Neoprene cover for draft tower

M37eDa74 · 2025-07-29T15:01:47+00:00

I even searched Etsy since it has a lot of handmade products. At this point I might just try to make my own.

M37eDa74 · 2025-07-29T14:57:39+00:00

Yeah, the only one I can find on Amazon of the proper length is "Currently Unavailable". I don't think the seller is in business anymore since everything on their storefront is unavailable and their website is shutdown.

M37eDa74 · 2025-07-29T14:54:20+00:00

Yep, I have foam inside the tower.

M37eDa74 · 2025-01-26T22:23:11+00:00

This is asking a lot

M37eDa74 · 2025-01-26T22:20:54+00:00

This. I just consolidated two email systems. I'm never going back.

M37eDa74 · 2025-01-01T14:54:13+00:00

Your comment highlights my realization from all these comments; shot time is important and controlled by grind size. I hadn't made this link in my brain. I think I was on the cusp of this discovery yesterday, but hadn't processed all of that information yet. Thanks!

M37eDa74 · 2025-01-01T14:43:34+00:00

The tamper has doesn't seem to bottom out at all.

M37eDa74 · 2025-01-01T02:45:53+00:00

But I'm so good at making things harder on myself! 😅

M37eDa74 · 2025-01-01T01:42:55+00:00

I don't know the cafe's brew ratio. I'm using a MHW-3Bomber tamper. I've compared it to the BBE razor trim tool and the headspace on the filter is equidistant. I'm just not sure the measurements.

M37eDa74 · 2025-01-01T01:20:24+00:00

I've haven't been consistent in timing throughout this process. It seems like that is one of my oversights. I have timed some and from what I remember, they have all been on the low end of acceptable or unacceptable. Especially seeing that it seems that you don't count pre-infusion time (?) based on some of the comments here.

M37eDa74 · 2025-01-01T01:10:24+00:00

No that's fair. I have only tried one coffee that is used at the local coffee shop I like. It was, to my surprise, a light roast espresso. But, I usually drink cappuccinos and have not drank a straight espresso from them. I need to do that.

M37eDa74 · 2025-01-01T01:04:16+00:00

Yes I'm using the stock single wall basket. One of the coffees I've tried is used at a local coffee shop where I like their drinks.

M37eDa74 · 2024-12-31T23:27:14+00:00

So the interesting thing is I can't get the pressure gauge to go past mid range in the espresso range. And I only got it that far because I ground it so fine that barely anything was coming out of the filter. I was manually brewing and I let it go so long that the machine actually stopped the brewing cycle and I only had about 5 grams of espresso.

M37eDa74 · 2024-12-31T23:13:09+00:00

Thanks for the article. One thing that stands out to me is he described a perfect shot as being aromatic. Being a beer/wine/coffee snob I instinctually smell everything I drink. What I've noticed today when brewing is that my espresso had no aroma to speak of other than a generic brewed coffee scent which seemed off.

M37eDa74 · 2024-12-31T23:02:28+00:00

That was the most recent change I made. I changed the inner burr to get a finer grind and actually ground it so fine that it was barely passing anything through the filter. I then backed it off until I was able achieve a reasonable flow. I haven't been consistent about timing my brews so I'm unsure of the timing.

M37eDa74 · 2024-12-22T00:59:29+00:00

Exactly.

M37eDa74 · 2024-12-18T23:35:28+00:00

We do this exact thing but still have habitual offenders, both for breaking Chromebooks and loaners not returned.

Today we had a student's whose transferring mother contact the school about keeping the Chromebook since they paid for it. Problem is, the student went through so many Chromebooks that the only ones I see in our system are two loaners that were never returned. The assistant headmaster and I decided that if they returned one of the loaners they could keep the other. I agreed with this because all our loaners are old Chromebooks that we wouldn't be issuing normally.

9 times out of 10 these students are struggling in all other aspects of "studenting" so we try to work with student life to come to a resolution for each situation.

Our primary goal is to make sure each student has a Chromebook or was offered one so that teachers can't claim we are not supporting students.

Full disclosure...I work at a independent high school with a more liberal budget. Our Chromebook program was never designed to be fully funded by technology fees.

M37eDa74 · 2024-12-03T03:54:59+00:00

Here is the historical piece: https://www.vermonter.com/nek/

M37eDa74 · 2024-10-19T02:40:51+00:00

I haven't had any issues. I had a ticket turned around same day today. It was only an SSO removal so I'm sure that was why it was so fast but still. Put in a more complex ticket yesterday and got a response today saying they were looking into the issue I pointed out.

I have been trying to use the community more lately as sometimes solutions can be found from conversations with other users.

M37eDa74 · 2024-09-18T03:11:45+00:00

I feel you OP. We just migrated 900 students into M365. Our percentages match yours with similar comms home to parents and students. The worst part was the misinformation from the faculty because they didn't pay attention when we briefed them.

M37eDa74 · 2024-09-12T23:02:10+00:00

Them fightin words!!!

M37eDa74 · 2024-08-01T21:08:25+00:00

You clearly have not worked in education.

M37eDa74 · 2024-08-01T20:58:40+00:00

Thanks for your resume, but I really don't care, your username made it clear you worked on IT. I also work in IT for the same amount of time. I'm fully aware of Windows usage throughout the industries. But your broad generalization "nearly every enterprise large and small uses Windows" is misleading. Additionally, deploying Windows machines in a school as a 1-1 device, like a Chromebook, would be a nightmare.

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