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My grinder's burr alignment took a full weekend to fix, not an hour.

Everyone online said it was a simple shim job, but getting my Baratza Vario to produce a truly even grind took me about 16 hours of trial and error. Has anyone else found the 'quick fix' guides to be wildly optimistic?
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morganhill
morganhill20d ago
Yeah, "simple shim job" sounds like a cruel joke now...
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joseph_torres
Yeah, those guides always skip the frustrating parts.
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the_joel
the_joel8d ago
Those guides are written for people who already know what they're doing. The steps are simple if you have the right feel for it. Your weekend sounds like a learning process, not a flaw in the advice. Most people with some mechanical skill would get it done in the advertised time. It's a basic task once you understand the principles.
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