Deadline Extended To January 16th So Jonas Has Time To Submit, Too!!!
(I guess it’s good to be the boss…)
We’ve noticed that a fair amount of you have begun designing/building mods to capture stray beans during the bean dump. So, we’ve decided to throw a little contest. To the person who can come up with the best design for a ‘bean guard’ or whatever you’d like to call it, we’re offering an Aillio espresso kit: Tamper, Mat, and Knockbox. And also a bag of nice green coffee.
Entries will be judged according to such factors as: aesthetics, ease of production, effectiveness, innovation, etc. Don’t expect anything too formal, however. (Or even for the judging to be fair! )
(Tip: it would appear that, so far, most of you have focused your designs around the faceplate, but we encourage you all to ‘think outside the drum’, so to speak.)
Please attach your entries to this thread. Step files, renderings, drawings, and finished products are all okay. We’ve tried to make it possible for you to upload any relevant file extensions, but if you have any problems don’t hesitate to ask.
My “prototype” that I’ve used for a few roasts is not pretty, has no aesthetic value but it does work. I took an old 5 gallon paint bucket, cut it down to 5” tall, cut out the bottom leaving about 1/2” width and then cut out about 5” of one side, wide enough to allow for the bean chute. This sits perfectly on top of the cooling tray. I put it in place just before dropping the beans and then remove once all of the beans have dropped. Like I said, not pretty but gets the job done.
I do not have a cad drawing, just a cardboard template I use, made of SS 24g hand cut and formed. I have a spare sample I can send if needed. Good Luck to all!
is it possible to share the 3D cad file of the external form of the bullet with all useable screw attachment locations? In step format. I would like too design a bean guide and it would save some measuring time add help with guesswork. I have some good ideas, but hate to make dimensional assumptions.
I have my bullet just a couple of months. I have cut out 2 quarters of a circle in firm plastic. Very cheap, easy to create, washable…And last but not least, it works fine.
Here is my design. I really wanted to cut out and make a working prototype but ran out of time. Anyways, my idea would be to put some rare earth magnets inside the legs so fins can easily pop on and off without any screws and be a little bit adjustable as well. Here is a little video. Let me know what you think!
Thanks to everyone for submitting your ideas. Sorry it took forever to judge. I had a small biking accident that held me back.
Patric: Very simple solution of mounting a deflector directly on the cooling tray was something I was looking into as well. I do think that they could be a lot smaller. Beauty of this ideas is that it can be lasercut as one flat piece.
Erics idea of using a magnet through the plastic is great as it does not scratch anything on the front of the Bullet.
It would be great if we could make these drawings available to everyone.
I could also help draw them up and make them availble for 3D printing / lasercutting.
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