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Anyone with a Silvia had the rusty frame problem? I knew mine needed some TLC but I took it apart this afternoon and it's worse than I thought it was going to be :o
I was hoping it would just be a bit of sanding and hammerite, but it seems Rancilio powder coated the frame after they welded it together. So the water got into the gap between the horizontal base and the vertical part of the frame in the middle.
So, I think I need to cut the top part off with an axle grinder or similar and it'll be a slightly bigger job than I thought.
I'm going to refurb the group head while I'm at it, as the fake chrome is peeling off (another known weakness).
While I've got it apart, I'm also thinking about installing a meCoffee internal PID:
https://mecoffee.nl/mecoffee/
The aim of this being to reduce temperature swings, the need to 'temperature surf' and (hopefully) get more consistent milk steaming because I've always found that a little hit and miss.
The meCoffee PID is 129 euros though, is it worth spending this on Miss Silvia to improve her or would I be better putting that towards a new machine in due course?