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(Boing Boing) Cool How to make a home-made pocket-sized espresso machine with a tiny alcohol stove   (boingboing.net) divider line 22
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stoppit
2011-11-28 08:44:01 AM
Is that an espresso machine in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
 
jso2897 [TotalFark]
2011-11-28 09:27:46 AM
A modified wooden toilet paper roller?
 
Devolving_Spud
2011-11-28 10:10:18 AM
"Are you carrying any illegal narcotics or needles or anything I can hurt myself with while searching you?"

"No, sir, just a mini espresso machine"

"What's THIS?!"

"A mini espresso machine I made myself."

"It's drug paraphernalia! You are under arrest!"

"No, sir, it's a ...."

"Stop resisting!"

"....espresso..."

"STOP RESISTING!!!!!!"

*ZAP!*
 
mea.culpa
2011-11-28 10:18:09 AM
You know acidic fluids leech copper, right? Don't use that thing too much.
 
MoronLessOff
2011-11-28 10:26:25 AM
Link does not show me how to make said machine.
 
astro716
2011-11-28 10:55:33 AM
mea.culpa: You know acidic fluids leech copper, right? Don't use that thing too much.

My first thought too. Would you like some lead solder with that macchiatto?
 
KarmicDisaster
2011-11-28 11:03:33 AM
Devolving_Spud: "Are you carrying any illegal narcotics or needles or anything I can hurt myself with while searching you?"

"No, sir, just a mini espresso machine"

"What's THIS?!"

"A mini espresso machine I made myself."

"It's drug paraphernalia! You are under arrest!"

"No, sir, it's a ...."

"Stop resisting!"

"....espresso..."

"STOP RESISTING!!!!!!"

*ZAP!*

That's what I was thinking. They are going to spray first and ask questions later, perp.
 
WhackingDay
2011-11-28 11:23:18 AM
astro716: mea.culpa: You know acidic fluids leech copper, right? Don't use that thing too much.

My first thought too. Would you like some lead solder with that macchiatto?

Seriously. It might be a nice design, if you were trying to slowly poison someone (or commit a very slow suicide).
 
Because People in power are Stupid [TotalFark]
2011-11-28 11:24:54 AM
Check that guy for a Kayser-Fleischer ring.
 
Smidge204
2011-11-28 11:26:07 AM
MoronLessOff: Link does not show me how to make said machine.

The link has link that shows you how to make said machine.

The first thing you should do when reading a blog entry is scroll to the bottom and find out what other blog the author copied the story from. Follow the trail as far back as you can towards the original content.
=Smidge=
 
Ivo Shandor
2011-11-28 11:48:44 AM
astro716: mea.culpa: You know acidic fluids leech copper, right? Don't use that thing too much.

My first thought too. Would you like some lead solder with that macchiatto?

The article (the real one on instructables.com, not this intermediate blog link) discusses both of those points. Use lead-free plumbing solder (duh) and don't worry too much about the copper.
 
MoronLessOff
2011-11-28 01:02:35 PM
Smidge204: MoronLessOff: Link does not show me how to make said machine.

The link has link that shows you how to make said machine.

The first thing you should do when reading a blog entry is scroll to the bottom and find out what other blog the author copied the story from. Follow the trail as far back as you can towards the original content.
=Smidge=


Yea, I saw that. But still, if an article says How to such and such, the article should tell you how to such and such.
 
astro716
2011-11-28 01:10:31 PM
Ivo Shandor: astro716: mea.culpa: You know acidic fluids leech copper, right? Don't use that thing too much.

My first thought too. Would you like some lead solder with that macchiatto?

The article (the real one on instructables.com, not this intermediate blog link) discusses both of those points. Use lead-free plumbing solder (duh) and don't worry too much about the copper.

Eh, tl;dr
 
Cyno01 [TotalFark]
2011-11-28 01:29:52 PM
jso2897: A modified wooden toilet paper roller?

