I'm told that mine is the first Swan order received by LM USA. I should be able to answer a lot of questions on this grinder in a couple of weeks. This will be my first conical in a while. I have an EK43, WW EG-1 with core burrset and a Titus Nautilus with HU burrset

That makes sense, I figured it was a finger hole to make lifting the tray easier

A GFCI trips if it detects a difference in voltage greater than about .005, and if your circuit is a dual GFCI/AFCI you may have a real tough time getting it to work. Make sure all your ground paths are clean, and your wiring isn't corroded. I think part of it is the way the chassis is grounded to everything

The first video above looks the best so far. You definitely give it a good push which causes some white to stream out from the pitcher. The foam is a little bit too thick, but still workable for making a rosetta. Maybe next time go for the rosetta. Just remember to do the push/pull motion to

It's whatever level of caution or paranoia one feels is appropriate since you can't really know what was done. At least you can look inside a kettle yourself

Thanks for the suggestions

I think you are on the right track for a beginner, going with a single dose grinder, for sure. It will make it easier to switch between different coffees as you are figuring out what you like/don't like in the world of espresso (just keep good notes as you go). For a beginner, any of the grinders you mentioned

If it's overfilling the steam boiler with the machine turned off, then the boiler fill valve probably leaks. Remove, open, examine, clean, possibly replace it depending on what you see

The boiler-refill problem is so severe that I've never even considered it as being an issue. You fill the boiler in the morning, pull your shots, you're done

My traveling days are over. But before the pandemic when I air-traveled for meetings, I always took a #2 V60 dripper and Porlex hand grinder plus portioned home roasted coffee beans with me. I just used in-room coffee maker for hot water. It was difficult to pour precisely without goose neck, but I manged fine. The resulting cup was