La Cimbali M20 Lever?

by **Richard** on Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:07 pm

"La Cimbali M20 Hydrolic lever Espresso machine" running in a current eBay auction. Can anyone tell me what it actually is?

by **mogogear** on Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:26 pm

Some one else here knows about these guys. ... can't remember who. The main problem I see is that no where does it state it even works..... thats a big clarification to know before much else..

by **Richard** on Sat Dec 02, 2006 8:49 pm

Oh, indeed, there are issues with the listing, and it's not the first time that machine -- whatever it is -- has been on eBay.

My question is more basic: What is it?

by **Paul** on Sat Dec 02, 2006 10:50 pm

A very very good commercial lever machine. Has two springs (a'la automotive valve springs) per group. There is a thread on this board somewhere. Parts supply is good, it'd be worth having.

by **phijoa** on Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:07 am

Richard wrote:Oh, indeed, there are issues with the listing, and it's not the first time that machine -- whatever it is -- has been on eBay.

My question is more basic: What is it?

Richard,

This ain't no lever machine! I've got a M20 leva sitting in the kitchen. This is a automatic hydraulic group patented in 1958 by Cimbali - no lever and no pump; it operates under mains pressure. Here's a link to a diagram of the group:
http://www.oemmeci.it/catalogo/eng/cimba/cimba_10.php

Regards
Phillip

by **Richard** on Wed Dec 06, 2006 9:20 pm

phijoa wrote:This ain't no lever machine . . . no lever and no pump; it operates under mains pressure.

Thanks for the helpful info. That's a curious sort of beast.

by **E34felix** on Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:24 pm

phijoa wrote:Richard,

This ain't no lever machine! I've got a M20 leva sitting in the kitchen. This is a automatic hydraulic group patented in 1958 by Cimbali - no lever and no pump; it operates under mains pressure. Here's a link to a diagram of the group:
http://www.oemmeci.it/catalogo/eng/cimba/cimba_10.php

Regards
Phillip

Can you show me the link to the ebay auction?

by **zix** on Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:58 pm

A simple search on ebay with some of the words in the first post will find it for you.

by **Paul** on Thu Dec 14, 2006 7:40 pm

not the ebay machine, but same model.

My apologies for my mistake above, I was thinking of the lever version m15/20 I had seen referenced in parts catalogues.

by **phijoa** on Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:48 am

E34felix wrote:Can you show me the link to the ebay auction?

Here it is: http://masl.to/?F29A13F5E


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