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by bronsht
August 5th, 2023, 8:17 am
Forum: Knockbox
Replies: 23
Views: 4814

How long do you use your milk once opened?

I'm sure I will get heck for this but since I buy two gallons of milk at Costco and since I only have one cappuchino per day plus about 3 ounces in my breakfast cereal, I portion out the milk. I use mason jars and freeze them. Depending upon size of jars, I take one out of the
by bronsht
February 9th, 2023, 12:06 am
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 4
Views: 152

Elektra Microcasa a Leva piston seal

Okay, got it. Use the ^ as reference. Thank you
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by bronsht
February 8th, 2023, 11:45 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 4
Views: 152

Elektra Microcasa a Leva piston seal

BHR thanks. I did find that. HB wrote, "The "V" gasket points downward. Think about it... " I may be overthinking this but that mean that the V is open at the top and the point is facing down? Or is the V put in as a caret: ^ ? I'm having
by bronsht
February 8th, 2023, 7:52 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 4
Views: 152

Elektra Microcasa a Leva piston seal

It's been a long while since used my machine and I am going to replace the two piston seals. Regarding the upper Vee shaped seal: Does the V shape go in so that the point of the V, like a caret is facing uppermost or does the point face downward as an upside down V? I searched
by bronsht
February 3rd, 2022, 7:14 pm
Forum: Water
Replies: 21
Views: 3158

Distilled water shortage

Where I live, Safeway hasn't had any distilled water since the pandemic began. Finally, Whole foods has their water machine back on line. I bring emptied gallon containers and fill them with deionized water. Their machine also dispenses RO water and mineralized water. It costs 49 cents (I expect the...
by bronsht
November 10th, 2021, 2:37 pm
Forum: Knockbox
Replies: 14
Views: 747

Knockbox Mold

I have a thrown together wood knockbox. I only drink two espressos each morning. I empty the box every day as the box is very small. With San Francisco humidity it just makes sense to get rid of the grounds this way
by bronsht
September 1st, 2021, 5:02 am
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 7
Views: 328

Reassembling E61 Lever: Mistakenly removed level while in down position

I was tutored by a forum member as follows: Take out the other valves. Install the lever unit first. Test that it operates up and down. Now put the lever in the down position and then install the upper valve. Test the throw of the lever. Now move the lever to the up position
by bronsht
August 27th, 2021, 1:49 pm
Forum: Repairs, Restorations & Mods
Replies: 6
Views: 1186

Rocket E61 Grouphead Rebuild Kits

Wachuko, How did you polish the lever cam shaft (and other pieces)? Mine are blackened. Thank you
by bronsht
August 11th, 2021, 1:30 pm
Forum: Water
Replies: 4
Views: 153

Can I plumb an espresso machine in this location?

Not sure that this reply helps you, but: Could the machine be removed to the left counter or the right counter? Would you still be able to run a water line(s)?
by bronsht
March 17th, 2021, 6:06 pm
Forum: Tips and Techniques
Replies: 30
Views: 1280

Fancy milk?

As I start to run out of the refrigerator milk I used to bring a jar of frozen to the refrigerator. One or two days before I would need it. It seemed fine to me but my taste buds are not great. You might get a quart of milk and put half of it up into the