Grind setting conversion
Timemore Sculptor 064 vs Timemore Sculptor 078
Burr size within the same electric platform.
| Sculptor 064 | Sculptor 078 | |
|---|---|---|
| Brand | Timemore | Timemore |
| Scale | Numbered dial | Numbered dial |
| Dial range | 0 – 16 | 0 – 18 |
| Burrs | Flat | Flat |
| Espresso → filter | 3.5 numbers | 4 numbers |
| Filter → coarse | 12.5 numbers | 14 numbers |
The same number means different things
Both grinders use a numbered dial, which makes it tempting to copy a number straight across. Setting 8 sits at grind index 58 on the Sculptor 064 but 55 on the Sculptor 078 — close, but worth checking.
Converting a setting
If a recipe quotes a setting for one of these grinders, read across for the equivalent on the other. Rows are spaced evenly by grind size, not by dial number — on a conical burr those are not the same thing.
| Sculptor 064 | Sculptor 078 |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
| 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 2.1 | 2.6 |
| 2.6 | 3.1 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 3.9 | 4.4 |
| 6 | 6.7 |
| 8.1 | 8.9 |
| 10.2 | 11.1 |
| 11.8 | 13 |
| 13.2 | 14.7 |
| 14.6 | 16.3 |
| 16 | 18 |
| Sculptor 078 | Sculptor 064 |
|---|---|
| 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.1 |
| 2.6 | 2.1 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 |
| 4.4 | 3.9 |
| 6.7 | 6 |
| 8.9 | 8.1 |
| 11.1 | 10.2 |
| 13 | 11.8 |
| 14.7 | 13.2 |
| 16.3 | 14.6 |
| 18 | 16 |
Side by side, by brew method
Where each grinder lands for the same brew, worked out from its own dial curve.
| Method | Sculptor 064 | Sculptor 078 |
|---|---|---|
| Espresso | 0.7 | 0.8 |
| Moka pot | 2 | 2.5 |
| AeroPress (short steep) | 2.6 | 3.1 |
| Pour over — V60 / cone | 3.4 | 3.9 |
| Pour over — flat bottom | 4.8 | 5.3 |
| Drip / batch brew | 6 | 6.7 |
| Chemex | 8 | 8.8 |
| French press | 11.3 | 12.4 |
| Cold brew | 14 | 15.6 |
The shape of each dial
Where the connectors bunch, that grinder’s dial is compressed and single steps count for more. Comparing the two shapes tells you which gives finer control, and where.
Timemore Sculptor 064
Timemore Sculptor 078
Dialing in the Sculptor 064
Timemore's move upmarket into electric flat-burr grinding, with a genuinely usable espresso range unlike their hand grinders. Single dose oriented, and noticeably more consistent through filter than the C-series it sits above.
Dialing in the Sculptor 078
The larger-burr Sculptor, and the one with a caveat worth knowing before you buy. The plain 078 ships Timemore's Turbo — “ghost” — burrs: pyramid-cut, aimed at a unimodal grind with few fines and little heat, and built for pour over. Owners consistently report it will not go fine enough for espresso, and its adjustment is stepped where the 078S is stepless. If espresso matters, the 078S is the model with the flat burrs and the fine control; this one is a filter grinder that happens to be excellent at it. Seventeen numbers cover espresso through filter here, so the brew range has real resolution. Retention is genuinely low once the rotary knocker has cleared the chute.
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