Wow, just wow.
 
dryknife
2011-11-28 02:38:08 PM
cdn1.hark.com
 
buttery_shame_cave
2011-11-28 03:59:36 PM
potentially useful for backpacking.
 
brantgoose [TotalFark]
2011-11-28 05:19:24 PM

Ingenious DIY botchery. And, Gee, I was about to spend $1,299 for one of these:

http://www.urbanlifestylegear.com/2011/06/bugatti-diva-espresso-machi n e/

It's the Bugatti of one cup coffee makers. For those who like their kitchen gadgets to be outrageously expensive and red.

No, but seriously. I have one of those cheap Italian espresso percolators you can get for as little as $20. They work just fine. Makes a nice strong cup of coffee even if you replace some of the bean with sugar to save time and the washing of a coffee spoon. Six cups of espresso makes about two cups of regular coffee, and who drinks just one espresso any way?

Any size you like: http://www.yourcoffeestore.com/italian-bialetti-moka-express-coffee-ma ker-1-cup/





If you want something a bit fancier, they have single-cup machines for about a tenth of the price of the grand monster above, and if you're not satisfied with the Bugatti of coffee makers, a real espresso machine will only set you back the price of a small house in the country. It'll have brass eagles and everything and it'll make a noise like a really big bath tub draining---scoooootch! For a bit more, you can rent an old Italian to operate it.
 
brantgoose [TotalFark]
2011-11-28 05:25:16 PM
This is my Pocellana puppy express--a Sixties design no longer made according to the website:



For all the coffee I drink aside from my cup a day at work, a couple of Bodums and this is plenty.
 
buttery_shame_cave
2011-11-28 07:04:20 PM
some rough sketching and hey,
i can scale up his design.

it might be worth building if i can match the weight of the press i take backpacking.

why oh why didn't i think of this before?

(it's basically a miniature chimney-type billycan with a little extra plumbing.
 
SumoJeb
2011-11-29 12:37:54 AM
astro716: mea.culpa: You know acidic fluids leech copper, right? Don't use that thing too much.

My first thought too. Would you like some lead solder with that macchiatto?

solder for copper pipes has not contained lead for decades. if you use solder that clearly states it is for electronics only.. your loss. and copper poisoning from this would take a loooooong time. quit your worrying chicken little.
 
buttery_shame_cave
2011-11-29 04:15:34 AM
SumoJeb: astro716: mea.culpa: You know acidic fluids leech copper, right? Don't use that thing too much.

My first thought too. Would you like some lead solder with that macchiatto?

solder for copper pipes has not contained lead for decades. if you use solder that clearly states it is for electronics only.. your loss. and copper poisoning from this would take a loooooong time. quit your worrying chicken little.

and it's getting hard to come by the 50/50 lead/tin solder nowadays.

it's that horrible 'lead free' stuff.

i'm not saying it's crap, but it's worth noting that within a year of RoHS passing in the EU, every portion of the electronics industry EXCEPT consumer electronics had waivers allowing them to use the good old fashioned stuff.

/got a 1-pound spool in a drawer in my workbench at the office. i figure even as much as i'm using it it should last me years.

fine-gauge stuff, it is.
 
Cyno01 [TotalFark]
2011-11-30 09:17:50 AM
buttery_shame_cave: SumoJeb: astro716: mea.culpa: You know acidic fluids leech copper, right? Don't use that thing too much.

My first thought too. Would you like some lead solder with that macchiatto?

solder for copper pipes has not contained lead for decades. if you use solder that clearly states it is for electronics only.. your loss. and copper poisoning from this would take a loooooong time. quit your worrying chicken little.

and it's getting hard to come by the 50/50 lead/tin solder nowadays.

it's that horrible 'lead free' stuff.

i'm not saying it's crap, but it's worth noting that within a year of RoHS passing in the EU, every portion of the electronics industry EXCEPT consumer electronics had waivers allowing them to use the good old fashioned stuff.

/got a 1-pound spool in a drawer in my workbench at the office. i figure even as much as i'm using it it should last me years.

fine-gauge stuff, it is.

It is crap, it takes higher heat and is much more brittle than the old lead solder, which leads to a lot more cracked connections that cant easily be repaired by the home diy type (although what percentage of people can actually do that...), so instead of a little bit of lead going in a landfill possibly after 10 years, the devices have to be junked after 5 years creating much more waste in general.
 
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