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Post by pappy on Aug 5, 2014 14:58:48 GMT -5
I'm having a problem with the cutting blade on my Champion, and I am wondering if anyone else has seen this. After my last batch of nibs, I noticed that the base of the cutter was dark and frayed (see attached image). This is disturbing to me since I only put about 4-5 batches of nibs through before this happened. I was going to just cut the frayed ends off, but I'm concerned that new ones would form and maybe even get into the chocolate. So to be on the safe side I'm just getting a new cutter. But at $35 a pop, I obviously don't want to do this very often. Any ideas as to why this happened? Improper usage? Bad cutter? I have tried to be very careful about not pushing the tamper too hard, because I've noticed that the feed tube (and in fact the entire unit) gets really hot after only a few pounds of nibs. But it's also been my experience that you have to push the tamper down at least a little or the nibs will sometimes just sit at the bottom of the tube and not feed through. Anybody else seen this or heard about something similar?
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Post by timwilde on Nov 21, 2014 2:30:04 GMT -5
I checked the pic out, are you sure that's not just chocolate liquor? I've noticed when I use the Champion, the liquor goes all over the place, sometimes even getting in and behind the cutter.
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