DavecUK There are a few things I will never understand!

What are your recommendations to get a list of spares?

Getting them thru’ Paolo’s niece is a lovely option. I am happy to do a short drive to collect from you or you could drop in one of the days, when we are mutually free, to pull a few shots from Evo using your roasted beans. A lovely chance to see you making some heavenly cups on Evo that too beans from your roaster. 😁

      Cuprajake Good polish

      Did you really chrome polish? Which one please? Thx

        I just use a glaze from work no cut.

        Meguiers mirror glaze

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          You guys work really well together.
          DavecUK Without giving away any secrets, is there more room in the Vostok than the EVO?
          I know it is basically the same internals but are they more spread out considering the larger platform?

              Forgot a little mod I did a while ago,

              Sound deadening the panels made a massive difference

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                So following on from this mod, I priced up powder coat black panels but landed there £250 ish

                So took a risk, spoke to my tech rep and went a head

                Sanded with 180grit then red scotchbrite

                Cleaned and masked then put into the booth

                Product of choice syrox/Dupont and upol raptor, used 10% gloss addictive and 10% thinners

                Wash primer flashed for 15mins

                Then the 2 coats of raptor with a 10min flash in between

                Not going to bake these, flashed at 30 for ten then can cure over weekend, gloss levels will drop a tad as it cures

                Then I can build it up Monday

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                Cuprajake now that’s interesting! how about heat retention? does it make a difference?
                should do a video compare with a generic youtube title to get more hits…‘noisy espresso machine how to fix’

                    boshk how about heat retention? does it make a difference?

                    I would imagine it makes very little difference, because the Evo has ventilation slots across the bottom of the machine and ventilated cover on the top of the machine. This means that there is a continual airflow from bottom to top to take excess heat away.

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                      I was trying to tone down the pump tbf

                      But it gives the panels a thud rather than a tink

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                        Hello,

                        Hope all is well. I feel i have been away for a long time now but i was enjoying more of the offline life and enjoying simple old fashioned coffee convos…

                        I came across an issue and would love to hear some thoughts …

                        So, after my machine heated up steam started to come out and i thought the opv is working but it never stopped. I took the top off and noticed the t-joint is leaking and thus the water kept filling but than I turned the steam boiler off and I started to hear some dripping noise in the back of the machine with some water under it and i suspect a leak that is causing the system to fail to reach equilibrium. Please share your thoughts i will look over them tomorrow ( because if I started now I know i will never sleep.

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                          Berryterry So, after my machine heated up steam started to come out and i thought the opv is working but it never stopped. I took the top off and noticed the t-joint is leaking and thus the water kept filling but than I turned the steam boiler off and I started to hear some dripping noise in the back of the machine with some water under it and i suspect a leak that is causing the system to fail to reach equilibrium.

                          I can’t see a leak, when you say it’s leaking at the T fitting, do you mean here?

                          The problem is…

                          1. Steam started to come out, could be a leaking joint
                          2. Steam started to come out, could be a leaky vacuum breaker
                          3. OPV (Expansion Valve) is nothing to do with the problem, it has a different function.
                          4. The water kept filling, this is an odd one, a small leak wouldn’t make the pump keep running? If it did the boiler would become completely full. Are you sure the pump continually runs? If it does: The pump could be airlocked, feed tube kinked, or some other problem (in other words, you might have 2 problems)
                          5. The leak could be from the fitting, it could be from condensed steam, If the leak was causing the pump to keep running, you would have a large pool of water on the counter (and probably the floor).

                          More specific information is required….so we can help you.

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