The Best Mods For DF64 Grinder!

 

 

 

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all right we are live good morning good
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so today is all about this guy here so
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before i start talking about the df64 i
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do want to give a huge shout out and
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thank you again to joe from espresso
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outlet for sending me this grinder to
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review on my channel it was sent to me
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from joe so again thank you so much also
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he sent a heat exchanger over here that
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you guys are dying to see more footage
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from and i just received the bottomless
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portafilter for the machine so i will be
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showing you guys that now so uh that
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will be coming up uh this week and i'm
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going to be comparing them i know we did
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like the dimensions the build and just
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the outer uh specs of the two machines
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the dual boiler and the
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um the anita evo uh by quick mill but we
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will be diving in more of that live this
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upcoming week so make sure to stay tuned
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to the channel
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so the reason you guys are all here
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today is obviously i put out there the
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best mods for the df64 grinder now
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this is obviously debatable but in my
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opinion i think these are must have mods
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for the grinder now people who are just
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tuning in they might ask what are mods
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mods are pretty much modifications that
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are added to the grinder
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other than stock so if it's not if it's
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not stock it doesn't come stock with the
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machine it's considered a mod so i'm
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just going to go ahead and
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show you guys a little bit more about
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this guy so this is pretty much how it
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comes from the factory this is just a
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mat that i have underneath of it just
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for extra spills for espresso if it does
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happen it's easy to clean
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this is the only thing on the grinder
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right now that does not come stock and
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that right there is a dial for your
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markings so you know exactly where
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you're at so it's easy to dial in your
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espresso
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this is actually a dial
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from porta keeper so this is from
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barrett he does great work definitely a
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must-have uh especially when having this
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grinder because it is very very hard to
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tell what grind size you are on
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um with obviously no indicator here on
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the actual
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machine itself
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so that's going to be a huge mod for the
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grinder
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i'm just going to go ahead and turn you
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guys around so you guys can see the
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grinder a little bit better
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all right here we go
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all right so
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what are the different mods that i have
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for my df-64
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so
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i would say a number one like i said i
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must have is the dial indicator to allow
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you to truly dial in your espresso and
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to know exactly where you are on the
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markings of the actual machine itself
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now
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the big issue i've had with the ds64 and
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with forums that i follow on facebook is
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the df64 has a really bad static problem
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now i don't notice it as much when i
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pull shots of espresso however when i do
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anything with pour over which yeah some
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people say why do you do a pour over
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with the df-64 should only do espresso
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that's definitely based on your opinion
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everyone has their own biased opinion
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but i do think it does do good pour over
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as well however i do use this mainly for
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espresso so with pour over it it's
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coarser grind so it's gonna spread out a
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little bit more and it's gonna
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completely cake this machine we'll get
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to a mod to fix that here soon so
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here is the dosing cup now they do make
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dosing cups made out of aluminum and i
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believe stainless steel for the df-64
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now and i'm hoping to get one for you
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guys to review soon however we do just
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have the plastic one um
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yeah it's plastic so however you guys
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feel about plastic
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i would say it's not a mod but for sure
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if you guys have these uh little rubber
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feet i would suggest it comes on the top
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and not the bottom but it comes with
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four i suggest you don't do all four
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because it's too smart or it's too tight
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of a fit i would put them on the bottom
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just so if you put your portafilter in
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there it doesn't because sometimes it
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kind of wiggles itself out and falls i
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don't know if you guys have had that
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happen but i have it it's a disastrous
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mess
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so put them on the bottom so now let's
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get into some of the mods that i think
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are best fitting for this machine
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so this is a 3d printed mod here this
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was sent to me by linda and i believe
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this was made by cy from speedy 3d
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creations so definitely check out his
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site he sells df64s as well
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i actually purchased one through him as
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well so yes i do have two one was sent
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and one that i actually purchased
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but yeah so pretty much what this does
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it's a collar for your dosing cup so you
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just put your dosing cup right in there
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so if you see here
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there is a zoom in here so it's easier
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to see there's a ton of gap between here
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and here from the actual shoot to the
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cup there's a lot of room to where
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you're pushing those bellows and coffee
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grounds are just splattering everywhere
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so this piece right here the simple 3d
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mod
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allows you to put the cup inside the
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collar like so
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and then it allows you to
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put that into here so now as you see the
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angle is corrected so much i mean this
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is absolutely an amazing angle
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definitely really good for pour overs as
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well as you can see it kind of looks
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like your df-64 is holding the uh the
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cup which is kind of funny but it is
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definitely a must-have mod in my opinion
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for the df-64 now
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what can we do beyond this some people
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say i don't like plastic why would you
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use any kind of plastic for the ds64 or
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any grinder in general
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well we can ditch
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the plastic
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and we can actually go with something
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that was sent to me
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by um
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someone that i reached out to i will put
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the links down below who sent these to
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me but these are actually really really
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neat and i'm going to show you why i
