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by ira
March 26th, 2024, 3:10 pm
Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
Replies: 7
Views: 242

(Ab)using the Europiccola to pull coffee instead of espresso

A lot of effort in this arena has been done recently with the Decent
by ira
March 24th, 2024, 11:00 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 443
Views: 61101

The Meticulous Home Espresso Machine (Kickstarter)

If you want to know, find my threads on the Decent Basecamp. This is a Meticilous thread, not going to take it even farther away
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by ira
March 24th, 2024, 12:30 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 443
Views: 61101

The Meticulous Home Espresso Machine (Kickstarter)

The Meticilous will do much better at exactly following flow based profiles as it is capable of controlling that perfectly, unlike the Decent which just makes educated guesses. I guess if you're trying to make a smart profile that tries to figure out the best way to finish a shot during the shot the...
by ira
March 23rd, 2024, 1:03 pm
Forum: Espresso Machines
Replies: 16
Views: 479

Lights flicker in house, when espresso machine is on (Alex Leva).

You might also try getting a couple of large snap on ferrite beads to put around the incoming lines in the machine. No promises but it might help if the problem is noise and not the voltage dropping. I would try 3 or 4, one on each wire from the power cord inside the machine and then one on the
by ira
March 21st, 2024, 7:50 pm
Forum: Knockbox
Replies: 9
Views: 314

Custom Silicone Corner Tamping Mat

I'm not sure what a tamping mat is other than a chunk of silicon sheet, but if you search the internet for silicon sheet you'll find a number of companies that make and sell that in all sorts of thicknesses, durometers and colors. If you can find something suitable you might be able to get a small s...
by ira
March 17th, 2024, 1:01 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 2
Views: 83

Help: De-rating Athena Leva 3 Group

That's how my Rancilio is, I'd assume yours is the same. Looks like you've got seeping around two of the bolts in the picture, probably want to fix that some day
by ira
March 14th, 2024, 7:08 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 3
Views: 48

La San Marco 85-16m-3 Rebuild

It's possible they drained the boiler as you're supposed to but water remained in that small tube
by ira
March 14th, 2024, 6:58 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 3
Views: 48

La San Marco 85-16m-3 Rebuild

Both split might mean the machine froze
by ira
March 13th, 2024, 2:25 am
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 7
Views: 263

Damage assessment help - Plugged 110V espresso machine into 220V outlet

I only point it out because what you did, clearly was not enough so rather that looking at what you did do, ask what you can do to make sure it never happens again. Or that's how I try to think about these things. Being in a small business like you are is all about word of mouth and if
by ira
March 12th, 2024, 9:03 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 7
Views: 263

Damage assessment help - Plugged 110V espresso machine into 220V outlet

If I was guessing, I'd assume nothing else got hurt unless they left it turned on for a long time and all the relays were activated. Next time you do this, you might consider TyWrapping a label to the end of the power cord with its power requirements