I would definitely love to see a story board as it goes back together, not only very interesting, but a useful reference to others attempting similar work.
What did postman bring today ?
DavecUK I would definitely love to see a story board as it goes back together, not only very interesting, but a useful reference to others attempting similar work.
I would love to see a thread dedicated to the rebuild project. I’ve often thought about buying an old Classic or Silvia to restore and fit out with PID, etc, just to fight off the boredom some days!
Ok, I won’t post on here any more, I’ll start a new thread.
This dropped through the letterbox yesterday; Portafilter gasket and grouphead to boiler gasket for my Europiccola. Also a torx bit to get the base off if ever I need to.
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OK it wasn’t exactly today, but I got a bag of Kabira Ethiopia natural from Django (I know naturals might be a bit ‘marmite’ but I love em!)
I haven’t figured out how to do pictures on this forum without overloading the flux capacitor yet.
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Hotmetal Use any of the upload buttons, or just drag and drop an image into the editing box.
This little beauty 🥳
Random Loveramics cups and Hario glasses from the BestCoffee clearance sale . All this for £33 delivered. I’m so impressed that I’ve placed another £30 order to make it less random. :-)
https://www.bestcoffee.guide/collections/clearance?page=1
A new puck rake to try out. El cheapo from Ali Express, but surprisingly good quality. 
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Hopefully this works……
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003141400817.html?spm=a2g0s.12269583.0.0.6e383059r15gc8
It was the darker option of the two.
milk frothing thermometer! my tender hands just cant cope past 135…. lol…
Lake_M Thanks for this. Nice looking piece. I’ll give it a try.
Atkinsons Archetype Espresso beans, Monsooned Malabar beans and a pack of Aeropress filters
….. Then DHL arrived with my shipment from Coffee Sensor. I only needed the silicon grouphead gasket, but ordered a few extras for my Europiccola to get free postage! 😁
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My old RTX2070 graphics card failed about 3 or 4 weeks outside the 3 year warranty. New graphics cards are ridiculous prices and to get similar performance prices now approach £700!! MSI Poland agreed to RMA it for repair evaluation. A 90 euro diagnostic charge would result in a repair estimate, unknown. My cost to send the card to them in Poland (a nightmare, but only cost £17.50 tracked).
It arrived back today, swapped out for another identical RTX2070….no charges at all 😁Tonight, it’s out with the old crappy 10year old backup card…and back with the RTX 2070…thank goodness.
ear old backup card…and back with the RTX 3070…thank goodness.
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DavecUK back with the RTX 2070
Are you a gamer @DavecUK?
Will also take this opportunity to ask if there is an off-topic tag?
Back to topic: dimmer for Gene Cafe mod has arrived:
I hope we can all take a moment to marvel at the beautiful craftsmanship and intricate soldering job (this is how it came, wrapped in a sealed bag and all) that had gone into this masterpiece of engineering:
It is working though, believe it or not.