I was fortunate to get an old McCafe machine that was broken – a Franke Sinfonia. It was lots of fun; took it all apart and played with the components to see how it all worked.
From it harvested the 240V grinder so could use it myself. I can adjust the grind on it, from what I’m guessing is great for pour over to a fine dust for espresso. Have hardwired it in with a switch to control.
There were two grinders. I mangled one trying to open it to get to the blades to clean it unfortunately. For me is the first step to a more exciting coffee future. Here is a video of it in action:
Just wanted to share and if you have any thoughts or suggestions let me know!
Here are some pictures as well. Have lots more if there’s interest.
Need to re-connect the Google photos link, Reddit doesn’t like Google photos links. Going to post it as a comment below.
Cheers,
by ameades
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Very cool! I like how barebones it is. I would be interested in hearing more about your experience working with it
The monkeypatched wall switch makes me anxious.
That’s really cool! Seems to have a tiny bit of retention though.