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

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?

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

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...

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

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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

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...

Missed it, searched for "Weiss" and that thread didn't pop up... It should now though