45mm bottomless portafilters?

[Adrock]

Sorry to bring up an old topic, but there doesn't appear to have been much discussion about this for about a year.

Has anything changed since then? Is one available for purchase somewhere now? Are there some more innovative ideas for creating one?

As a newbie, a bottomless pf might be bad for my psychological health. Nevertheless, the good pulls look soo nice!

[narc]

There are a number of talented H-Bers who may be willing to convert a portafilter for you.

espressme (Richard Penney) has on couple occasions created some beautiful brass Newd, NaKid portafilters when the number of orders were sufficient.

[HB]

Any machine shop can cut the hole for you in less than 10 minutes. You'll pay anywhere from $20 to $40, depending on how busy they are. Otherwise you can do it yourself with a hole saw, or send it out. EspressoParts will do it for $25, though call first to confirm they have the tooling for smaller portafilters. Last I spoke with Lino (profile), he'll also do it for $25 and he has a huge metal lathe to do it right (he makes the "Verna Original" bottomless for Chris' Coffee).


From The Mind and Machines of Verna Design

[aindfan]

Well here comes this topic just as I start thinking I may have gotten lazy with my distribution because there's no bottomless PF on the Lusso to keep me honest. Thanks for the PF cut reminders! Now I just need to find a spare... anyone have a cheap Ponte Vecchio or Sama PF they'd be willing to send my way? (OK, I'll save it for the CoffeeGeek Buy/Sell/Trade forum.)