calblacksmith Moderator Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 5,763 Location: Riverside, Ca, U.S.A. Expertise: I live coffee
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Posted Tue Sep 27, 2011, 11:05am Subject: Re: Need help identifying this Astoria Mazzer
Kind of hard to tell for sure but it does look like an older generation SJ, very much like my older model SJ. If there is a start position then it is an automatic model, if there is a wind up timer on the side, then it is the timer style...duh!
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Posted Tue Sep 27, 2011, 11:21am Subject: Re: Need help identifying this Astoria Mazzer
calblacksmith Said:
Kind of hard to tell for sure but it does look like an older generation SJ, very much like my older model SJ. If there is a start position then it is an automatic model, if there is a wind up timer on the side, then it is the timer style...duh!
What's the difference between the older and newer generation SJs? SJ looks like an SJ to me always (or without anything to scale, such as this photo, a Mini, SJ, and Major all sort of look the same aside from the Major's humongous hopper :) )
cwatson01 Senior Member Joined: 20 Sep 2011 Posts: 72 Location: USA Expertise: I live coffee
Posted Tue Sep 27, 2011, 11:30am Subject: Re: Need help identifying this Astoria Mazzer
The automatic has a microswitch that detects how much grinds are ground, and when it is full, it turns the grinder off. Then turns it back on when you use enough of the espresso to refill it.
The super jolly timer will grind for a certain amount of time, depending on how far back you turn the dial.
So if your switch has a simple two stage ON and OFF, its an automatic. But if it has a timer switch, it's a super jolly timer.
calblacksmith Moderator Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 5,763 Location: Riverside, Ca, U.S.A. Expertise: I live coffee
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Posted Wed Sep 28, 2011, 4:54am Subject: Re: Need help identifying this Astoria Mazzer
TheMadTamper Said:
What's the difference between the older and newer generation SJs? SJ looks like an SJ to me always (or without anything to scale, such as this photo, a Mini, SJ, and Major all sort of look the same aside from the Major's humongous hopper :) )
The older generation SJs have a "foot" that extends under the doser and is hollow or bowl shaped while the newer generation has a truncated foot that is much shorter and is more of a ledge than a foot.
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Feed the newbs, starve the trolls and above all enjoy what you drink!
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