LONDINIUM no grease piston & group seals are coming

While ready for the Vectis group to be solid i’ve busied myself growing piston seals for the fashionable lever group that don’t want any grease by any means

It has taken just a few iterations, however i’ve now ironed out the fabric and the design and i’m ready for the primary run of 30 units

If they’re effectively acquired we’ll then get dies made and make them in quantity

I count on the set of 30 to reach in a few weeks from now; they’re being manufactured right here in Auckland the place i reside so it’s a easy matter of driving throughout city when they’re prepared and we may have them the identical day

These seals will final for much longer than 12 months, you’ll not get any grease trapped within the bathe display inflicting channelling, you’ll by no means have to regrease the seals, and low residue is not going to adhere within the grease within the mesh of the bathe display in the best way that it at the moment does

So the advantages are vastly longer seal life, keep away from the necessity to use costly silicone grease, vastly enhance service life for the bathe display (particularly the advantageous 35 micron display) and fewer hours servicing the machine and extra time consuming espresso

These seals will solely be obtainable as an put up buy improve to the machines

These seals will remodel your consumer expertise no matter model of lever machine you will have if it makes use of the fashionable lever group; KVDW, Bosco, Quickmill, Profitec, and so forth, and so forth – that is the small insignificant improve that can remodel your lever life

To suit the piston seals soak them in water and a drop of dishwashing detergent and in addition moist the piston in the identical answer earlier than you match every piston seal; this may make sure the seals don’t seize and tear as you’re employed them onto the piston