Olympia Express Cremina 67 Rebuild

derrilex

Going for a round 2 showdown against the 99 AM ? Heavyweight title fight :rofl: :rofl:

Kelsey

Oh yeah, absolutely drop around if you're free. Lacehim's up in Sunshine Beach up Coolum way.

Koffee_Kosmo

I like photos Is there a likely chance that you will take some nice ones of the Cremina 67 and post them And leave Kelsey alone 😡 He is a nice bloke on P plates KK

Kelsey

No no, he's right. My latest roast wasn't up to snuff. And the Cremina certainly steams at much greater volume and power than the BZ99. Much fun was had by....well... me, at least. 😉 My wife came in afterwards and asked me if all this was some kind of elaborate ruse and if there was a lever machine hidden away in the garage somewhere. "No," I said. "That's AM's trick". :rofl: :rofl:

Muscles

Here you go AM, hope it gives an idea of grind size

Kelsey

Provided the only payment is your amusement at the fallout, I'm good with that. :laugh:

derrilex

Must be something seriously wrong with that BZ Kelsey if it was whooped by AM's egg cup lever :rofl: :rofl: Although, that thing is basically all boiler with a pimped element.

derrilex

Whats the stability like on the little lever AM ? from a on the bench perspective ( not temp). Do you have to clamp it down while using ? :rofl: I can just picture pulling the whole thing over while activating the lever

Muscles

:coffee2: Just got my new sight glass from OE in the mail so I can rebuild it tonight with the anti-vac and have some more lever fun. AM, how many and what sort of washers did you use when putting the antivac where the Safety valve was? I really don't want to crack this glass too and wait another 2 weeks for a replacement part...

derrilex

All sounds a tricky for you lever boys

Muscles

Thanks man that helps a bit. I have 1 x copper crush, several rubber and teflon washers and standard copper washers. I thought the copper crush would not seal properly if I used 2 or would need replacing if I ever removed them - perhaps I am wrong? Anyway, first time round I used 2 x Teflon. The Anti Vac looks like same one used by CoffeeRenos ie this part from CoffeeParts -Item code: 618968 - first one in their list. I think this time I will try to seat it lower and have a good look for clearance before tightening. Float ball you say? Now you have me wondering where I could find one small enough to use. I would have thought it would end up either in the boiler or in the top rail... might leave that to others to play with.

Muscles

What I meant was... This time I will seat the sight glass lower, it has about 3-5mm play in where it sits. I'll lube the tube before inserting to get it in as far as it will possibly go - tight fit I know but I reckon that extra couple of mm will allow the AV to fit with 2 washers and not crack the glass... Will take some pics :thumb: EDIT: also, this is IF the new glass is same length. If not, maybe I will have to sand some of the length off....

derrilex

Muscles wrote:

I'll lube the tube before inserting to get it in as far as it will possibly go

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: geez I must be bored

Kelsey

Anger Management wrote:

Due to the smart people behind the development. You can use two hands and almost bend the tever and it does not move. The fulcrum point is very smartly placed. If your seals are bad or the system needs to be cleaned. Then when lifting to load the shot, it may be an issue unless you use your hand to stable the unit.

Or if you grind too fine on your BSG. :rofl:

derrilex

Could there be a few short comings starting to appear in the mighty mini lever ? :rofl:

Kelsey

Nope, not from my perspective. I liked it a lot. Definitely a keeper.

Muscles

Keeper for sure. The silence while using it is deafening ??? Just need a hand grinder now so I can make espresso's in stealth mode...

Kelsey

That's exactly what I was thinking when we were playing around yesterday. Was tempted to bust out the hario.

derrilex

Oh my god, Kelsey has caught lever fever - fair enough, I want one too but dont tell AM

Brett_H

I don't know about all this hand grinder business. I want a coffee in 30 seconds, not 30 seconds + 275 turns of a pepper mill. Surely there must be a grinder on the market so quiet, and so expensive that the mere knowledge of it would scare our families into allowing us to grind with our domestic rattlers whenever we wanted... lest we blow the kids investment fund on a silent bean chomper. Also, with two little ones at home I don't need any sympathetic winks from colleagues when I turn up to work with one arm clearly bigger than the other!!!

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