patrickff Senior Member Joined: 15 Aug 2011 Posts: 36 Location: DC Expertise: Just starting
Espresso: Silvia v2 Grinder: Baratza Vario Drip: Aeropress
Posted Thu Nov 10, 2011, 2:21pm Subject: Fixing Silvia's portafilter
It took me a while to figure out that neither my tamping was crooked, nor my kitchen cart was uneven. A little bit of reading of CG and a closer look at my Silvia (v2) portafilter revealed that the spout holes had not been evenly drilled.
So does your machine have this problem too?
It took me about 5 minutes and a Dremel w/ a carbide bit to fix the problem. All I had to do is to widen one of the holes a tiny bit.
It took me a while to figure out that neither my tamping was crooked, nor my kitchen cart was uneven. A little bit of reading of CG and a closer look at my Silvia (v2) portafilter revealed that the spout holes had not been evenly drilled.
So does your machine have this problem too?
It took me about 5 minutes and a Dremel w/ a carbide bit to fix the problem. All I had to do is to widen one of the holes a tiny bit.
All the bottomless photos look so gorgeous, so I am indeed tempted to get myself a bottomless portafilter. 'Not sure If I want to sacrifice my current one though.
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