I’m guessing that my one year aniversary is coming up with my drum # 27. From the get go I had a GREAT deal of difficulty getting the R clip provided in and out to open and secure the drum. I took the old fashoned approach and use a bit of bailing wire that seems to keep the lid in place pretty well, BUT…
In the Old forum, I mentioned that I had a fire in my drum and a rather scary moment for a while. I have now noticed that I have a ever growing pile of beans accumulating in the right rear of my grill. I’ve inspected the gap between lid and drum and can find NOTHING large enough to allow bean spillage but the pile grows.
Has anyone else had this problem and have you foudn a solution or cause?
Hello Walt. Let me send you a chain and new clip, and a selftapping screw.
It is easier to pull the clip with the chain attached and of course it doesn’t get lost.
The clip is designed to hold the door closed so no beans can escape.
The only way beans can get out of the drum is thru the door. As the drum is rotating the door is probably slipping open enought for some beans to escape. You can load your drum and rotate it for a couple of minutes with the lid open to see if this is happening.
Do you roast Yirg which are small beans and it doesn’t take much of a gap for beans to fall thru. 3/16" will do it.
I will send you a new clip assembly, give it a try and let me know how it works. If you try it and it is still hard to pull you can do a couple of things.
If the pin is hard to put in, take some sandpapper and sand the back edge of the clip untill it slides in with just a slight drag. If it is to loose it will fall out, or slip past the first notch and go all the way in, this will make it hard to pull out. another trick it to slip it in from the back side and use a thin blade screwdrive to pull it out. Just slide it thru the big loop on the clip and pull straigh back.
Ron I’m assuming you still have my address on file and I’m anxious to see if a new and improved clip design will help my situation but I’m not sure I understand the difference between your clip and the bailing wire I’m incerting through the clip hole will be..
Though I didn’t go into great detail. I cut a 2 inch piece of electric fence wire, incert it through the hole the clip goes into and twist it into a shape like those “Support out Troup” ribbon type maginets you see all over cars these days.
The wire stays in place throughout the roast. A few moves with needle nosed pliares get it out and it’s reuseable for 4-7 roasts. At about $6 for a quarter of a mile roll, I think i have a lifetime supply.
Like I said I look forward to a new and improved clip design and am willing to try anything, but I’m not sure I’m seeing a difference.
Yes, one of my favorites IS Yemin and I know the tiny beans are more likley to leak, but It’s not what I ALWAYS roast and it seems to build up fast.