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Don't worry, I am actually working on incorporating a language model that will replace the control knob ($49 per month for 3 use tokens per day) as well as blockchain based coffee batch identifiers

This is actually the only place I've posted it haha. Will incorporate feedback from here (especially more candid video content) before proceeding.

I filed for a patent a couple days ago on the burr assembly, and a design patent on the wood arch thing, but definitely not looking to prevent anyone from making their own. Only to prevent some massive company from running off with it or even patenting it since I'm never going to be that high profile.

It's petroleum based but it's not a thermoplastic. It's a really wonderful material though more expensive than you'd think.

Thank you!

It is definitely true that larger burrs have more surface area to retain grounds. In general, I think most people consider the tradeoff worth it in terms of flavor, especially because in my experience the coffee that builds up in the burr of any grinder is likely to stay there whereas coffee that sits in nooks and crannies around the chute is likely to get cycled each time.

The knocker is actually hidden within the hopper itself, you twist and release it and it knocks into the burr. The basic idea for the design is that you have 3 rings, and each of them is a touch point, the bottom turns it on, the middle adjusts the size, and the top is the knocker.

Thank you for noticing this, Oculo was a working name when the hopper looked more like an eye but now it doesn't! Clearly I've left some random references to the old name around. Could you point me to where in the shop it says Oculo?

Some day! The 9Barista is so cool, I think that was the first video of his that I watched actually

The ones out there now are wonderful, but quite huge and expensive because they rely on AC motors which sadly aren't very power dense and don't scale down well

Thank you!

I used fusion to design and printed ergonomic/partial prototypes on Prusa 3d printers. Then, I fortunately had a ton of manufacturing contacts because I have worked as somewhat of a production engineer before. Some parts were definitely difficult, especially the outer burr of the grinder (there were a couple viable ways to make it, but it is sometimes difficult to find a shop that is price competitive in say wire EDM machining and 5 axis CNC, or CNC and casting, so you have to get shops to coordinate with eachother) or the wood arch (because high volume wood shops are not nearly as technologically sophisticated as metalworking shops)

PCBway is a good option now, especially for 3D printed metal parts. They have CNC as well but they tend to struggle with anything that has complicated geometry or features. But 3D printing doesn't require approval, and for one offs is often cheaper.

I think I did make a mistake in not having the product in more real life environments. My kitchen is not very pretty so I set up a little photo area to capture all the images and video. Now I will find some kitchens to borrow.

Thank you so much, this really means a lot.

They are all real! But I definitely need to have more photos in actual environments.

There are actually no renderings on the website except for that one cross-section of the grinder, the internals are rendered there.

But absolutely, going to add more "banana for scale" photos asap