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[–] 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I gota ask what in turboencapulator is that?

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  • [–] 25 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Well it's the hydrocoptic marzlevane, clearly.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 child)

    Wish I could quadriple upvote this.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    It looks to me like the brew chamber from some super-automatic espresso machine.

    The silver bit is the shower screen on the head of a plunger that goes down and up to form a puck and then comes back up and the little arm on the left would push off the spent puck after brewing. Or that's my guesses based on taking a different one apart.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Lol, right?

    And here I sit with my $100 DeLonghi espresso machine, where monthly I have to burn the microfilter clean with a pocket torch.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    TIL people make coffee with car parts.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I clean my Magnifica way too infrequently. Even so, that thing keeps going and going, though it likes to eat the tubing o-rings. Don't think I've actually replaced any major parts on it though.

    I checked it a while back and I'm well over 50,000 shots on the beast in the 15 years we've had it.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I have a MagnificaS too! Second hand. No trouble so far.

    I also had one of those expensive Jura things, also second hand, then it broke, allegedly that cog mechanism is bad from the guess of a technician. The price I heard made me forget about it and just busted out the magnifica from storage.

    Wonder how long it will last me

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    My parents had the same Magnifica for longer than I have. I have to take orings over and fix it every once in a while, as well. I'm sure it doesn't have as many shots as mine but it's up there.

    Great machines, but I can't speak to whether it's enshittified these days or not. I'm tempted to pick up a stash of the major parts or a low mileage parts machine for repairs while I can find them. Pretty sure a lot of the parts aren't made anymore.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 1 week ago (1 child)

    I gotta see how to do maintenance on it myself. Right now I'm clueless though I guess the orings you're talking about are those which can be found at the front top of the machine.

    but I can’t speak to whether it’s enshittified these days or not

    Eh we can all guess that they are...

    Thankfully the second hand market exists.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Mine sounds older, but pretty much anywhere the water supply tubing runs, it has a red Viton oring around the tube and a brass backer that clips it into the fittings. That oring will start to leak as it gets old. They're a weird metric size so finding them was a hassle, but now I have a bag of them for that job.

    I've also replaced the tubing itself with teflon tubing that you can get from 3D printer websites. They use it as Bowden tubes.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

    If it wasn't dirty, why did you clean it?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    [ EMPTY GROUNDS CONTAINER ]

    My machine has an identical part. Don't forget to lube the o-rings with food-safe grease from time to time after cleaning.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    Thank you for the reminder! After seeing this post, I cleaned the infuser for my Dinamica.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 week ago

    You are one of maybe 5% capable of it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    Very dull. I ought to clean my dinamica

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