@timwilde
• 8 years ago
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Posted a response to
"Please help, chocolate not looking as good as it should."
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Off the bat, I can say that honey may cause issues. Honey contains water, and water and chocolate dont mix. It can cause the chocolate to seize..."
@timwilde
• 8 years ago
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Posted a response to
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"Powell and Jones: Tim You are correct in that HDPE can take 110C or more, however one of it's less useful properties is its high thermal..."
@timwilde
• 8 years ago
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Posted a response to
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"so, I *think* I have a mystery solved. At least for the seizing wheels anyway. The way that the axle became coated as shown in the pics, the..."
@timwilde
• 8 years ago
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"I'll try the cb lubing the shaft and see if that helps. The batches I do are typically 100oz batches. (6.25lbs/2.8kg) The 12 hour mark was there..."
@timwilde
• 8 years ago
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Posted a response to
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"Something to note though, I've tested and shown that just the act of refining (no added heat in a room temp of 72F) gets the chocolate up to 146F...."
@timwilde
• 8 years ago
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Posted a response to
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"And yes, the expoxies are the only things that have an issue with the heat. Based on what I've been able to find ; which I'll admit is not much so..."
@timwilde
• 8 years ago
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"Yes, the wheels will move slightly from side to side down the axle shaft when clean. They spin freely, and no vertical(up and down) movement when..."
@timwilde
• 8 years ago
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Posted a response to
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"Here's the pics of the seized assembly at each step of cleaning.
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@timwilde
• 8 years ago
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Posted a response to
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"To reiterate: when I got the machines in October. I unpackaged them, ran them under hot water and mild soap and used a scrubbing brush. That was to..."
@timwilde
• 8 years ago
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Ok, because of the 2am cleanup finishing around 3am, a little slow at getting the pics up. However, the lube appears to be cb with granite dust...."
@timwilde
• 8 years ago
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Posted a response to
"What the Chocolate Industry Needs is A $100 Bar of Chocolate"
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I'm just going by the blurb that was in the description.
Quote:
But these ‘diamonds of cacao’ – prized for fine-flavor – are vanishing … their..."