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Dubai's just too hot for me. Dune bashing's a lot of fun though 8-)"
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Dimond Atkins
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refining
Started this discussion. Last reply by Sebastian Nov 25, 2012. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Antique equipment
Started this discussion. Last reply by Dimond Atkins May 24, 2010. 3 Replies 0 Likes
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Omar Forastero replied to Dimond Atkins's discussion refining"AWesome I'll look into the 5 rolls and see what happens.
Yeah hiking in Lebanon is fun. Before moving to Dubai I used to go every weekend but I never met Vartok.cool name. it goes better on a psychedellic music artist if you ask me. :-)
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Sebastian replied to Dimond Atkins's discussion refining"Buehler makes a mighty fine series of 5 roll refiners. You may want to get a smaller pre-refiner (3 roll) to use in conjunction with the 5 roll.
I'd love for money not to be an issue 8-)
Lebanon eh - i used to go hiking in the…"
Omar Forastero replied to Dimond Atkins's discussion refining"Sebastian, as I mentioned, I will need an industrial machine, to be exact I would like to have the flexibility to produce up to 4000 Kgs a day. So if I consider money not being an issue (since It will be coming out of my employers pockets :) ) are…"
Sebastian replied to Dimond Atkins's discussion refining"What's the best color car, red or blue? Depends on what you value. There are lots of ways to particle size reduce. For me, the best one is a million dollar buehler refiner or an air classified mill. That's not going…"
Omar Forastero replied to Dimond Atkins's discussion refining"I stone grinded some chocolate the other day and realised it is the best method to achieve a better smoother tastier chocolate. Now because I am not using one at work and because I will need a large industrial refiner to match demand. I would love…"
holycacao replied to Dimond Atkins's discussion refining"Quantity will dictate the best grinding method. We've used stone grinders in the beginning and now use a hammer mill and 3 roll refiner. The hammer mill quickly grinds the nibs into a rough liquor. The roll refiners take longer to refine but…"
Duffy Sheardown replied to Dimond Atkins's discussion refining"The "best" method depend on what you are trying to achieve and what throughput you are aiming for. I have a 30kg granite grinder and use that to refine the nibs for a good few hours before adding other ingredients and starting the conching…"
Dimond Atkins posted a discussionrefining
After experimenting with various methods of refining, I'm about as lost as I can be. I'm trying to decide which is the most efficient and effective method - roll milling, ball milling, stone grinder, and pul.mill. I just want to get some idea as to what everyone prefers... Let me know...-DimondSee More
Dimond Atkins replied to Colin Gasko's discussion Melanguer and Longitudinal Conche For Sale...Still. in the group Classifieds - For Sale or Wanted"Hi,
I'm interested in the mel., please let me know if it's still avail.
Thanks"
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Classifieds - For Sale or Wanted
This is the group where ChocolateLife members can A) Advertise USED equipment for sale to other ChocolateLife members.B) Let other ChocolateLife members know that they are looking for equipment (new or used).See More
Dimond Atkins replied to Dimond Atkins's discussion Antique equipment"Thanks for the reply!! I looked all over and not sure how i missed that!"
Duffy Sheardown replied to Dimond Atkins's discussion Antique equipment"Check out the "Buy Sell group" and look for the April 15 post by Colin Gasko. Was sorely tempted myself but shipping to the UK would be expensive."
Mike replied to Dimond Atkins's discussion Antique equipment"I think there is one for sale in the classifieds here, but its pretty large."
Dimond Atkins posted a discussionAntique equipment
Hi everyone, If you were located in the U.S. and was looking for an antique stone melangeur, where would you look?Does anyone know where I could start; I've been looking through the post but no success. ThanksSee More
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