Arin spring lever

by **ManualWorker** on Wed May 25, 2011 2:01 pm

Greetings to all lever enthusiasts out there. I just purchased an old lever "Arin" from a Spanish site. The machine needs some serious TLC, but more seriously, the (tiny) filter that came with it has some cracks in it and I'm sure it won't work once I get up and going. Does anyone know where I could get a replacement? It's 53mm, but according to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jhq0f74zOmM, neither Saeco nor Spaziale filters will work. Apart from the inestimable resource of Mr Ceccarelli http://www.francescoceccarelli.eu/arin.htm and the video snippet on YouTube, I can't seem to find any info on these machines on the internet.

by **peacecup** on Wed May 25, 2011 2:05 pm

I've seen a few Arins around, but nobody has written about one here. I hope you get it working so we can see how the espresso is.

by **yakster** on Wed May 25, 2011 3:45 pm

You might want to check with Orphan Espresso to see if they have a basket that might fit.

Also, this site here (http://www.francescoceccarelli.eu) has some more information on the Arin.

Thanks for posting the pictures.

by **hbuchtel** on Wed May 25, 2011 10:43 pm

Beautiful machine! I love the style.

First I've heard of it though, so I can't offer any help re the baskets...

by **ManualWorker** on Thu May 26, 2011 11:34 am

I'll have to refurbrish my new home before starting work on this one. Eventually it will end up as the "work enabler" in my new music studio in the basement. Rather looking forward to that... Until then I hope to have found a solution to the filter problem. Stay tuned :wink:

by **v12man** on Thu May 26, 2011 2:47 pm

If you can measure that up and post the measurements in mm, I can compare that against both an Isomac 53mm basket and an SM basket - both nominally 53mm, but not exactly identical at all - the SM being ever so slightly bigger.

Guy

by **ManualWorker** on Fri May 27, 2011 10:39 am

Here's a side view of the filter basket. It's actually 52mm inside diametre, 53,4 outside (underneath the rim). Depth 16mm tapering from 6 mm to a diametre of ca 33mm.

by **v12man** on Mon May 30, 2011 3:46 am

Hi

The Isomac 53mm single basket is:

54.6mm under the lip
60 mm diameter at the rim - biggest possible measurement
20.5mm high
+- 35mm diameter across the flat at the bottom
+- 11mm vertical before the flat.

The depth seems to be the biggest issue.

The SM basket is bigger, too big to fit in an Isomac portafilter, so from your sizing I assume it's of no use.

by **ManualWorker** on Mon May 30, 2011 5:38 am

Thanks a bunch v12man. That seems to be just a tad too big as there isn't much extra room in that portafilter. I'm waiting for an answer from Barb over at OE on the issue. If he can't help I suppose it's a lost case...

I don't really have a clue about metalwork, but I'm starting to wonder whether it would be possible to fix the old one by soldering or some related technique?

As they say in French : affaire à suivre.

Cheers!

by **orphanespresso** on Mon May 30, 2011 6:43 am

Is the room in there for a double basket? The whole thing has a Gaggia look to it but they are 58mm all the way. Maybe an Olympia big basket. Or a twist basket or enen a Bacchi, if it would hold a double.


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