Solved! Securing Portafilter Basket without Spring Clip - Page 2
- cannonfodder
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Now a days I just hold the basket with my thumb when I knock out the puck. I will occasional take the spring out of my portafilter when I am testing coffee so I can swap out baskets without the click you get when a spring is in there. After a few years you develop portafilter hands, grabbing a hot PF no longer generates the involuntary drop and holler response.
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- drgary (original poster)
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"Portafilter hands" -- do you mean scar tissue? Or is this more mind over matter, like fire walking? (The human mind is capable of amazing things!)
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- tekomino
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I experience no problems with baskets falling out becouse spring clip is removed when knocking out pucks. You just flip it quickly and basket cannot fall out. I never had a need to secure basket and find it much easier to work with portafilter and basket when basket is going out easy... And i don't hold it with my thumb either... No need.
- cannonfodder
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Probably a little of both. I dont go grabbing the group bell on the machine, but a hot portafilter does not bother me much with a quick grab. Would not want to stand there and hold it but 5 seconds is no big deal. You just become accustom to the heat.drgary wrote:"Portafilter hands" -- do you mean scar tissue? Or is this more mind over matter, like fire walking? (The human mind is capable of amazing things!)
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I use a spring in the p/f and use ridgeless baskets.
The spring is from my rancilio audrey, and is about .100" spring wire. The normal ones are .140" I think.
I rebent the thin spring a little too remove the three flat areas.
This works the best of both worlds for me. The basket never falls out nor sticks to the g/h.
I suppose one could get some .100" dia. music wire @ lowes and bend your own, or source a thinner wire model.
It is easier to R&R ridged baskets,too, without the harsh snap that can dislodge the coffee bed.
Check it out.
The spring is from my rancilio audrey, and is about .100" spring wire. The normal ones are .140" I think.
I rebent the thin spring a little too remove the three flat areas.
This works the best of both worlds for me. The basket never falls out nor sticks to the g/h.
I suppose one could get some .100" dia. music wire @ lowes and bend your own, or source a thinner wire model.
It is easier to R&R ridged baskets,too, without the harsh snap that can dislodge the coffee bed.
Check it out.