As Usual Im late to the game  if you have not seen this its here and Most
Excellent:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyYI_zHw5TM&feature=relatedIm hoping to some how keep up to date on this machine either here or email
from SM
that being said, I much prefer a calibrated reference when I roast and use
the i-roast 2 with a Taylor long probe thermometer through
the top that gets positioned in the bean mass at close to the same point
each roasting cycle.
its not that that temp "is" the roasting beans temp but it is reproducible
enough for the system that then I modify my roasts
based on that temp
it seems to me that the dial temp probe on the M3 might be positioned lower
so that it can stay in the bean mass rather than add on a
K or J wire which periodically would need to be replaced.
hoping for the best that this machine might evolve into a very nice addition
for the home roaster.
and it does look mighty fine too!
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i was wow'd by the video as well.  would have a hard time NOT buying it.
Michael
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It's not ready to market, just a well thought-out and executed prototype.
Wish I had such a prototype with heater problems. Electric heaters and
motors are non-problems here.
"...a hard time NOT buying it." My Celtic Critic says No! The H-D is still
waiting for the big freeze in the Place of Fabled Heat.
-ro
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