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This machine has made one Gluten Free Baker Happy

I just had the first slice (ok, two slices!) made in my new Zojirushi that I got for Christmas! I picked this machine because Zojirushi BBCCX20 Bread Machinewas supposed to be good for gluten free bread due to its programmability. Well, I’m happy to report that the bread turned out very well. The machine has a horizontally oriented bread pan instead of vertical, more like an actual oven, and two little mixing paddles in the pan instead of one. The two paddle thing results in a slightly bumpy top (two slightly raised circles on the top) but I think i could smooth that out if i was so inclined after the mixing cycle before the raising cycle. Also doesn’t matter at all since you slice the bread. Nice flakey crust, too! I was able to completely customize the baking cycle using the homemade cycle, and had it just raise one time with no beating down phase. (the typical beating down periods of most machines are hard on gluten free breads and discourages them from rising.) I set it for 20 min. warming, one kneading period of 13 minutes, one rising of 1 hour, baking for 1 hour and then no warming afterwards. I made Bette Hagman’s basic white featherlight bread, and I liked both the recipe and the machine. So, yay! I would recommend this machine. The only negative is that it is large and takes up a fair amount of horizontal space on the counter. I’m so glad to have a bread machine again! We sold ours when we moved to Japan over three years ago… it’s been too long!

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Wednesday, August 4th, 2010 Uncategorized Comments Off

Very accurate as a result uselul gadget it is worth theo- money

I bought mine from harbor freight, an good-looking choice if there is a store nearby. None of these mills are ready into run out of the box, a considerable total of cleaning as a result fine tuning is needed first. However, someone who is interested enough in the intricacies of machining wish not find these tasks much of a problem. The harbor freight mill has the annoying 0.060″/turn axis, but i solved that with a sumatech digital readout kit. Another good economical prize in Grizzly G8689 Milling Machine is yadro. To save smooth more, just mount cheap digital calipers into the axis as a result read them directly. The bottom line is that you wish spend at least as much as you did on the mill outfitting it with bits, vises, clamps, as a result useful improvements like the gas spring as a result belt drive modifications. However, once you’ve spent about $1,000, you wish have a capable as a result accurate little system shop on your workbench. For a small machine, it is surprisingly powerful. I’ve cut difficult into system materials like stainless steel on it, breaking a few bits in the process but so far no parts of the system itself.

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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010 Uncategorized Comments Off