In a thread about travel grinders someone mentioned wanting to replace the grip inlay. I had some leather handy and decided to try it. Here's what I did.

Step one:
Remove grip inlay.
I first scored the grip, then peeled it off. If you care about scratches on a non visible part...

Hey everyone, I've been working on fixing up an old nuova simonelli musica that was given to me. I replaced the boiler and did a decent cleaning of the whole thing including all pipes and solenoids. However, when I turned it on for the first time, it didn't draw any water from...

Hi guys:

so I've an ultrasaber that I don't use too much for fencing and I feel like the nice soundboard is going to waste, so I want to connect it to my portafilter.

It seems that for expobars at least they use a 7/16 UNC thread, and I need to connect it to the lightsaber,...

Hello everyone,
I just purchased a used ECM Giotto on CL. It's a beautiful machine and in great shape. The machine has an Erics Temp sensor on the E61 grouphead. I am struggling to make good tasting espresso and I think it may be the boiler pressure is too high. The boiler...

Has anyone customized or replaced the case of a Rocket Appartamento? I bought my machine roughly 7-8 years ago now. I have a desire to get something new and shiney... but it still works well, I'm happy with the shots I'm pulling from it, and most importantly, I don't really have...

Hi HB community,

First if all, I want to thank you so for the amazing knowledge base, it allowed me to keep my espresso machine trimming for the past 2 years.

I am now having one new issue for which I am at an impasse: one of the water level probe (blue wire connector) of the...

I have a Rocket Appartamento since 2019.

I do regular backflush. I use Nestle 5 Gallon bottled water to fill the tank.

I have never done a descaling before.

So this week I decided to do a descaling by a professional technician.

The technician told me that there are a lot...

Last Saturday I posted that my BDB was tripping my GFCI wallplug circuit but seemed to work well from a neighboring wallplug. After looking for leaks and finding none, and after thoroughly drying it, I believed that the problem was my GFCI circuit, not my BDB.

The thread is...

Hi there,

I have a Breville Dual Boiler (BES920XL) with a few issues and wanted to get some feedback. My questions are related to brew pressure on the gauge and water leaking.

1. Brew pressure : When testing out the machine's pressure, I place the silicone cleaning disk into...

Hi All,

Does anyone have an idea about where to get below part?
Top portion is leaking.

Thanks.