3-D Printed Espresso Tools

#1: Post by **liquidmetal** » November 10th, 2018, 9:10 am

Hey guys,

I'm wondering what sorts of things y'all have 3-d printed? I recently got this little contraption:

as a solution to weighing directly in my portafilter basket on my scale.

I simply downloaded the file from brewista's website, and uploaded that to a 3d printing service, and got this neat little thing for 20 dollars shipped.

You guys have any other cool 3d printed things?

#2: Post by **happycat** » November 10th, 2018, 11:31 am

My wife designed this dosing funnel / spreader tool

58mm

You can put it on your portafilter, dose coffee in, spread by turning, whack the portafilter straight down to settle, turn more if necessary and get a smooth even distribution

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1750970

November 11th, 2018, 12:14 am

Nice! That was actually one of the things that I saw that made me post this as well! It's so cool.

#4: Post by **jchung** » November 11th, 2018, 10:35 pm

I've designed a couple tools for myself...

Dosing funnel that allows for tamp through - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3144738

Mazzer doser lid with cutout for 58mm tamper - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2532068

Scale plate for my BDB PFs - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1663673

Mazzer Doser Egg - https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2398996

November 12th, 2018, 8:08 am

I was looking at printing that dosing funnel after seeing the prices of the metal funnels out there! Any insight into how it would fit on other non-Breville portafilters?

#6: Post by **redbone** » November 12th, 2018, 8:26 am

happycat wrote:My wife designed this dosing funnel / spreader tool

58mm

You can put it on your portafilter, dose coffee in, spread by turning, whack the portafilter straight down to settle, turn more if necessary and get a smooth even distribution

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1750970

Nice work. That would be a cool thing in it were integrated into a dosing funnel. Better yet if it were made of metal 51mm.

#7: Post by **jchung** » November 13th, 2018, 1:47 pm

liquidmetal wrote:I was looking at printing that dosing funnel after seeing the prices of the metal funnels out there! Any insight into how it would fit on other non-Breville portafilters?

One guy commented that it fit his Lelit PF when scaled up 103%.

Do you use Tinkercad? If so, and you feel like trying to modify it, I can share it on Tinkercad.

November 13th, 2018, 3:22 pm

I have not, haven't gotten into designing things myself, but I was planning on trying some stuff soon!

#9: Post by **pGolay** » November 14th, 2018, 1:00 am

You can 3d print ceramics and get it back glazed - I tried this a few years ago and the result was ok but not stellar - not very porcelain-like. I see a new service that I'll probably try - for one of these:

I'll shout if it looks promising...

-pGolay

November 15th, 2018, 10:52 am

pGolay wrote:You can 3d print ceramics and get it back glazed - I tried this a few years ago and the result was ok but not stellar - not very porcelain-like. I see a new service that I'll probably try - for one of these:

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I'll shout if it looks promising...

-pGolay

Wow, thats a good looking cup. I would be very interested in something like that.