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  • #16
    Re: where can I buy copper washers??

    Originally posted by 7574733E0 link=1323876721/14#14 date=1324018475
    Originally posted by 093B342E3B362F375A0 link=1323876721/13#13 date=1324015922
    BTW, nothing being discussed here is exactly difficult. Thanks for the welcome.
    Nothing inside an espresso machine is particularly complicated full stop.  Coming from a Software/Electrical background - those are the things I find the simplest though!  The only thing with many espresso machines is that it is a bit tight inside, so you tend to need exactly the right tools...

    BTW: most of the copper washers Ive needed to replace have been a major pain.  Inevitably it is a size I dont have in my copper washer jar (I think there is an actual theorem about that situation!) and theyve been crushed by a 400lb Gorilla, so theyve spread.  So annealing wont help, sadly...

    Anyway - welcome!  ;D

    Cheers
    /Kevin
    In the old days they were seldom replaced, simply used over again until they were paper thin, even then they were reused, still happens in the bush.
    Know what you mean about trying to get the right size.

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    • #17
      Re: where can I buy copper washers??

      Im a DIY nut and trying to restore a project machine without want forking out heaps of money for someone to repair to do it for me. They arent complicated machines. Its frustrating having a leaking machine after reconnecting all the pipes. Been an uncommon machines parts cannot simply be ordered easily online. To give you a guide as to the lengths I went to. The following places dont sell them: bunnings, reece, plumbtec, automative stores (only one size for sump plug too large), gavins plumbing and fasteners division, conventrys, even my local coffee shop who does repairs couldnt find the right size ones to fit.

      Enzed was the place I eventually found some but I still had to modify the washers with the dremel as the internal diameter was too small. There was still a leak with replacement washers be it less so I ended up using some carefully placed teflon tap and all is watertight now. I think I might buy a set of 150 online from that large auction site next time.

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      • #18
        Re: where can I buy copper washers??

        My suggestion is to try an automotive parts distributer rather than a dealer or 3rd party parts place. Maybe one that imports and distributes and not one connected to an OZ/local manufacturer. Dont know about now but these types of place used to stock spare parts for generations of models spanning decades not just the common/popular/recent ones. They are also used to finding the unusual.

        I worked at just such a place (for FIAT agricultural gear) 30 yrs ago and in those days they stocked or could source a humongous range of different sized nuts, bolts, screws, washers, bearings, seals, o-rings etc and in different materials too. We were asked for and found all types of things not related to farm machinery. Importantly we knew who did stock things we didnt carry.

        Most same sized washers for diesel pumps/injectors and hydraulics were often available in copper/aluminium/fibre as maufactuers changed specs for one reason or another, and all previous incarnations had to be supported. This was mainly because it was considered important to keep a forty year old tractor running and as a distributer they didnt expect a dealer to stock these sometimes rarer tems but needed have one on hand if asked. As much as I love em, Im not sure if Bunnings think this way.

        Anyway, if youve exhausted other options, phone calls or emails to such a place cant hurt. Hopefully times havent totally changed and Im not as old as this story sounds.

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        • #19
          Re: where can I buy copper washers??

          newbiemocca - thats always my problem.. There is never the right size I want in the shed... Despite having already purchased a "kit" of about 100

          Just saying!

          /Kevin

          Glad it worked out. I know what it is like to be so close to finishing the project and not having the last little bit to finish it...

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