(4.5 oz including tent skewer)
For a short trip, ground coffee sealed in Dazey bags keeps perfectly. But 2 weeks stretches it, and 4 weeks intolerable. Thought of giving up coffee (fuel savings too) but that plan isn’t going well. So I need a grinder. Budget: 4 oz. Missed the mark by 0.2 oz. It was a very easy modification of Traveler 2 coffee grinder.
1. Unscrew parts.
2. Cut plastic, leaving only essential (less than 1 inch) portion that holds mill together.
3. Cut shaft and drill hole.
4. Use titanium tent skewer for crank.
photos:
http://www.beefalobill.com/images/topgrind.jpg
http://www.beefalobill.com/images/sidegrind.jpg
http://www.beefalobill.com/images/bottomgrind.jpg
http://www.beefalobill.com/images/holdgrind.jpg
Note: No fine grinding. The top shaft guide is gone, mill binds unless you loosen to a coarse grind. Relatively long shaft is good, keeps you from hitting your hand as you crank. You might prefer to leave more hopper plastic. I wanted 4 oz, and am going to form part of the hopper with my hand, but beans pop out as I grind.
