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For those who do not know, and for transparency, beyond my long history with Hottop in general, I have been the Hottop Americas customer support agent for just over a year now. I wanted to share some safety tip here in the midst of the holidays for everyone who roasts and...
I am trying to replace the Manometer on my ContI Prestina, as the original appears to be dead. Pictured below (top) are the threads to the original dead manometer. The threads below it are from a manometer from an older Zacconi Riviera. They look identical to the naked eye, but...
I just completed a CAD model of the Cafelat Robot.
You are free to view it here:
Feel free to spin it around, change the colors, add the Barista style, move the levers up and down, spin the portafilter, hide parts, create cross sections, turn on the exploded views, change the...
I understand how the two systems are different, from a design perspective. What I don't understand are the pros/cons of each and was hoping someone could explain in simple terms.
In a thread about a roasting spec mentioned during Anthony Douglas's winning presentation at the 2022 WBC championship, Neal Wilson mentioned a vegetal flavor that suddenly changes at about 10°F past first crack start - on his equipment.
Refurbing a 2011 PL41, and there's some leaking around two of the plumbing joints. How essential do you guys find the thread locking glue in this regard?
I'm a new espresso machine owner and product/industrial designer and combined my two favorite things when I recently got a used Expobar Office Lever machine. While taking it apart to clean it, change gaskets, etc, I modeled up all the parts that go into it. It was...
This is just my opinion. I'm sure plenty will disagree. This is just what I would have told myself when I was starting out, but updated as if I was starting out in June 2022. Your mileage may vary.
Where you should spend your time and resources, in order of importance:
I was just doing some work on a new-to-me machine and was reminded how much soft jaws that actually grip but don't scratch chrome or distort bolt threads just make things easier.
These are a Knipex 10 pliers wrench with added semi-hard plastic jaw protectors. The wrench...
