Hey Todd! Thanks for the email. This machine came from you guys originally.
There are two things at work here. First, the gasket is too thick as already mentioned. Second, the PF basket that came with the machine sits much too high in the PF handle‹probably 1-2 mm higher than the identical item on my Brewtus 2. I kind of imagine it¹s a defect, but not sure. If there¹s any way you could hand pick a replacement that sits as low as possible in the PF, that will also help. To give you an idea, when I lock my PF into my machine, it first makes contact at 6 o¹ clock. This one makes contact at 7 or 8 o¹ clock. Is there such a thing as a 7 mm or 7.5 mm gasket? As an aside, the screen and gasket go into the machine really hard/tight. Much tighter than on my Brewtus. Was this normal for the Office? If you¹re willing, you can ship the gasket and basket to me at: Ben McCafferty 9117 North Town Drive NE Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 Thanks as always Todd! bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." From: Todd Salzman <[email protected]> Reply-To: <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:57:52 -0400 To: <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Sorting out an Office The 8mm works great. If you give us a call we can ship one right out. The brew group is not an actual E61, is has the name Crem on it which is also the company name for Expobar. It is actually a nice group as they explained to me that it has more space over the shower screen which is good for pre infusion. Todd Whole Latte Love I suspect a 8mm will work quite well that .5mm makes a big difference. On the bigger question: to the best of my knowledge, no Expobar machine uses a *genuine* E61 group head (I believe they are actually quite rare outside of Faema machines). Most of we call E61 groups these days are clones or variations. Cheers Neil A. Blue Mountains, Oz http://minstrygrounds.net.au - A blog about selecting, roasting and drinking fine coffee __________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barry Luterman Sent: Monday, 17 August 2009 4:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Sorting out an Office I found a 7 mm but it's for an Astoria Don't know if it will fit http://www.espressoparts.com/cgi-bin/ep.pl?pgm=co_disp&func=displ&strfnbr=71 &prrfnbr=5812&sesent=0,0&search_id=8914 On Sun, Aug 16, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Ben McCafferty <[email protected] <javascript:window.top.openSendEmail('[email protected]','','','');> > wrote: Yeah, Chris has 8, 8.5 or 9. Any leads on a 7.5 or 7? bmc "Faith will move mountains, but you'd better bring a shovel....." > From: Ira <[email protected] <javascript:window.top.openSendEmail('[email protected]','','','');> > > Reply-To: <[email protected] <javascript:window.top.openSendEmail('[email protected]','','','');> > > Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 10:19:45 -0700 > To: <[email protected] <javascript:window.top.openSendEmail('[email protected]','','','');> > > Subject: Re: Sorting out an Office > > > At 08:43 AM 8/16/2009, you wrote: >> --Is there a 7 or 7.5mm gasket available out there? > > There are thinner ones, I have an 8 in mine I think. > > Ira > > > > <br -----Original Message----- From: "Neil Atwood" [[email protected]] Date: 08/16/2009 04:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Sorting out an Office Note: Original message sent as attachment --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