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believe
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they are so
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needed
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and useful for your ds64 so these are i
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believe aluminum
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uh really really nice looking it's a
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little collar and this is actually made
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for a dosing
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this is actually made for your
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portafilter and then this other one
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is made specifically for your actual
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dosing cup itself now i'll show you how
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these work i'll do a lot more videos on
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these to follow but if you do not have
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one of these they are a must
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and i'll show you they obviously have
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the same design up front but if you look
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at the bottom this one's kind of carved
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out at the top right here with a little
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lip and this one's carved has a lip on
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the outside and then inside so obviously
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they're too different so it's like they
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almost go into each other like that
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so
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these two i'll show you how they
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actually work here in a second
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so let me zoom out here
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so you guys can get a better view
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so here is the portafilter
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so
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that is what most people will do but if
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you see there is a ton of gap and this
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doesn't help with a portafilter to
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direct dose now obviously direct dosing
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is
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really getting big now in the coffee
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industry it helps with clumping it helps
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with channeling
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just a lot of research that's going into
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that and a lot of times i actually have
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this
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magnetic dosing funnel that i will just
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slip on like that which it does help
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with angles as you can see there's not a
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ton of room but it does still splatter
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occasionally if you pump too hard and it
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comes outside of the sides but it does a
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pretty good job of containing it
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now i do like that mod to do for the
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df64 it's not really a mod it's already
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pretty much existed you're not actually
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making something for it but it just
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helps to where it's a lot cleaner when
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you're direct dosing now let's say okay
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i don't want this kind of cheap i don't
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really want the
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actual dosing funnel itself you can
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actually
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purchased this which i again i will
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leave in the link below this is a cutout
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for the shoot itself so this
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goes into your portal filter like so
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it's pretty much like a shot collar
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and it just goes straight into the
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actual unit
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and look at that i mean absolutely
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amazing fits perfectly and there is zero
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room for coffee grinds to
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uh
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to go and get an escape so if you look
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at that i mean this thing is designed
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let me take this off of my tripod so you
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guys get a truly good angle of what this
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is
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so this if you see it's cut out exactly
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for the shoe itself it's a collar that
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goes right on to your actual porter
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filter
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and i mean there is zero room where
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coffee can escape from the df64 so if
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you guys are done with the days of
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coffee spraying all over this is the mod
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for you again i i did get this sent to
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me i will send you the link below
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uh for the person that sells this
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a big shout out to them as well
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and um yeah so really really nice but
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let's say okay i don't like to single
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dose or i don't like i don't like to
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direct dose into a porter filter i just
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want to do like pour overs or i like to
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transfer from a cup because you have
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some kind of crazy ritual that you don't
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want to break i understand
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here is your dosing cup and as you see
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as we just talked about with the shot
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collar
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here it still brings you
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pretty close there but it's not as a
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perfect fit like the portafilter i just
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showed you because there's obviously
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still room to escape from that mod so
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what's the point of a mod it's just to
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help improve a machine but there is a
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better one so let's ditch that
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and let's go ahead and add our new one
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so obviously the ridge on the cup and
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then this
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it allows you to pretty much just go
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right over your cup so now if you look
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at that it's a perfect fit
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and let's go ahead and put this onto the
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actual
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grinder itself
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so now
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you can direct dose
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into your cup
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and also with pour overs and there is
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zero way for your coffee to escape again
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i'll take this off to give you guys
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better angles of the actual grinder
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so if you look it again it's completely
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cut out perfectly for the chute it goes
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right onto the dosing cup
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really easy to undo
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and again just a big game changer for
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the df64 so if you guys are struggling
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to purchase this grinder because
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you see all the horror stories about um
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just spraying of coffee grinds those
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days are over i mean you can just grab
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it out and again it is a perfect perfect
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fit for the dosing cup so really really
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nice definitely a must-have for your
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df-64 so again that is both for the cup
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and for the porta filters these are 58
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millimeters um but yes definitely
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must-haves for your df-64 if you want to
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get the most out of your grinder and not
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have to spend
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the next two or three minutes cleaning
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up after you dose out every single cup
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because that would be really annoying
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and i would not like that as well
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so here are the
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stuff that we've talked about so far
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and we'll just go ahead and put the shot
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collar back on
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just to put it in there just
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just for show
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so here is another mod this mod doesn't
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really help anything with
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the
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actual usage of the grinder doesn't make
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the grinder any better however i do sell
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these
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um these are customized ds or customized
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df64 lids for uh made out of wood a
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really really nice touch so you can take
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this out and just shove this on there as
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a cap for your df64 grinder i can
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customize these logos in any way you
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would like
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obviously not this exact logo because
