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After about a week in transit from France my newest acquisition popped up on my doorstep as I was taking a SolidWorks class. This is a French 1957 one group Faema Marte that I purchased from Pascal/zeb after a few months of waiting for my funds allocated to espresso to build up....
Met up with Ross last week here in CO and got a chance to pull a couple shots with one of his units. He mentioned after CNY concludes he should be able to get enough parts shipped over to build up a few machines for sending out to reviewers. Having had an opportunity to meet...
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...
I recently purchased a Futurmat Palanca 2 group lever machine. I am almost ready to set it up for a test. However, I am concerned that the electrical cable has 4 conductors. In my past experience with industrial motors, 4 conductors means 3-phase power. I have always understood...
Total tear down of a '87 Cremina. GH was particularly gnarly. Only hair-puller was getting the front piston rod pin out. I pulled out the ultrasonic bath to speed things up. The small parts went in plastic tubs in a 60C bath. Cafiza did its job in minutes vs hrs. Descaling also...
The third and last machine from my most recent shipment is this La San Marco Tipo 75. I intentionally wanted a two group as I like using them in the winter and fall. Perhaps down the road I can fit in an Export version 8) . Initial state looks pretty promising on the outside. As...
Just noticed water standing under the machine so emptied and took the base off after cooling to room temp of course Appears to be a leak from pressure stat to boiler. Is that just a quick swap out or do I need to do take the boiler apart to service it?
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The pressure stat...
Honestly can't believe how much of an upgrade this is. 15 years of the plastic sleeves and one machine that still has them has shown vastly different performance. About to snag one for the new pro because it's that good. Other upgrades I have tried weren't really upgrades...
