The tip is great for the gasket, but wrapping the blade in a towel and using the side edge on the groove in the screen/basket was best. Would have been easier with two oyster knives. But WAY better than a scewdriver IMHO.
On Saturday, April 2, 2016 at 5:39:09 PM UTC-6, bmacpiper wrote: > > Interesting! I even have one of those. (And as luck would have it, my > first delivery of 2016 for CSA oysters is this Friday, so double benefit!). > > I'll have to try it--did you use it flat, i.e. Prying against the lip of > the group and the edge of the screen? > > Best, > bmc > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 2, 2016, at 16:35, EagleBoy <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > OK - I finally got around to changing the brew head gasket after, well, > years... The leaking portafilter finally got to me. Plus worry of > overstressing my pump. Found the PERFECT tool for removing the gasket and > screen - especially for the baked on ones. > https://www.oxo.com/oyster-knife-356 Getting the Expobar gasket and new > screen back in was a treat let me tell you. On order are some of those > Cafelat silicone gaskets. :) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Brewtus" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Brewtus" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/brewtus. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
