For all of you that have emailed me in the past week or so, I am not ignoring you. Well, actually I am. I have so many pending orders that I am running a few weeks behind. I will get to you but I need to clear off the workbench before I start filling it again.

Dave

Nicely figured Cocobolo for a GS3

First one of these I have turned. This is a plug/weight for a grinder hopper. The hopper is a 53mm tube 6 inches long. The handle it turned to fit a Reg tamper base, I have it on a 58mm piston but the owner will be screwing on a 53mm base to fit the tube. The diameter of the plug is close to the ID of the tube so it should stay upright and feed straight down giving the bean mass plenty of back pressure to keep the grind consistent. A straight handle would work but that is boring. So I turned some figure into the wood and a couple of beads which are the diameter of the tube. The two rings will ride the tube and keep it upright but not provide to much friction so the plug will travel freely. The handle is 8 inches from piston to top with the top flair being 6 inches above the base so it will travle to the bottom of the hopper than sit atop the tube on the bulbous end so you can lift it out. The wood is Kingwood.

Beautiful. Thanks Dave.

P.S. It arrived, and looks far more beautiful in person.

The burl of the Kingwood really benefits from the extra long handle. Simply wonderful. This continues to be my favorite thread.

I have been wanting to try these ceramic blades for a while now. They have been around for several year and I have looked at them but never used one. So I finally picked up a blade and made a set of Cocobolo scales for it. The scales are a little thin for me but I made it for the wife and shaped the handle to fit her hand. They are not super sharp but they still cut very good.

Here is a full set in East Indian Rosewood. Mazzer hopper and doser lid, Mazzer adjustment ring stud, steam water and brew lever a tamper stand and two portafilters all heading off to Poland. The owner wanted a natural oil finish so they have several coats of Danish Oil.

Tommy,
I have a Vetrano and asked at Chris', the designer/importer and was told that the steam valve knobs shouldn't be replaced with wood, the heat would destroy them long term.

Marvin

Made quite a few of them. It uses a standard valve assembly that most every other espresso machine on the market uses. Standard 1/4 inch square stud compression valve. Nothing special about it and never had one go bad. The portafilter handles get much hotter than the steam valve.

Be patient. I will return all the emails. I have quite a few orders. Remember, I do this for fun and have a real job not to mention the family. There are only so many hours in a day.

And a Kingwood tamper to match the all the other Kingwood parts. Should make a nice looking set.