Old Mr. Dudley Internationl Coffee Grinder

so I have just picked up a Mr. Dudley coffee grinder, its old has a cast iron top and a wood box on the bottom. Has anybody ever used one of these? It seems pretty straight forward just wondering if there are any tricks to these things.

Beans in the top

Grounds come out the bottom.

Sorry here it is

And I got the beans on top grounds on the bottom

Sweet find!

I've never used one of those particular ones, but I've never heard of any tricks to using a hand grinder. You may need to play around with it to get it set for the grind you want, but that's about it. Just insert beans and crank.

I didn't even have to find it my father in law had it sitting on a shelf and I told him I thought it was pretty sweet and he just gave it to me. SCORE!

Replace the crank with a power drill.

Ahh it wasn't that bad I used it last night for the first time and the labor part was not terrible