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#501: Post by decent_espresso (original poster) »

As promised, I'm working on a new idea for the drip tray cover. The goal here is:
1) to use metal stamping so that we still get rounded angles on the "bars", like on the GS/3's drip tray, so that we provided a rolling surface for water to fall off of. This approach was the #2 best on Luca's original list of different drip tray designs.
2) aesthetically, this "lid" approach is a direction that people have thought looked nicer

We'll need to see if we can manufacture punched lines that are this long and still strong. The GS/3 sticks to short punches, and its drip tray twists a lot when you lift it, but the metal is quite thin on that model drip tray. We're thinking that if we use slightly thicker metal, with a slight downward bend on each punch, that we can get away with these long rows. Besides looking nice, they avoid creating areas of standing water like the GS/3 design does.

Let me know your thoughts on this design. If people like this approach we'll start approaching manufacturers and they can tell us what's wrong with it. :D








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#502: Post by ira »

I really like the look of that drip try. Might need to be quite thick to feel sturdy, but I think it would be worth it.

Ira

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#503: Post by DJF »

I like the design of the reflected image.. :D

"24 hours in a day, 24 beers in a case. Coincidence? I don't think so."

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#504: Post by decent_espresso (original poster) »

DJF wrote:I like the design of the reflected image.. :D
Just FYI, Home-Barista's resizing of the uploaded image did create anti-aliasing effects, that you can see in the mirrored image you pointed to.

Note that this drip tray version explicitly rounds the top of the bars, to avoid having the surface tension of water hold droplets on top.

A more realistic mirrored image is below:


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#505: Post by RockyIII »

ira wrote:I really like the look of that drip try. Might need to be quite thick to feel sturdy, but I think it would be worth it.

Ira
Ditto. I like this drip tray cover much more than the one with welded bars. It blends in aesthetically with the overall design of the machine much better.

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#506: Post by jwCrema »

I'm in!

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#507: Post by canuckcoffeeguy »

Looks good!

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#508: Post by roastini »

I like the design, too. I will be interested in seeing how it turns out in real life.

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#509: Post by MTLexpress »

I like it too. However, that whole drip tray thing is less interesting to me than the other updates to the Beta 7 machine.

FWIW, having a DE1 on order, I'm more interested in knowing if there will ever be a hardware upgrade path from DE1 to DE1+ or if replacing the whole machine is still the only option on the table...

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#510: Post by coffeekid »

I know I was one of the naysayers earlier. This redesign, however, seems like a great improvement and the best of both worlds. As long as this design holds up reasonably well to the occasional dropped demitasse and throwing it in the sink every so often for a thorough cleaning, it looks like a winner to me.

Nice job satisfying the masses and our--perhaps unreasonable--requests, John!

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