembly plates are aluminum, the axle and handle stainless steel, the lower hopper is ABS plastic and the upper hopper chamber is clear polycarbonate plastic.   All assembly bolts are steel.   

The PHAROS is an aggressive hand mill which will grind from Turkish powder to French press.  Speeds as low as 15 turns per tablespoon in the espresso range  which settle in at about 25 turns per tablespoon for press.   The upper bean chamber holds 21 grams of beans and the lower chamber holds more than you could ever use at one brew session.

OE PHAROS Hand Coffee Grinder Demo

Same rules as the previous traveling road shows for equipment: Each person pays a portion of the cost of the item, and then the item will travel to the various people participating who get to use the grinder for one week, and then it is shipped off to the next person. Each person is responsible for freight charges to ship to the next person. There will be a random drawing and the winner gets to keep the grinder



ACCEPTING PAYMENTS:

Total cost of grinder $256.98 ($245 + $11.98 S&H) = $25.70 per person + PayPal fees = $26.78 per person

Send payments to headchangestudio (at) gmail (dot) com. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR GCBC USERNAME WHEN SUBMITTING PAYMENT.




Travel Order

1. headchange4u
2. milowebailey
3. Tex (2 week stay)
4. JasonG
5. Ray T
6. yakster
7. BoldJava
8. Sherman

and then home to our winner ecc ...


Discussion Thread here (please post any further comments there).

[Tex]

How much does that puppy weigh? I'll bet it's at least $25 to ship UPS Ground.

[headchange4u]

I think the description says 5 lbs.

[milowebailey]

I'm in...

[Ray T]

I have to think about this one a bit. Will one of you come visit me in the padded room when my wife catches me in the kitchen at 4 am making my AM cup with a hammer ?

[Tex]

I'm in too

[JasonG]

Count me in please

[Ray T]

Ok. I will take my chances hammer and all, count me in (don't say it Dave) 

[headchange4u]

Half way there.

[ecc]

No way I can resist this for an entire week.  My only hope was that it filled up fast.

In like Flynn!

[BoldJava]

Might want to pre-order that bad boy.  He is out to May 16th with orders.  HBers are lining up.

B|Java

[peter]

It would be cool to have a Pharos sized cut-out in your desk or counter to put it in.

That's the first thing I thought of too.  Perhaps open up the bottom plate to accept a funnel so the grounds go straight down into a cone, press pot, or PF, instead of having to hold/tip/rap it.

[headchange4u]

I'm sure we will fill the last three slots so I am going to get the grinder on order today.

[headchange4u]

Grinder has been ordered. Who's gonna take the last slots?

[Tex]

There was a post on HB about the stamped ID of the units.  A guy caught 001/2011.  Collectors' item among a very, very small niche of geeks 20 years from now.

B|Java

Cool; if it doesn't pan out as a grinder you can take it on Antiques Road Show in a few years? It might turn out like Uncle Irving's collectible Edsel convertible. As a vehicle it was a POS, but car collectors offer him ~$100,000 or so now.