Got it to work. Thanks guys. Now I'm curious to see if I can do latte art. With the other tip you recommended (Pasquini perhaps?) I had trouble stretching the milk. Now I have the stock one hole tip on. Hoping for some improvement.
Josh On Mar 2, 12:53 pm, Ben McCafferty <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey Josh, > As a reminder, if you tighten the tip down, even finger tight, while the > machine/wand is hot, it will be hard to get off when the machine is cold. > Just put steam through the tip for 10 seconds or so, and heat it up. I then > use one of those silicone hot pads to take it off‹the pad is grippy, and > also insulates from the heat. > > But echoing everyone else, finger-tight only! I almost wonder if you have a > burr on the thread of the tip‹that may be causing the problem. Run your > fingernail around all the threads and see if they seem smooth and > continuous. As someone else said, you may need a new tip as well. If you > have a burr, you may have trashed the thread on the new wand also‹but WLL > will probably replace both if you find the burr. Otherwise, find a friend > with a tap and die set, and ³chase² the threads‹that will clean them up and > remove any burrs. > > Best, > bmc > "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." > > From: Ray Sachs <[email protected]> > Reply-To: <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:34:01 -0500 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: right tool to get the steam tip off? > > If you have it on so tight that pliers didn't work, the question might be, > what did you use to put it ON? I personally never use anything stronger than > my fingers. I used a small Y-wrench on my Siliva steam tip when I first had > it, and quickly split the end of the rod. Since then, finger tight only. > Aides with removal also. You might just need a new tip at this point too, > and be more careful next time! > > -Ray > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Josh Heisler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What tool do people recommend to get the steam tip off? Recently I > > mangled my steam tip with a pair of pliers and WLL suggested that I > > might need a new wand. Now I have the new wand but still can't get the > > tip off. I must need a better tool. Any suggestions? Links? Pictures > > to do this? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
