Mogo,

Appreciate the hard work and patience you put into the two Olys. Congratulations on an amazing job and thanks for the great images.

A great pair!

Greg,

You've joined the ranks of karl with the two-group BezzeraOlympia FamilyCremia. I'm afraid you've got to get new handles turned for the Bezzera now. Its really a splendid pair,

PC

Beautiful job.

Thanks - all- I did forget , there will be one more post- I just got my confirmation that my custom tamper from Espressme will be here soon..... matching of course. Kind of nice that the Bezzera are both 49mm The new "Hammer" will do double duty!

Wow Greg... nice job!

Darn impressive!

Henry

I was going to post something about nice balls, lever pulling and real wood but then I realised how old I am

It all looks beautiful Greg, and that copper/bronze flam colour looks like the finish on my maximatic - if it is then the finish is even better than the photos!

sneaky.

I thought I would be able to give a few really nice shots of the tamper that Richard did for me to compete the set- Alas- the wife dropped the good digital camera at an event for the daughter-!Q!@#$$ ;>) Hi Honey , if you are reading..... So I will just be able to show you the one or two pictures Richard took of the hammer before he sent it to me - appropriately it arrived today on my 50th birthday- Nice touch and good timing Richard..! Thanks a lot.

Here is the base with a couple of tamps that Espressme has made for other folks




So adio's- Here is the tamper, all finished up, resting on Richards Cremina-It weighs in at 12 3/8 oz / 354 gm! The handle is made of the same turned African ebony and a solid bronze base with a American curve face- about 49.6mm------------ it fits like a glove should! Every shot I pull on either the Bezzera Club or the Cremina requires no inside basket-edge cleaning after tamping. The tamper fits so nice and tight that its is nothing but clean sides above the puck after polishing! What will I do with all that saved time? Hammer time is good!

.. saying goodbye.. It has been a fun thread....Good pulls to all..

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Original chrome vs. nickel plating.

I just got an e-mail from the guy who bought my '88 Cremina. He tells me the nickel plating is beginning to flake around the grouphead. I called High Lustre and told them to change my order on the other Cremina from nickel plating to polish only.

I was just reviewing this great thread and brought it up for others to enjoy. What a great read.
I kinda miss Greg's posts around this site. Doug hasn't been around in a while either.

Hey guys I sold the '86 to a fine fella out San Francisco way... I will miss it but with the 'C' Lever it was just sitting their looking pretty. I still have the original '67 that is needed at office and on special occasions at the house.