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This evening Paul Pratt announced on Kickstarter that 50 Robots have shipped and that 15 more are being shipped every day. It's time to open a User Experience thread so we can learn from each other. This is also the thread for initial comments on the Cafelat Robot Review that we...
Is anyone using a distributor or leveler with their PVs 45mm baskets? I've read, I believe, all threads about PVs, including the two talking about tampers but distributors were never mentioned.
Given the repeatedly mentioned light tamp that many folks recommend for the PVs, I...
Hello lever fans.
Has anyone followed the Londinium forum and saw that Reiss is developing a new compact spring lever model? He won't offer many details but I think it's going to be around the size of a Cremina with a bit larger boiler and a 58mm spring lever group. It will be...
Hi all. This is my first post in this forum and I hope it doesn't break any rule by the moderators.
I received my Baby Faema yesterday from an eBay purchase. While the overall condition is really nice for the age, unfortunately the gasket comes with a slight deformity; making...
I've been using my Euro exclusively for the past few months, but now we have a newborn and I'm back to the semiautomatic Livia. It's nice being able to pull shots at any time, without being committed to a 20 minute warm up process.
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...
The official method of putting it in a bowl and pouring hot water inside doesn't work so great, because water normally leaks from the bottom emptying much of the chamber. If I then add more water the whole chamber is surrounded by water which makes it problematic to handle.
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...
