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- Yesterday, 5:02 pm
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 7
- Views: 361
Shot inconsistencies with SSP Cast LS
I had the same issue with mine. I thought my issues were related to the amount of spring pressure pushing the stationary burr against the adjuster on my grinder, which is a Titus Nautilus. I don't think my Nautilus was designed with this burrset in mind as the burrset wasn't available when the grind...
- Yesterday, 10:51 am
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 49
- Views: 6388
La Marzocco Swan grinder released
I'm told that mine is the first Swan order received by LM USA. I should be able to answer a lot of questions on this grinder in a couple of weeks. This will be my first conical in a while. I have an EK43, WW EG-1 with core burrset and a Titus Nautilus with HU burrset
- April 12th, 2024, 2:15 pm
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 49
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La Marzocco Swan grinder released
The Swan has a straight through flow path, with rotating outer burr and stationary inner burr. There's an AC voltage field that dissipates static charge in the ground coffee and the claim from La Marzocco is that retention is zero. As I mentioned, I was given a tour of a prototype of the Swan severa...
- April 12th, 2024, 11:00 am
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 49
- Views: 6388
La Marzocco Swan grinder released
Hi there: Where is the 10-15 gm prior to getting a fresh dose value from? Is that a desire from people or a product claim for the Swan. I went through the videos currently on You tube and didn't hear of such a value. All discussion was on zero retention, unless I missed something. -Greg
- April 12th, 2024, 10:07 am
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2071
The claim that perfect grinder alignment is insignificant
More boulders is what I would have expected. -Greg
- April 10th, 2024, 5:33 pm
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 23
- Views: 2071
The claim that perfect grinder alignment is insignificant
Depends on the grinder and burr type - flat or conical. Flat burrsets are pretty insensitive to axial misalignment and axial runout - the conditions where the rotational axis of the rotating burr is not concentric with the center axis of the stationary burr, or where the two axes may or may not be c...
- April 10th, 2024, 4:13 pm
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 49
- Views: 6388
La Marzocco Swan grinder released
I was given a tour of one of the Swan prototypes at Host in 2019. The static charge elimination scheme is really brilliant, and solves a problem that vexes all commercial cafes and most home users. RDT is the traditional fix for static charge in grinders. RDT helps reduce static charge, but it doesn...
- March 19th, 2024, 12:22 pm
- Forum: Knockbox
- Replies: 41
- Views: 914
Equations and boiler pressure
It's been a while since I've tuned any PID systems, but maybe this is helpful. As I recall, P is somewhat arbitrary. Pick a P that is conveniently fast to do what you want. Integral value depends on the behavior of the device. Insufficient I will have oscillation about the setpoint. This is called u...
- March 14th, 2024, 8:55 am
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 9
- Views: 656
Nuova Simonelli single lever espresso machine
Pretty interesting shop you have there. Did you shoot those photos? Does that plane fly? Anyway, I can't answer your question, although I'm surprised that your machine worked perfectly after 30 years of storage. The North American distributor for Nuova Simonelli is Nuova Distribution, in Ferndale Wa...
- March 2nd, 2024, 7:51 pm
- Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
- Replies: 3
- Views: 232
Unknown espresso machine
Plenty of parts missing on the outside. Is there no manufacturer's plate with information on it? I would not bother with it. -Greg