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shep:
Thanks for the input. Now, how about sharing some of your cooling ideas.
Shep
Chris:
--- Quote from: crholliday on December 10, 2006, 12:36:56 PM ---I use a box fan and a restaurant flour sifter. Go to walmart or ace hardware and get a box type fan. Go to a restaurant supply place and pic up a minimum 14" diameter round flour sifter (+/- $20). I blow the air through the bottom of the sifter which blows any remaining chaff all over the place (snowing chaff). In cooler weather, you can cool 2 lbs in less than 1 minute.
C.
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That is what I did (before I got rid of my drum) - I got a round floor fan and 18" SS sifter like these below. The sifter fits perfectly when the fan is tilted straight up, and the slight ridge around the edge of the fan face keeps the sifter in place.
http://www.instawares.com/stainless-steel-sifter-18feet.jr3518.0.7.htm
http://www.sales-services.co.uk/html/chrome_16__floor_fan.html
ButtWhiskers:
I was using the colander/bucket/shop vac setup until my buddy built me a blower with some surplus goodies he found around his apartment complex.
He's taken a 6 gallon bucket and cut a bunch of 2" holes with a hole saw in the lower half of the bucket. Then he took a kitchen exhaust fan (like the kind from over a stove) that was set in a square piece of wood, and cut the wood to the shape of the bucket, and dropped it in to the halfway point, so it is above all the big holes. He attached a 5 gallon SS stockpot with the bottom cut out to the top of the bucket, and dropped a grease 'splatter screen' inside - a very rigid screen indeed. The fan is VERY powerful, if you don't have enough beans in there, it will blow some right out. You do get a major chaff-storm.
shep:
Ordered my drum tonight! I can't wait. I love the Hottop and it has served well under my abuse but I just finished roasting 12 pounds in the last two evenings after work and I am looking forward to a more efficient way.
Shep
alleno:
You're gonna love it Shep. I too had a HotTop for years and loved it. The one thing I didn't love was the small batch size and lack of roast temp control. You get ALL that with the RK Drum. I got the 4lb drum/heavy duty motor combo from Ron and it's fantastic. I've been roasting over the weekends and selling quality coffee (from the GCBC) to colleges at work. A large batch size and plenty of killer coffee from here is a dangerous combination! As for a cooling solution take Chris's advice and do the box fan sifter thing.. that's what I did and it works great! Oh and get a therocouple from SweetMarias for 30 bucks for temp monitoring that's key.
Have fun!
Dave
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