Very sorry to hear this and my thoughts are with you Doug and Barb. Take care

Thanks a lot. Some good info there and I'll try and source some of that 3M Scotch glue. Many thanks everyone for your help

Believe it or not you gave me too much credit. I have just tried it and it does in fact stay on pretty nicely. That may have to be the answer. It would be nice to glue it though if there was a way

I wasn't sure where to post this restoration project question but I hope someone might have an answer. I'm fixing up a La Peppina and it's missing the rubber trim that goes around the base of the machine. I found some nice EPDM channel strips that would do the job nicely. Unfortunately I'm having a ...

The millenium model has a teflon sleeve that screws inside the group. The last time I worked on one, I initially left the teflon sleeve alone and just replaced the piston seals. The group still dripped so I had to replace the seal around the teflon sleeve. Getting the sleeve out was not easy on mine...

I've never used an MCAL but I have used the Pavonis. They're capable of great shots with some practice. I've also used a Rocky for a year and I was never very happy with it. Personally the Pavoni is the only part of that package I would be interested in. There are much better grinders for the money

I have one machine that exhibits exactly the same issue but mine has done it from day one and it sits on a shelf because of that. Given that yours has been fine with the previous gasket it is rather perplexing. I had put my problem down to the fact that the groove that the gasket slots into on mine

Replacement kettles would be fantastic. I have a couple of Peppina with very tired kettles. I am very interested

You haven't changed beans recently have you? How old are the beans you're using? If the beans are stale, you'll get this sort of result, no matter how finely you grind them. Just a thought

It just sounds like your grind is not consistent. There could be lots of fines in it which may clog up the holes in the basket on one pull but not so much on the next. Once your Pharo arrives (lucky you), I'm quite sure your pulls will behave much more consistently