Lowering the drip tray grid...

by **duke-one** on Fri Nov 18, 2011 3:10 pm

The drip tray grid on my new Linea is a bit high for my favorite mugs, it works but the cup jams a bit under the p.f. Has anyone trimmed the tray grid to lower it? I have tin shears but not sure they will cut this gauge of metal cleanly. Need to cut about ¼" or so to make it work, or is there an aftermarket grid or other fix out there?
KDM

by **jonny** on Fri Nov 18, 2011 4:31 pm

Well it's stainless steel. I wouldn't think tin sheers would cut it. (pun intended.) Espresso machine parts are pretty expensive to do an irreversible mod to. Have you tried a bottomless pf? or pulling shots into a shot glass and pouring it in your mugs? I think that is a much safer, easier method.

by **duke-one** on Fri Nov 18, 2011 5:38 pm

Jonny; Have the bottomless pf and I am a proponent of pulling the shot into the cup it will be consumed from to not lose crema. The tray grid could be replaced if I really botched the trim job. Maybe a job for my bench grinder? Or a stone in a drill?
KDM

by HB on Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:17 pm

Or get another mug. :roll:

by **ira** on Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:20 pm

Can you put it in upside down? There's no picture so I've no clue if that makes sense or not.

Ira

by **yakster** on Fri Nov 18, 2011 8:37 pm

I don't have a visual of the Linea drip tray in my mind, but I usually go to a Dremel tool with a cut-off wheel when I want to trim metal. Not always the prettiest, mind you, and you'll have to be careful to make sure you trim it evenly and wear safety glasses, but it should get the job done if your dead set on it.

When I pull an Americano for the Wife on my La Peppina, I pull the drip tray lid out and rest the cup in the bottom of the drip reservoir of the base, but the La Peppina has a closed drip pan at the bottom with a grate covering it unlike most espresso machines. Even when I do this, I still have to tilt the cup to get it under the portafilter spouts, and making the La Peppina bottomless means that you lose the handle since it attaches to the spouts and not the basket holder.

by **duke-one** on Sat Nov 19, 2011 2:04 pm

Thanks all for the tips: I have a Dremel and might give that a try. Or just pull the grid when using those tall cups which I'm so used to having used them for many many years.
KDM

by **Randy G.** on Sat Nov 19, 2011 3:50 pm

Easy solution, file off the tips of the spouts until the cup fits.. In other words, don't lower the river, raise the bridge.

by **duke-one** on Sat Nov 19, 2011 5:37 pm

Randy: Already bottomless, if that is what you meant.
KDM

by **mitch236** on Fri Nov 25, 2011 1:30 pm

I wouldn't cut anything! Why not just remove the grid panel when you use your mug?


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