You know, one other thing that occurs to me here. If you look closely at the chrome edge of the screen, you will see the spot welds--they are about 3/8" apart or so (1cm?). With all the various tools mentioned, if you apply the tool at the point of a spot weld, I think you may be less likely to do damage (by bending the chrome edge down). Just a thought.
The E61 screen from Chris Coffee is $7.50, so for a week's worth of coffee, you can replace this frequently and not worry about the gunk between the layers. bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." > From: Mink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:28:09 -0700 (PDT) > To: Brewtus <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Cleaning frenzy > > > Wow, Ray, it's really surprising that the top of your screen is clean > after a couple of months - mine is gunky after a couple of shots! I > wonder what I'm doing wrong? Maybe I'm grinding too fine, so the > coffee is migrating 'upstream'? Or maybe it's your wiggle and flush > that are doing the trick. Whatever - it's working for you, so that's > good. > > Anyway, I hope it's clear to everyone that we don't need to touch the > gasket during the removal process - if your screen looks like mine > there's a slight groove running around it, near the lower edge, that > can provide purchase for a lever (I use the handle of a spoon, but a > cycle tire lever sounds good - I must try one of mine) with a little > practice. As Kitt said, you move the screen down a couple of > millimetres on one side, then the other, and before you know it,the > screen and gasket fall into your hand (I do it when it's hot, so I > have a rag handy to catch it). I hoik mine off daily and I haven't put > a mark on the gasket. > > My gasket has a slightly rounded side and a flat side (the edges of > the gasket are rounded on one side and square on the other). The > rounded side goes on the top, so the curved metal edge of the screen > fits flush into the gasket. Sorry, that doesn't read well but > hopefully it will be obvious when you look closely at the two parts. > > Cheers! > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/brewtus?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
