greekespresso Senior Member Joined: 27 Jul 2011 Posts: 170 Location: Ptolemaida, Greece Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Rancilio Silvia V3, Gaggia... Grinder: Mahlkönig Vario Home, Anfim...
Posted Sun Jan 20, 2013, 11:04am Subject: Re: The Baratza Vario Grinder Owner's Thread
ethom Said:
... What do you all think? Should you be able to hear the burrs hitting each other with an almost-but-not-quite-metallic shaving sound and then see ceramic dust from the burrs inside?
I think your grinder is fine. IMHO, you should start using your grinder with coffee and only then if you see any problem to report back. A lot of people fail to realize that there are more than one "correct" calibration points. Some people have calibrated their grinder with the macro lever set one notch down from top whereas others did it with the lever all the way up.
ethom Senior Member Joined: 24 Nov 2012 Posts: 63 Location: Pittsburgh Expertise: I like coffee
Espresso: NS Oscar, Silvia broken :o( Grinder: Vario Drip: Bosch
Posted Sun Jan 20, 2013, 11:24am Subject: Re: The Baratza Vario Grinder Owner's Thread
Thanks for your comforting reply. I looked at the calibration slider under the rectangular rubber cover - is that the primary calibration? The slider appears to be about midway from front to back. Should I try moving it forward, at least a bit?
MDiddy Senior Member Joined: 3 Oct 2012 Posts: 89 Location: PA Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: La Nuova Era Cuadra ii Grinder: Baratza Vario Drip: Cuisinart DCC-1200
Posted Sun Jan 20, 2013, 11:37am Subject: Re: The Baratza Vario Grinder Owner's Thread
ethom Said:
Thanks for your comforting reply. I looked at the calibration slider under the rectangular rubber cover - is that the primary calibration? The slider appears to be about midway from front to back. Should I try moving it forward, at least a bit?
Follow that and it should help out. Once I did this, I was able to move the macro switch to the top and not have the motor change sound. Then following the normal calibration, I was able to get the grind to be more coarse.
Before the calibration, I had to grind at 4-K. I'm now around 3-E. I believe I'm over dosing a bit yet (I'll find out when I have my scale Monday) but it definitely made a difference.
Personally, I would not bother touching the 2.5mm Allen screw if I was not grinding for French Press or seeing a kind of problem (i.e. all the settings produce grind that chokes the espresso machine). What is important though, is that the screw should not be loose as this will lead to inconsistent grinding.
tdifraia Senior Member Joined: 13 Dec 2012 Posts: 75 Location: Boston Expertise: Just starting
Espresso: QM67 Grinder: Baratza Vario Drip: Bunn
Posted Thu Jan 24, 2013, 7:47pm Subject: Re: The Baratza Vario Grinder Owner's Thread
My new Baratza Vario arrived with the setting before the machine began to make the working noise.. MACRO one click down from top position, MICRO midway. Should I recalibrate so it makes the noise with the Macro at the top position per many recommendations? Or should I just leave it, as I have seen other people say that the Macro in the second position is best for an accurate calibration??
Posted Thu Jan 24, 2013, 8:53pm Subject: Re: The Baratza Vario Grinder Owner's Thread
tdifraia Said:
My new Baratza Vario arrived with the setting before the machine began to make the working noise.. MACRO one click down from top position, MICRO midway. Should I recalibrate so it makes the noise with the Macro at the top position per many recommendations? Or should I just leave it, as I have seen other people say that the Macro in the second position is best for an accurate calibration??
wsfarrell Senior Member Joined: 12 Sep 2012 Posts: 12 Location: Sacramento Expertise: I like coffee
Posted Sat Feb 9, 2013, 11:37pm Subject: Re: The Baratza Vario Grinder Owner's Thread
Something I haven't seen a lot of discussion on (I searched): it seems to be fairly easy to strip (round off) the Vario adjustment tool. I've done it a couple of times. It's tricky to diagnose. It just seems like the adjustment screw gets easier to turn, but has no effect. As soon as I got a "real" hardened hex key, the issue went away--adjustment was quick and positive. Maybe my adjustment screw is just really tight, I don't know. Anyway, it's something to consider if the original tool doesn't seem to have much of an an effect.
Posted Sun Feb 10, 2013, 12:01am Subject: Re: The Baratza Vario Grinder Owner's Thread
wsfarrell Said:
Something I haven't seen a lot of discussion on (I searched): it seems to be fairly easy to strip (round off) the Vario adjustment tool. I've done it a couple of times. It's tricky to diagnose. It just seems like the adjustment screw gets easier to turn, but has no effect. As soon as I got a "real" hardened hex key, the issue went away--adjustment was quick and positive. Maybe my adjustment screw is just really tight, I don't know. Anyway, it's something to consider if the original tool doesn't seem to have much of an an effect.
I've not had that problem, but I think yours is a point to considering. Even a .25 of mm difference on the circumference of the tool might be enough not to "grab on" to the adjuster.
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