JDHarding Senior Member Joined: 31 Aug 2007 Posts: 1,099 Location: WA, USA Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Ascaso Steel Pro PID Grinder: Nuova Simonelli MDX,... Vac Pot: None Drip: Hario v60 Roaster: Behmor, Fresh Roast
Posted Wed Apr 18, 2012, 3:06pm Subject: Re: Can someone make my portafilter bottomless?
Okay, so they couldn't do the modification. They said there isn't enough metal between the handle and the basket to be able to cut the bottom off. The handle would simply break right off.
So, I guess this is the end of the Ellimatic venture. There's nothing else that can be done. Game over.
If you guys can find me a PF, bottomless, that fits the Ellimatic, buy it for me and ship it to me, then and only then will I even think about continuing this venture. Otherwise, I give up, period.
calblacksmith Moderator Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 5,633 Location: Riverside, Ca, U.S.A. Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: ECM Veneziano A1 Grinder: Many different commercial Vac Pot: 40s era Silex Drip: Milita, Bunn&Curtis... Roaster: Cast iron pan, gas burner
Posted Wed Apr 18, 2012, 7:20pm Subject: Re: Can someone make my portafilter bottomless?
I bet they are not thinking "outside the box on that PF mod, it is hard for me to imagine a situation that something could not be done! Ya got a pic to post of it?
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JDHarding Senior Member Joined: 31 Aug 2007 Posts: 1,099 Location: WA, USA Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Ascaso Steel Pro PID Grinder: Nuova Simonelli MDX,... Vac Pot: None Drip: Hario v60 Roaster: Behmor, Fresh Roast
Posted Wed Apr 18, 2012, 9:29pm Subject: Re: Can someone make my portafilter bottomless?
If the bottom were cut off, the handle would get cut off too. Most of the part that connects handle to basket is on the bottom of the basket, and if the bottom is cut off, the handle will get cut off too. There's no way around it.
calblacksmith Moderator Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 5,633 Location: Riverside, Ca, U.S.A. Expertise: I live coffee
Espresso: ECM Veneziano A1 Grinder: Many different commercial Vac Pot: 40s era Silex Drip: Milita, Bunn&Curtis... Roaster: Cast iron pan, gas burner
Posted Thu Apr 19, 2012, 6:05am Subject: Re: Can someone make my portafilter bottomless?
You might not be able to take ALL the bottom off but 3/4 of it will have the same effect as taking all, at least on my naked PF, the coffee comes out the center of the basket the vast majority of the time so if the bottom was tapered from the center to allow some stock to remain, the result should be better than with the bottom.
Regardless, the machine will work just fine without the naked PF, there are many many thousand machines out there that have NEVER seen a naked Pf and they turn out great coffee.
In real life, my name is Wayne P.
Feed the newbs, starve the trolls and above all enjoy what you drink!
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