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In the past few months, the lever on my Bezzera Family has started to stick a bit in the last five to ten seconds of the shot. The pull down is smooth and the flow itself is continuous throughout the shot--it is just that the lever itself lurches as it rises. I...
Hi. I recently bought an older Europiccola. It worked straight out of the box but needed a few things, one of them being a drip tray insert as it was being used with a just a mesh grate and no catch tray. I bought the parts and continued to use it for a little. I've only had it...
Contemplating the purchase and full restoration of a B3000AL in very good to excellent condition. I'm reasonably handy and have restored a couple of Rocket style machines in the past; however, this would be my first journey into lever machines. I have reviewed the other forum...
I thought maybe this was the forum for my first post here...well sort of. I was actually a member number of year back but haven't been on in a while and forgot my PW and the account it was tied to has been defunct for years. Apologies if this is the wrong forum.
I bought a Caravel machine from Francesco a couple of years ago. Recently, I asked him for his help to sell the machine, because I was moving out from the place where I had the 220v current (I'm in Mexico), and he was most helpful with this project. He worked hard in restoring...
This might make a fun restoration project for some handy person:
I wonder how much the copper in it is worth? I suppose one could melt it down if the restoration doesn't work. This is how it looks restored: I wonder if anyone's up for the challenge? Here's a step by step guide...
