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Leaking out of the base is most likely boiler/base gasket. Does the boiler/grouphead rotate at all if you put some lateral force on it? If so, that's the likely culprit. If not, could be element gasket instead.

You could cut a replacement gasket out of a cornflake box if you need an Air BnB replacement. I wouldn't. Lots of shadetree mechanics would and have. You'll need an oil filter wrench to remove and replace regardless. The element gasket is an o-ring so no Air BnB bodge there.

Edit: it's handy to have an oil filter wrench, not a necessity. You can bodge a bit of wood or something I guess.

Can you pay for an internal shipping label to the SnS address? So you're still providing a printed label but total shipping costs are now just national postage + 40SGD?

Yeah, it seems too good to be true, right?

For what it's worth, we've used them for the last four years, multiple origins and destinations, probably 20+ packages, never any issues.

Did I stutter?

My usual route is US/UK to middle east - I'm sure they can handle another similar expat destination

Shop and Ship has been excellent for me. They quote £20 for that package.

Yeah, but it's great news that you have a life outside of going to the gym! Also, it's marginal, marginal gains at that point (all else being equal).

You're right that context is key but this particular takeaway is pretty consistent across a wide range of experience levels. For example, similar research was carried out on the Norwegian powerlifting national team. The same volume split over 6x/week frequency had noticeable gains over 3x/week.

Just swapped the Vario/Ditting steel burrs into the DF54 and reversed the motor direction. Super easy aside from the bastard shimming. Consistency in grind is, visually, immediately obvious - can't imagine it won't bear through in the cup. Excited to find out once they're seasoned.

What a result! Enjoy the project!

Ooh, nice work. What a treat that'd be! Let us know how it goes!

Those potatoes are the only way we consume them in our house now (sans rosemary and lemon). On rotation at least twice a week.

Also, congrats on getting the squat stance sorted. Always such a good feeling to know you've put in the work to set yourself up to start making some proper progress again!

Thanks!

Funny you mention the squat, I was feeling good working up this morning. 220kg/5 plate checked off. This is my last lifting post for another 5 years, promise.

Thanks for the kind words all!

@TGR the Loakes were an especially poor choice (peep them clinging on to the bench leg for dear life) but I was on lunch and feeling fresh.. blessed to have a gym in the building.

I don't want to get in the habit of posting every PR but this was a big one. 3 plate bench ✔️

Please continue with your vital research.

(Looks delicious!)

Speaking of grinders, had this rock up today. It's ostensibly for Christmas but very tempting to crack it open straight away. Really want to grab those Ditting burrs, rewire it and then after a couple kilos repackage and stick it under a tree until 25th December. Realistically it'll stay in the box for the next three weeks and I won't find out it's the wrong voltage or broken inside until it's too late.

To be more constructive: after a while you get a sense for what grind settings based on origin/roast level which speeds up the process but doesn't eliminate it. You'll need to adjust the grind as beans age anyway so constantly chasing the 'perfect setting'.

Yeah...

OPV shouldn't affect steam at all. Steam comes from boiler pressure, not pump pressure.

You're right about pressure increasing with a finer grind. The reason you only got to 7bar was because that's all the resistance the puck could create. Greater puck integrity would push it to 9bar and then the OPV will kick in.

Yeah 210 was a grindy single back in August so given myself enough space to build and push past it.

3x3@135 means 140 is 100% in reach. Sounds like a good plan with the backoff sets!

Thanks all! Technique wasn't great leading into it but made it work.

@mcJ78 I've hit 210 before so probably go for 215 in a couple of weeks and hopefully 220 before new years. I'm sure I'll be saying the same thing in 6 months.

@pjhobs in 2019 I'd just hit 180kg for the first time with a little in the tank so figured I wasn't more than a couple months away from 200 and 220 would be mine early 2020. Incresibly idealistic looking back on it.

@TGR I'd love to see this vid - would be great as context for the lift. I did get invited to county trials for rugby as a teen but found out on arrival it was an admin mixup. That was both the beginning and the end of my top flight XVs career.

In late 2019 I wrote out a plan to squat 220kg. Obviously some stuff got in the way around that time but today I hit the final milestone lift of 200x3. 5 plates is so close I can taste it.

Into the breach is an all-time great. Fantastic example of how mechanics really are the crux of good design.

I second Edd, very nice