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[–] 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Rad! I had the same thing happen in covid times. I went for a slightly more powerful motor 😂 and thus began my coffee machine modification phase. I call it a 'sleeper' coffee machine because it looks like a cheap turd, but drives alright.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    I like the idea of tuning coffee machines. Hope you built in some rad lights, too :-D

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago

    Look into manual expresso machines. Like the gaggia classic. There's a whole cottage industry of after market accessories and modifications. Everything from modified springs to adjust brew pressure to full on pid controllers that graft into the unit and take control over the whole machine.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    This is dangerously close to exciting 😄 But this is the type of thing I can firmly get behind! Awesome work!

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    [–] 9 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

    Nice! How did you fix it? Solder and iron? Hammer and sickle? Crystal and ball?

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  • [–] 10 points 3 weeks ago* (4 children)

    Ouija board and the dead pump.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

    Quick, it's your retirement party -- you have to give a long an intricate speech to your friends and loved ones. As the spotlight shines upon you, the crowd chants, implores you to deliver a recollection of your finest moment in explicit detail...!

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago

    uh, i was skiing down the bunny slope and it looked like there was a jump i could take. i was wrong. it was a hole. i biffed so hard into it i lost my hat, gloves, and one of my boots. i think i took up snowboarding after that.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 weeks ago

    A little cream with the taste of victory

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    Hell yeah, brother!

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago

    If this was covid times,you would've been allowed to walk tge streets freely. Because coffee is an essential service.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

    What coffee machine is it?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    I have two Magnificas. One is coming on 15 years old and I've repaired it a few times now. Loves to eat the o-rings.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    You have to buy the orange--red ones, I can't name the composition off the top of my head but they last the longest. Source: a decade of fixing espresso machines.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago

    Omnissaiah be praised!

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  • [–] 4 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    It's kinda crazy to me that most coffee machines are made of plastic. Hot water rushing over plastic day over day seems like a bad idea

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Excellent work! How's the coffee?

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    [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago

    Don't toss it, you can probably repair it.

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