Flush & Flushing

Post by **Bud** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:28 am

My V2 should be here any day now, and have 2 totally unrelated

Post by **Niko** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 11:21 am

Bud,

For 1st time use I'd program one of the dispensing buttons for a very long pour, let it run for a minute or so since this boiler is tiny. For the steam boiler, I'd flush several steam pitchers full of water through and you should be clean.
The group temp should be up (after being idle for a while) by pulling 2-3 blanks, one WILL NOT DO IT. According to my Scace measurements, the group takes sevral blanks to get it going, once your going it's Rock & Roll from there. It takes the group about 30-40 seconds to recover after each shot, depending on incoming water temp and so on.
Your work flow chart sounds like a solid plan.
Good choice on the doserless grinder, glad to see someone else has "seen the light"...

Post by **Martin** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 1:27 pm

Bud, couple of things I'd add to your workflow: dry the basket and the shower screen before dosing and locking in the pf. I agree about doserless. Also, it has been years since I've used a hopper on my Mazzer Mini. With my limited home use of 5-6 shots a day and frequent shifts of beans with diff densities, the combo of doserless and weighing prior to grinding seems the most efficient way to get a consistent dose (and not get enticed by "updosing." All of which I've been kicking to death on the godshot section on this forum.
Martin

Post by **Niko** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 2:45 pm

Martin,
Which Mazzer do you have? I'm looking into a Type B for a second grinder.

Post by **Martin** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:12 pm

Niko wrote:Martin,
Which Mazzer do you have? I'm looking into a Type B for a second grinder.

I'm not familiar with the full line.

I have a 5 yr old, no timer -- on/off -- Mini doser model. I bought before the price jumps and when the dollar was valued higher than the euro. Couple of yrs ago I did a pricy upgrade by switching to a chute.

I have to say that I found using the chute awkward dosing directly into the pf UNTIL I got started on the WDT. Seems that using the yogurt cup to direct grounds into the basket serves to secure the pf between the Mazzer forks and the chute. Result is no coffee misses the basket. None. Makes it possible to pre-measure for a shot and be certain that what's measured is what goes into the basket.

Martin

Post by **Bud** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:17 pm

Thanks Niko & Martin, I knew about the drying, but didn

Post by **Niko** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:58 pm

Bud,
Send me a pic of one of your tampers. Do you make them often? What kind of wood(s) are you using and are you making handles too?

Post by **Bud** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:03 pm

Niko,

I turn domestic and exotics, maple, walnut, box elder and so on. Exotics, I turn cocobolo, African blackwood bocote, purple heart, whatever I can get my hands on when I come across nice figured wood. As for a the piston, I found that wood does not seem to be the best surface for a nice polish so I use Corian. Corian is a very hard durable material that does not need a finish to fill any pores as in wood, as a matter of fact I can polish Corian using a abrasive known as Micro Mesh to get down to a 1500 grit (US equivalent) polish, glass like! I have only done a few tampers, which I gave away when I got rid of my last machine several weeks ago, but I have done many pens and wine stoppers, fishing rod handles & other stuff, although it seems to be more difficult to find the time these days. In the foreground is a test Tamper, I just completed this morning, fit to the PF basket, I did this one quick because my V2 should be delivered in a few hours and I needed something to get me started, It