How do you adjust the coarseness of the grind?
1516590
Hi Zack, To adjust the grind, unscrew the nut at the very top of the handle. Lift off the handle and you will see a tabbed washer that fits into a slotted retainer below it. Lift it until the tab is no longer in the adjustment slots below and turn it either counter clockwise, for a larger grind, or clock wise for finer, and drop it back into one of the slots in the retainer. Replace the handle and nut and test the grind. It's pretty responsive and you will notice a difference from as little as two or three notches in either direction. Keep tweaking until you get your desired grind. Hope this helps, Moses
1516591
Where the handle attaches to the shaft is a thumb screw. Loosen that and adjust the lever under that. It's easy.
1585691
There it's not a specific adjustment, but I control the grind by how long I grind the coffee. I use 10 pulses for regular grind; more pulses for finer coffee and less for coarser grind.
2085509
The more you turn screw on the bottom of the grinder out (counter clockwise) the coarser the grind should be. To make the grind finer, turn the peppermill upside down and turn the mill slightly back and forth like you are grinding. This will allow the pepper seeds to fall out of the grinding burr and make turning the adjusting screw easy to screw in.
177829
Remove the bottom half (where the grinds are caught), turn the knob right or left. It clicks as you turn it. Grind a few and look at the size. Compare that to the size you were using before and be happy because now your coffee tastes better!
590299
Hi Mary....In answer to your question, yes both the salt and pepper grinder have an adjustment on the bottom of each mill. Just turn the knob to the plus or minus clearly marked on the bottom to have a finer or coarser grind. You will love these but make sure you use new batteries. Each one takes four. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I enjoy mine. Sandy
1597366
You tighten / loosen a screw to adjust your grind. I keep an eye on the ground material and adjust the screw if needed as I go. As mentioned in other reviews, multiple grindings may be needed for your desired texture.
775196
Trial and error is the best method. Try a little grind at either extreme, then hit the halfway mark. Try a grind there...then adjust up or down depending on what works best for your preferences, and the beans you are using.
1093726
I've never tried, but you can adjust the grinding mechanism from fine to coarse so I'm guessing you could.
1041214
coarser seems to work best. The finer the grind clogs up the screed and the machine gets backed up
2222655
very easy, simply adjust the knob on the top of grinder; tighten for fine and loosen for coarse
1621972
The fineness of the grind can be adjusted by tightening or loosening the nut holding the burrs together, but it's a trial-and-error situation.
449658
The grinder is adjustable by a thumbscrew on the shaft directly under the grinding head at the bottom of the grinder unit. It's easy to adjust and you can get from fine to coarse bits. However, with the salt grinder, within a few weeks the thumbscrew got corroded on the shaft and adjustment was not possible afterwards.
1635617
There isn't a fixed number of settings; there's a little knob on the bottom of the grinder that you turn to adjust how fine or coarse you want your salt/pepper. So yes, you have a full range of options. (By the way, we've had ours for six months or so and *love* it.)
775613
I had this issue as well. I emailed customer service at Krups and they said "The settings are fine to coarse, left to right." I decided to see for myself and ground coffee at each of the extremes. Frankly they don't look that different, maybe the right-most setting seems more coarse, but it's not obvious. I'm wondering if my machine isn't working correctly.
555535
No, you can not adjust the grind size, this mill produces the grind through force unlike the grind mechanisms you will find in two-hand operated mills.
809369
If you want a coarse grind, this grinder can do it. You can recalibrate it to grind coarser than it does out of the box, but that is very easy to do and is documented in the manual. I suggest that you turn the knob to #1 and try it. If it is not coarse enough for you, use a 5/32" allen wrench to remove the screw from the knob, and turn the white adjuster to the left a little (two clicks), then replace the knob. Grind consistency is excellent with this grinder. To counter claims that the grinder spills grounds: I use a small rubber mallet to tap the grinder body and I don't have any problem. (Put a piece of tape on the grinder body to protect it from marring.) Almost any coffee grinder will be messy--even commercial ones. When cleaning the grinder, check that the two allen screws in the back of the grind adjuster are screwed firmly into the threaded holes. Tighten them with the 5/32" allen wrench. Mine had worked out (it caused no damage), but they haven't loosened since I tightened them.
1092530
Don't know about this machine specifically, but generally this means your grind isn't of the right coarseness or fineness.