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- June 30th, 2007, 5:13 pm
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 6
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New hack - an auto timer for your shots.
Just an update... Still working on finalizing the circuit design. I've decided to use a neon lamp/phototransistor to sense the on state of the 3way. I'm trying to come up with a way to get the time to reset autmatically at the beginning of each shot. I have an idea that I need to explore for this
- June 25th, 2007, 12:31 am
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 6
- Views: 935
New hack - an auto timer for your shots.
Randy - The only reference I could find with Google Groups was the one I linked in my OP, do you remember any more details that might help me to find it?
- June 22nd, 2007, 1:45 am
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 6
- Views: 935
New hack - an auto timer for your shots.
For a while I have wanted a timer that will tell me how long my shot has been running. Right now I have a stopwatch that I trigger when I hit the brew button, but that is not slick enough for me, and it is one more thing to think about. I searched high and low for an off
- August 2nd, 2006, 2:02 pm
- Forum: Grinders
- Replies: 12
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Rocky Mods - How to turn it into an uber grinder
A little followup: I never got around to making the worm drive mod more permanent. Just last week the adhesive strips started to fail. I found it fairly trivial to replace them, and actually got a better fit this time around. The screw was always a bit crooked, and I took the opportunity to straight...
- August 1st, 2006, 4:05 pm
- Forum: Tips and Techniques
- Replies: 40
- Views: 13994
Tamping Technique - whether to tap? and where?
I tap very lightly down on the counter before I tamp. No tap after tamp. To clean the stray grounds, I use my fingers to remove them from the rim (sometimes I leave the tamper in after the tamp and use a brush to clear away any strays - the tamper protects the puck surface) and then I just
- June 22nd, 2006, 9:46 pm
- Forum: Lever Espresso Machines
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1542
La Pavoni in the movies
Or like this: {link}
- May 28th, 2006, 12:04 am
- Forum: Knockbox
- Replies: 171
- Views: 11895
HB 1,000,000 message views countdown contest
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- May 4th, 2006, 5:38 pm
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 6
- Views: 5103
Rancilio Silvia brew pressure mod
AFAIK the washer is the same as the steam valve washer available "here" from "espressoparts.com". What I've read on the subject suggests that this washer will need to be made thinner
- April 13th, 2006, 2:19 pm
- Forum: Espresso Machines
- Replies: 2
- Views: 562
Silvia brew temp profiling - element on or off?
Eric - Thanks for the offer, my email is {insert my home-barista username here} at gmail.com. It would be very interesting to see a comparison of element on and element off shots. If the grouphead really does have that much influence, then perhaps it doesn't matter. Does the Silvia you tested have P...
- April 13th, 2006, 4:23 am
- Forum: Tips and Techniques
- Replies: 34
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Home barista techniques that the pros shun (and vice versa)
Missed it, searched for "Weiss" and that thread didn't pop up... It should now though