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Restoring old Probat sample roaster

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Link to "Restoring old Probat sample roaster"by zapty on Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:22 am

Just bought an old 3 barrel Probat sample roaster to go with the Maggiolino and some antique roasters I already own.
Am just waiting for it to be delivered, this will be a hobby project to restore but it looks to be in good condition already.
Anybody on this forum restore one of these before?

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Link to "Restoring old Probat sample roaster"by Jacob on Tue Jun 12, 2007 5:37 am

Not the same roaster, but here is a story of a restoration (the epic journey):

http://coffeesnobs.com.au/YaBB.pl?num=1121040424

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Link to "Restoring old Probat sample roaster"by zapty on Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:33 am

Thanks Jacob,

I'll check out the article...
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