One often-overlooked ingredient to good espresso preparation at home is use of a quality tamper. In that regard, it’s hard to go past the Australian-designed and made Coffeelab, it really is a thing of beauty – the materials, design and feel of the finished object are top notch.

The crucial thing that is hard to achieve with an off-the-shelf tamper is a good fit to the basket to ensure an even tamp, and in this case Aaron was looking to improve the match of his existing base to the 54.5mm baskets of his La Spaziale. I was able to help by sourcing a new 58mm base directly from Coffeelab, and re-machining the diameter to provide an exact fit.

The result was a perfect fit, without changing the ergonomics or appearance of a design that Aaron already loved. Sweet!

From a simple naked group handle conversion to a full overhaul/upgrade and paint job, I can help you with any custom work – even custom panels, dual-boiler conversions or brew pressure control modifications, if you’ve got the vision for what you want, I can probably make it happen – depending on whether the result is going to remain functional and safe.
 

Some examples of custom work:

• By far the most common, conversion to naked group handles. Machine-cut, beveled and polished, 100% accurate.
• Pre-infusion control for solenoid group semi-automatic machines, domestic and commercial
• Actively heated groups for fine control over brew temperature (dependent on group design)
• Fabrication of new parts where the originals are unavailable – eg. lever pistons
• Brazing new copper pipes and fittings to replace worn originals
• Adding brew pressure gauge where none is provided
• Custom handles in hardwood or delrin plastic

Again, just give me a call to discuss your ideas and we’ll see what can be done.