I assure you it's not a cultural thing in Naples, in fact I'd be surprised if it's that way anywhere in Italy now, things are tough. The delays on this were getting things right and getting parts, and high quality steel etc

No I agree with that, I just meant inelegant not to make use of the dummy hole. I guess it was 1961, and Arduinos hadn't been invented yet

Price: 375 + shipping, or local DC area pickup Please contact me at alexofpeace@gmail.com. Lightly used cafelat robot barista edition. All original parts included. The original gasket is still good to go. Maybe 50 cups of espresso made with the unit. I upgraded pretty quickly to an Ascaso Dual PID and have had this in storage.

Yes. See the DIY thread. "DIY Color Meter"

The espressovision.com domain isn't active. Has Zach stopped making the Roast Vision device?

yep Hydraulic group disassembly I proceeded to open up one of the hydraulic groups. As said earlier it is very heavy. The first things that need to come off are the plated inlet/outlet pipes, followed by the engagement lever and a removable pin/spring. {image} {image} {image} {image} {image} {image} The lower group was taken off similarly to

There are some great cross-sectional illustrations at "E61 Group Espresso Machine: Detailed Interior Schematics" Drilling down into the cam chamber and then up from the dispersion block recess seems like a very reasonable way to get the two connected reliably. Still no drill bit that I know of that turns corners that tightly over 60 years later