Wig-wam Weiss Distribution Device for WDT

[maurice]

I'm too impatient to poke around in my portafilter with just a single point, so I've...

(a) got together a bundle of about 8 wooden cocktail sticks
(b) wound a rubber band around them at one end
(c) woven a bit of flexible plastic in between the tops of the sticks, to keep them separate

...resulting in a single 8 pointed clump-separating device!

maurice

[miKe mcKoffee]

I'm too impatient to poke around in my portafilter with just a single point, so I've...

Cute wig-wam.

I'm too impatient to poke around in my PF with anything single point or otherwise. That and Stockfleth's has worked fine for quite some time no channeling naked shots so feel no need to pick up a stick of any kind. Actually made an improvement in consistency when I quit picking up a stick tongue depresser ala Dr. John to level and started just flowing from Stockfleths distribution to finger leveling.

[Ken Fox]

I'm too impatient to poke around in my portafilter with just a single point, so I've...

(a) got together a bundle of about 8 wooden cocktail sticks
(b) wound a rubber band around them at one end
(c) woven a bit of flexible plastic in between the tops of the sticks, to keep them separate

...resulting in a single 8 pointed clump-separating device!

maurice

If you decide to go into production, I suggest marketing these to non-Asians for use in Chinese restaurants. This would make short work of some of those small slippery pieces that are hard for the inept to pick up with chop stix.

EDIT: 15 August 2006:

In response to a PM: (1) this is a joke; (2) the implication is that Asians know how to use chop stix and non-Asians do not, hence this is not a "racial slur" but rather complimentary to Asians who have this skill and critical of "non-Asians" who do not.

ken

[mrgnomer]

Cute wig-wam.

I'm too impatient to poke around in my PF with anything single point or otherwise. That and Stockfleth's has worked fine for quite some time no channeling naked shots so feel no need to pick up a stick of any kind. Actually made an improvement in consistency when I quit picking up a stick tongue depresser ala Dr. John to level and started just flowing from Stockfleths distribution to finger leveling.

I find the same thing too with a double- a modified Stockfleth's move then a four corner finger levelling works great for good, even extractions. Recently I stopped doing a hand stand tamp and finish polish and tamp just enough to feel even compression and spin polish with slight pressure all using a slightly finer grind. The shots extract really well- thicker and deeper in character.

For single shots I find that dosing is a bit tricky. A dose to the top of the rim for a good Stockfleth's move is too much so the Weiss distribution and a leveling with a slightly convex edged scraper then tamp packs down to a puck that locks in without scraping the showerscreen. I've thought about pins embedded in wooden handle to speed up the distribution. The wig-wam is a cool idea.

[eelee]

How about this. I just like to make tools.

[Ken Fox]

How about this. I just like to make tools.

When not being used for espressomaking, this device has a future as a gag, put on the chair for unsuspecting dinner guests.

[mrgnomer]

How about this. I just like to make tools.

Neat idea! I don't think my wife would go for chopping down a good wisk, though. I also wouldn't want to try to pass through airport security with one and try to explain what it's for

[maurice]

How about this. I just like to make tools.

Nice! What's it like in practice? Are the spikes long enough to reach the bottom of the coffee in the basket?

[eelee]

Neat idea! I don't think my wife would go for chopping down a good wisk, though. I also wouldn't want to try to pass through airport security with one and try to explain what it's for

My wife has so many of them, however I asked for permission. Here is another tool I made with my wife's stuff.


Knock box

[eelee]

How about this. I just like to make tools.

Nice! What's it like in practice? Are the spikes long enough to reach the bottom of the coffee in the basket?

Thanks, you can cut any length you want from a whisk. I do not use it for making my coffee.
I try to do the process as simple as passable. May be I can use it for a latte art
Here is another needle I made.

[The_Mighty_Bean]

How about this. I just like to make tools.

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The S&M industry called. They'd like to try a test production run.


Kidding, that's really cool.

-tmb

[Spresso_Bean]

Now take those multiple-ended parts and attach them to something that spins - a cordless drill/screwdriver, kids spin pop candy handle, etc. to give it some power. I've been using a jumbo paperclip that's bent into a sort of U shape so there are two ends, and it works well. I just like motorizing things.

[Nick]

If you decide to go into production, I suggest marketing these to non-Asians for use in Chinese restaurants. This would make short work of some of those small slippery pieces that are hard for the inept to pick up with chop stix.

EDIT: 15 August 2006:

In response to a PM: (1) this is a joke; (2) the implication is that Asians know how to use chop stix and non-Asians do not, hence this is not a "racial slur" but rather complimentary to Asians who have this skill and critical of "non-Asians" who do not.

ken

Ken, despite your disclaimer... it's offensive.

It's "sticks," not "stix." Although I've never been called a "stick" myself, if I were one, I'd be culturally offended by the abbreviated form, "stix." If I were more overweight, I'd be offended by the word "chunx."

[Marshall]

Ken, despite your disclaimer... it's offensive.

It's "sticks," not "stix." Although I've never been called a "stick" myself, if I were one, I'd be culturally offended by the abbreviated form, "stix." If I were more overweight, I'd be offended by the word "chunx."

What's funnier is the Vietnamese places that keep chopsticks on hand for the Caucasians who demand them, because they think it's the "authentic" way to eat all Asian foods, including pho.