New Used Compak K-10

[SJM]

No no no....
Baby steps....
You need the MD-50 first :-)))))

[SJM]

My only complaint with this machine is probably due to my own misunderstanding.
I thought somehow that it was going to be a bit less messy than the MD-50.....not so.  There are still grounds everywhere....
Luckily I don't have a wife who minds...
Oh, right....no wife at all.....
And the dogs haven't complained either....

:-))))

[peter]

What makes it messier?  Aren't you holding the PF under the doser when you flick the handle?

[SJM]

Still grounds seem to be everywhere.....just like they were with the MD-50.

I don't mind.....but I did mis-understand that there would be more improvement...

Not complainin' just commenting...

[peter]

I'm wondering how those grounds are getting everywhere.

[SJM]

That clackity clack handle that you like so much makes it impossible to hold the portafilter up close to the bottom of the circular bin that holds the grounds.  If you give a ground a space it will find it....

[grinderz]

I get around this by dosing into a small glass bowl. The secondary benefit is that I hand dose into the portafilter with a measuring spoon which allows me to breakup any clumps and evenly distribute the grounds in the portafilter.

[SJM]

But how do you get that glass bowl up close enough that the dosing handle doesn't dislodge it from where it is right under the exit???   I've always dosed into a container and then poured into the basket, so dosing into the basket/portafilter is nothing I need to do.  I still can't get away from there being a lot of grounds 'all over the place'.

Still not complainin'....
Just sayin'....
And not understanding how neat and clean is an option....

[peter]

Still not complainin'....
Just sayin'....
And not understanding how neat and clean is an option....

Just pretend you're a messy punk barista...

This is after maybe a couple dozen shots-

[grinderz]

But how do you get that glass bowl up close enough that the dosing handle doesn't dislodge it from where it is right under the exit???   I've always dosed into a container and then poured into the basket, so dosing into the basket/portafilter is nothing I need to do.  I still can't get away from there being a lot of grounds 'all over the place'.

Still not complainin'....
Just sayin'....
And not understanding how neat and clean is an option....

It's not perfectly neat and tidy by any means. Another details is that I have removed the portafilter fork thingy on my grinder to facilitate getting the bowl closer -- I don't have a K10, BTW.

[SJM]

Grinderz, what do you have?

And the fork isn't in the way.  The "problem" is  the lever you use to pull the doser vanes around.  It's exactly the same problem I had on the MD-50.  For some reason I had gotten the impression that this machine was going to be cleaner to run.  I can't believe it:  wrong again :-))))))))) 

Luckily it really really really does not matter.
I've lived with the MD-50 for 6 years and it never was neat...

 

[GC7]

I have a little Oreck shop-vac stationed below the espresso machine- grinder. At the end of its daily use it takes less than i minute to vacuum the tray, grind chamber, doser and run it for a few seconds while holding the end of the tube near the exit chute.

[grinderz]

A little vac sounds great...

I have a Rossi RR45. It's sort of like the Dodge Dart of grinders. Its noisy, has pedestrian styling, and will likely never wear out.

[SJM]

okay then.   The search is on for a little vac....
I do get tired of hauling the full sized one out of the back closet ....a little one would be perfect.

[BozemanEric]

I have one of these I am happy with.

Shop Vac Micro
http://www.amazon.com/Shop-Vac-2021000-Micro-Wet-Dry/dp/B004UQVQ0I