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it's my logo however i can if you guys
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send me a pdf or something of
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an image that you would like on your
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grinder lid or you can purchase this
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exact one with the dylan's homeless
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russell bar to support me off my etsy or
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dot dylanshomespressobar.com
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so definitely a big uh
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a big upgrade for uh just looks in
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general
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so
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it also fits with the
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bellow system as well and it still
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allows you
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to get really nice good pressure here as
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well so it doesn't change at all besides
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obviously the look of the wood currently
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i'm working on a wooden base with my
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logo or any other logo or you can just
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buy these plain to where you only have
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just the wood cap and the wood base with
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no logo
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so
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pretty much really good
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the other mod that i would use is the
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anti popcorning this is also 3d printed
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and this is also from speedy 3d
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creations
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and this works very very well especially
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when it's in here like this as you see
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here speedy 3d creations
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and that just allows for because of
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popcorning when so pretty much
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popcorning is just like it sounds when
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the beans are in here and they start
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popping up uh pretty much as long as it
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goes down with force they say that you
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can get uneven grinds and it can lead to
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channeling and it just takes longer to
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grind as well so with this device it
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really does help now i have heard some
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people say that the hole is too small
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you could cut that out a little bit more
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with a knife if you really wanted to
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and the beans get stuck and they don't
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all grind through unless you kind of
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move them down
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while the grinder is off let me clarify
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so again
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these are all mods for the df-64 grinder
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losing my voice here
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about choked on something
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yeah don't do that
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all right so again these are all mods
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that you can buy for a df64 grinder now
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i did see jeffrey's comment saying if
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you spend 500 on the grinder
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why should you add mods i mean that's
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like for anything
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you can spend
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700 on a barista express
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and upgrade mods a vst basket
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ims shower screens
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different portafilters
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bottomless portafilters i mean
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it's all preference you don't have to
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mod the df-64 to make it better
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i do think that it does make it better
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adding mods
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but stock it is still good as long as
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you don't mind the cleanup a little bit
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so
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there is ups and downs to everything you
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don't have to mod anything if you don't
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want to
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totally up to you
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uh let's see if anyone has any questions
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let me know in the comments below if
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anyone's interested in a wooden uh
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dylan's home espresso bar cap for df64
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or just a wooden cap in general let me
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know in the comments below as well as
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also with the wooden base for the
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machine
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um
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but yeah let me know in the comments but
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these are the best mods i would say that
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i have come across for the df-64
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um if you guys are interested in any of
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these mods let me know down in the
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comments below and also i will post all
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the links to these as well
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except for
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the actual 3d printed because that is
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pretty much either someone sends it to
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you or you have a 3d printer that you
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can download the actual file to print on
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thingiverse or thingsverse
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um let's see do you ever do rdt before
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you grind for pour over does that fix
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the static issue
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um i honestly don't have too too much
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static issue
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for the df-64 now with the
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with the new
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collars that you can put on the cups
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it definitely
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eliminates the need for rdt i try to
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stay away from rdt method just because
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over time it could rust the inner parts
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of your burr
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i know that's in a rare case but
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i just like to keep the beans how they
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are i think that they are good it also
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depends on where you live
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the moisture of the area that you are as
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well
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so again totally depends on your method
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and what you guys find works for you
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so
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if you guys don't have any more
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questions
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um i hope you guys enjoyed the video
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kind of keep it simple here uh i
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appreciate all of you guys love and
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support make sure to check out my etsy
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page and dylan's almost wrestle bar for
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all of my products that i sell online
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and until next time i will see you guys
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in another video again a big thank you
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to joe from espresso outlet for sending
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me this grinder uh for review on my
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channel as well as the heat exchanger
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espresso machine
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one more question here
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kevin said great video thank you so much
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kevin
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um
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damian said would you recommend the
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df-64 for the barista express over the
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stock grinder
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absolutely i think there's just so much
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more
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versatility that you have with the df-64
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grinder over the barista express grinder
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the built-in don't get me wrong the
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built-in barista express grinder is
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really good however
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it's not good for pour over so if you
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are into pour overs i would definitely
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look at getting a better grinder so that
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you have a more versatile grinder for
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pour over and espresso so
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hope that answers your question and this
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is 500 so really cheap i heard that they
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did go up in price i'm not really sure
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how much but definitely good to snag it
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if you can
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alright so i don't see any more
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questions i thank you guys so much for
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your love and support and i will catch
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you guys on another video
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coming soon this week so make sure to
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stay tuned for it and i'll see you guys
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later peace