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Well done Nico. I dont have the same kind of mechanical inclination. Good to see that all is good at the end. Now, how to improve steaming on my EM6910....
Originally posted by 7B777E73737A160 link=1242303497/41#41 date=1250034127
Originally posted by 353238345B0 link=1242303497/40#40 date=1250033745
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Some good news, I managed to negotiate a bit of kitchen counter space with my better half, and it fits in rather well. She has been very patient with all the time I had spent on the Pavoni so far, but was close to putting it on the pavement.
So this morning I switched it on, and made her a pretty decent flat white. She had one sip, and declared: "It can stay" (she also loves her coffee), so I guess I wont be trading down after all.
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i can relate to the space and better half, my wife told me "i am not going in that kitchen while that coffee machine is on the bench"
to which i responded "not that your in there much anyway" under my breath of course........
good to hear reckon your way better of keeping it
Guess what.. They also sneak in and read CS when you not around... Be warned ;D
Originally posted by 353238345B0 link=1242303497/40#40 date=1250033745
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Some good news, I managed to negotiate a bit of kitchen counter space with my better half, and it fits in rather well. She has been very patient with all the time I had spent on the Pavoni so far, but was close to putting it on the pavement.
So this morning I switched it on, and made her a pretty decent flat white. She had one sip, and declared: "It can stay" (she also loves her coffee), so I guess I wont be trading down after all.
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i can relate to the space and better half, my wife told me "i am not going in that kitchen while that coffee machine is on the bench"
to which i responded "not that your in there much anyway" under my breath of course........
A few of the pipe joins had very small leaks (all the ones I neglected to put some loxeal), so I did a quick undo - loxeal - redo, and everything seems okay now.
Some good news, I managed to negotiate a bit of kitchen counter space with my better half, and it fits in rather well. She has been very patient with all the time I had spent on the Pavoni so far, but was close to putting it on the pavement.
So this morning I switched it on, and made her a pretty decent flat white. She had one sip, and declared: "It can stay" (she also loves her coffee), so I guess I wont be trading down after all.
I pulled 5 coffees this morning (Im still buzzing), and I have the grinder dialed in much better now, but I feel the urge to do a few mods on the tranquilo to get some smaller steps or make it stepless, as well as replace the hopper with something a bit narrower, so that it can fit in next to the Pav.
I was quite satisfied with the micro foam, but the shots still need a lot of work, in my opinion.
I will take some pics of the final product tonight for a final update tomorrow.
Originally posted by 73747E721D0 link=1242303497/38#38 date=1249871136
The sad thing is that I will probably have to sell it or swap it with someone for a smaller domestic machine, as we do not have the counter space required for it, and I dont want this just sitting in my garage - what a waste.
Fitted the new spring and seat this weekend, so the safety valve is now working as expected.
I finished polishing up and fitting the panels, and everything is almost 100% now.
The sad thing is that I will probably have to sell it or swap it with someone for a smaller domestic machine, as we do not have the counter space required for it, and I dont want this just sitting in my garage - what a waste.
I just got off the phone with the tech from euroespresso. He very kindly explained a few issues I was worried about to me, and I reckon I should be overdosing on the good stuff tomorrow morning already.
So, the one problem is with the steam safety valve on the boiler. The spring is a bitfatigues, and lets out steam from about .5 bar. Temporary workaround was a few washers down the bottom end to bolster the pressure a bit, but did not work too great. I am heading over just now to pick up a new spring and seat.
So I filled up the boiler last night, and plugged the machine in. Switched it on, and a few minutes later observe a few leaks. Unplug and tighten, and all is well. Pump some water through the group, and see another leak. Unplug, and tighten.
This is when I saw the poor pressure valve failing, and I got the new pressurestat tuned to run the pressure between 1 and 1.2 bar, but since the boiler was losing steam at such a rapid rate is was touch to calibrate properly.
In any event, there are 2 slight leaks on the inlet side (the 2 joints I did not loxeal - typical), but other than that and the safety valve, everything seems to work pretty much as advertised. I even managed to get a decent looking shot out of it.
I still have to finish off the cosmetic work on the panels, etc, and will do some more pics of the complete result when Im done.
I fired up the beast last night. I will post some pics of shots I pulled here, and go over details in the next post.
Below are pics of my first and second shots, as well as the puck from the second shot. I pulled a few shots after this with varying success. I have to practice getting the grind setting, dose and tamp right.
Apart from a few niggles, I am as pleased as punch.
Originally posted by 73767A7E767926170 link=1242303497/29#29 date=1249371777
Originally posted by 2B2C262A450 link=1242303497/28#28 date=1249366605
I was thinking of removing the auto fill sensor, and filling through there with a funnel.
or disconnect the element when you first turn it on to fill the boiler. That is what I do with a machine I have that fills very slowly and is at risk of ruining the elemen.
Or both. I think Nico and Maheel were more interested in looking after the pump than the element. Drawing 6+L from a reservoir is a fair strain on a pump and this can be alleviated by pre-filling the boiler
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