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Nice! Is that a sight-glass on the front for the boiler? Looking forward to seeing the progress on getting it nice & shiny!
Just noticed how huge it is next to the La Pavoni too! Also liking the fancy curved steam wand you've got on it.
Is that both a hot water tap & steam wand on the top of the Faema there?
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Not sure what the sight glass is for really - you can see the spring that drives the piston in the group. Rather sadly the sender chose not to remove the steam wand, so the pipe has been damaged beyond repair in transit. I’ll probably remove it altogether and stick a little pressure gauge on the tap so I can set the boiler pressure easier.
It’s a beast next to my little Pav, footprint is about the same but everything else is a lot more substantial on the Faema. Much closer to a commercial machine.
Jung
Well it finally arrived. Terrible packaging so it’s acquired a few more dings. Looks like customs opened it, then dumped a load of other shit as I also received two children’s books, an auction catalogue, some cream and a big box of diamond files…..
Bit of an old wreck but think I should be able to get it going. It’s built like a TANK.