The 'KRUX' Grinder

I have finished my Grinder. I now have a stepless conical burr grinder with nice LUX burrs, for not much cash. The grinder can grind incredibly finely and can be adjusted infinitely. Even a Rocky is stepped, and I can live with the slower grinding from the smaller LUX. My Grinder is essentially equivalent to the LeLit PL53.

Step 1. Find a suitably sized box. The closest I could find was a tissue craft box from Spotlight.

Step 2. Cut holes, put the base on and hammer effect paint for that industrial look. I put the portafilter switch lower than on the Nemox LUX, as I wanted to use the extension funnel. The reason is, people have commented that the clear spout sends the grinds out to the right, and is a bit messy. When I was bench testing mine, I found this to be absolutely true. So, I tried it with the black funnel and the grinds came out clean and straight. Shame it doesn't look as funky - function over form here!

Step 3. The final(ish) product (sans the top screws, rubber feet and grinds funnel, I put them in after I took the photos). The main switch is a 3 position, ON-OFF-AUTO so thats another improvement over the Nemox/Lelit ones. If you are doing something similar, the switch cannot go any higher or it will hit the motor gearbox.

I am pretty happy with how it has turned out. I was intending this would just be a prototype, but I will be using it like this - it looks and grinds great. It is also not noisy at all.

Comments so far:

1. More even grind than the em0480 (how? same LUX burr set). Magic perhaps.
2. Less clumping than the emo480.
3. Cleaner than the emo480, no statically charged grounds zooming around.
4. More adjustable than the em0480.

Overall conclusion... WIN!

I had a latte after putting this together, guessed at the grind using my fingertips and I wasn't far off. I managed my first apple. Sure its a bit misshapen, but thats character I say! Yum.