The EM6910s a great machine, but one problem is that the portafilter lugs arent standard. Thats not a problem unless you want to buy an aftermarket portafilter, such as a bottomless one.
So whats Im considering is a bulk purchase of some EM6910 portafilters, machining the bottoms out of them and selling them to interested CSers. Unfortunately Sunbeam arent particularly helpful with bulk pricing on these sorts of thing and have offered only minimal discount on the numbers I estimated may be interested, so by the time Ive bought the things and done all the machining I reckon the final price isgoing to be in the order of $120 (+ say $10 freight if required). Firm prices would be advised based on numbers if it goes ahead.
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Our good friend Graham at Euro Coffee and Appliances has kindly offered me a better price on the portafilters than Sunbeam offered which I can pass on to you, and importantly its a flat rate rather than being linked to a minimum number of orders. So in light of that the revised price for these (for CSers only) will be $105 plus postage
. You now have the option to modify your vote within seven days of its submission so please update your vote if this information changes things for you.
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Now bear in mind the price of a bottomless portafilter from Coffeeparts thatll fit most standard groups is only $86.90 (+post) so Im not suggesting this is the deal of the year by any means; but for 6910 owners it may be the only solution other than permanently modifying your existing one. One thing I do know that a bottomless portafilter makes it a lot easier to diagnose shot preparation deficiencies and certainly gives a different taste to espresso.
Interested?
Greg
(Obviously if youre NOT a 6910 owner please dont vote Yes or No :
)
So whats Im considering is a bulk purchase of some EM6910 portafilters, machining the bottoms out of them and selling them to interested CSers. Unfortunately Sunbeam arent particularly helpful with bulk pricing on these sorts of thing and have offered only minimal discount on the numbers I estimated may be interested, so by the time Ive bought the things and done all the machining I reckon the final price is
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Our good friend Graham at Euro Coffee and Appliances has kindly offered me a better price on the portafilters than Sunbeam offered which I can pass on to you, and importantly its a flat rate rather than being linked to a minimum number of orders. So in light of that the revised price for these (for CSers only) will be $105 plus postage
. You now have the option to modify your vote within seven days of its submission so please update your vote if this information changes things for you.[/edit]
Now bear in mind the price of a bottomless portafilter from Coffeeparts thatll fit most standard groups is only $86.90 (+post) so Im not suggesting this is the deal of the year by any means; but for 6910 owners it may be the only solution other than permanently modifying your existing one. One thing I do know that a bottomless portafilter makes it a lot easier to diagnose shot preparation deficiencies and certainly gives a different taste to espresso.
Interested?
Greg
(Obviously if youre NOT a 6910 owner please dont vote Yes or No :
)


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