I also got the water mains hooked up so I don't need to take off the lid every so often to fill the boiler from the top. I just needed a 1/2 to 3/8 BSP adapter. So far the machine itself is a little difficult to use with anything but a bottomless pf due to how high the espresso falls and drifts from the spouts, but that's ok. The fact it can even pull espresso is good enough for me to ignore the little quirks. It will also be my main driver for a few weeks since I already have it at my bench. I am not sure if I will try milk drinks on this machine, but we'll see.
Provided the machine acts well enough for the next few days I will consider this project as done. Of all the machines I've worked on this one I believe is among the most important, and the fact it can produce such good espresso even 70 years later is incredible to me, even more so the good condition of the machine after cleaning it up. I will not have too much more monologuing with this thread now.


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