Rocky mod...have you the bottle?

by **GeorgeW** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:44 pm

Not for me the glittering but superficial world of Mazzer Minis and Quickmill
Andrejas. Oh dear me no....... something much more home-spun. At last I got round to modding my Rocky's hopper. Not with the downright vulgar, plastic cut-down pop bottle so favoured by some on this forum, but with a tasteful aluminium biker's water bottle as sold by Lidl or was it Aldi.
This does make a good job when cut just level with the lid and the beans now slide sweetly down with none being held back in the hopper and no mess. Very easily cleaned too.
Who needs all of these expensive upgradings when one can achieve so much satisfaction from such a simple.......am I protesting too much?

by **espressomattic** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 5:53 pm

Ahh George, it's good to see that you can put all those years worth of experience to good use....my question is this...Do you wear the lycra to help achieve the satisfaction?

BTW Can we have another Sonet please???

by **scook94** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:09 pm

Any pics George?

by **Gouezeri** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 6:09 pm

If you're talking about what I think you're talking about.... PAH! I just used 3 bits of tape!

by **GeorgeW** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 7:46 pm

In asking me to post phots you do realise you're making more work for Dom?

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by **scook94** » Mon Apr 10, 2006 8:01 pm

I'd never heard of that mod before, looks worth following up on. Does the bottle just sit inside the hopper or do you somehow attach the base to prevent it rattling? Or isn't that an issue?

Steven.

by **GeorgeW** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:33 am

It just sits in the neck of the bean thingy, feeding the beans directly to the burrs and seems quite stable. You could use tape around the neck for a tighter fit I suppose bit mine fits perfectly without this.
It does make a difference as the beans do not leave a residue and are not prone to jamming as was previously the case.
I don't claim the idea as I'm sure I've seen similar using a pop bottle.

by **CakeBoy** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 12:54 pm

Good mod idea George. You are becoming quite an inventor with your stethoscope and pop bottle creations

by **GeorgeW** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:53 pm

CakeBoy wrote:Good mod idea George. You are becoming quite an inventor with your stethoscope and pop bottle creations

This is true. Once unleashed I find it difficult to restrain my creative genius.
While I agree the two inventions above are brilliant, I see them as mere steps to greater things.
Tomorrow I will begin on my Perpetual Motion machine. This is likely to take at least a week so please be patient.

by **BazBean** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:43 pm

Perpetual Motion machine

is this the thing that Cakey uses to generate his volume of posts? :lol:

by **CakeBoy** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 5:53 pm

BazBean wrote:
Perpetual Motion machine

is this the thing that Cakey uses to generate his volume of posts?

Nooooo no, that is my inherent and very well honed ability to talk nonsense about almost any subject :roll:

. Perhaps I should take another sabbatical and give everyone a well earned rest :cry:

by **BazBean** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 6:23 pm

Nahhh ..we know what your up too when your here

.... we would only worry about ya ! :cry:

by **espressomattic** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:48 pm

Don't worry Baz, I have him under observation

by **CakeBoy** » Tue Apr 11, 2006 11:18 pm

Aw shucks, it's nice to be a ward of TMC .... even if it's only because I am not safe left alone :roll:

by **GeorgeW** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 9:45 am

CakeBoy wrote:Aw shucks, it's nice to be a ward of TMC .... even if it's only because I am not safe left alone

AH....right......you admit it!

I knew it. Now unplug the L'Anna and don't worry about packing it as I'll take care of everything. :lol:

Rocky mod...have you the bottle?

Rocky mod...have you the bottle?

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