Hello Everyone, I am having issues with my Salvatore Espresso machine. The model is a Famosa and it is pre e61 group head. I think it is from the early 90s, from what I was told. I replaced ...

... he built when he started up. I too found a good deal on one of these (Famosa) earlier this year but was missing the drip tray and portafilter and needed a new pump Like espressonut said, Salvatore was able to build both parts from scratch and ship them too

Can any of you experts tell me about this machine? Am I going to regret buying it used? I did a BUNCH of searching of the interwebs and only found one similar and that was a factory restored version sold in 2015 for $1200. I'm interested to know anything and everything about it as I'll be the guy wo...

... all, Long time lurker and it's upgrade time. A few years ago I bought a Salvatore heat exchanger from number9 on the forum and it's been a staple on my counter "[SOLD] Salvatore Famosa (Siena) semi automatic, copper and jade". A few group gaskets later, and I find ...

It is a Salvatore HX machine. It might have been called a Famosa

... mod, but got the vacuum breaker installed and an opv on my 90's Salvatore famosa e61. Wasted 2 ft of copper tubing to practice bending pipe and testing the fittings! ...

I'm have water flow on the portafilter but no pressure on the brew head. Checked the pressure with a pressure gauge on the portafilter, and barely registering any pressure. Initially I thought that my grind was too fine compared to the other espresso machine, after costing my grind, shots were all s...

I'm in the process of breathing life back into a semi -auto Salvatore Famosa. First step was to replace the bad Ulka pump with a new Ulka EAX5 52 watt pump. This was ...

... PF for you? {link} In my opinion, save getting another $40 unit but with the missing parts, you can't get much better that that. Speaks wonders of Salvatore. He'll probably give you a hand with finding replacements for the rest of the parts

... purchased this semi auto for $40 but is missing the portafilter and basket, reservoir lid, and drip tray. In trying to locate parts, I came across Salvatore's website and called the shop in California where I actually talked to Salvatore who hand crafts all of his machines. This one was built in ...