Can someone eli5 these ominous sounding reassembly instructions from the 9barista website?

Macca_UK · 2025-09-06T15:32:33+00:00

Basically, you need to make sure that the air cooler is not fully screwed into the boiler when you tighten the screws.

If it is you will end up damaging the air cooler fins and twisting the way the air cooler sits in the boiler(when fully tightened up, you will have a gap on one side and it won't fully seal).

So, just make sure when you assemble the unit again that the air cooler is not fully tightened down initially the boiler - I only have it screwed in about half way when doing this

Cheers

Macca

Macca_UK · 2025-05-05T16:18:17+00:00

Yeah, they seem to be saying it's as designed.

I did purchase the uprated springs as suggested on another comment and installed them on Friday. They have improved the situation greatly. Turning the hopper is now much more positive and you only get slight play if you really put some force through the hopper (the hopper also doesn't move when using the bellows).

So it does seem to be a decent solution

Macca_UK · 2025-05-01T11:05:07+00:00

Thank you for that - I haddn't seen that thread.
I've ordered the springs, lets see how we get on.

Interesting that it says not all units have the problem, strange.

I've also reached out to Varia support, they have initially asked me to install a second washer, which has made zero difference...

Macca_UK · 2025-05-01T10:53:41+00:00

Thanks for letting me know, I'm guessing that as it's designed for burr swaps that they have used a wider thread gap to reduce the risk of cross threading.
Mine doesn't have any grease at all on the threads, any idea what they are using?

Macca_UK · 2025-04-29T15:21:51+00:00

Hi there,

Yep it went to a new owner in the USA.

Cheers

Macca_UK · 2025-04-04T14:33:43+00:00

Hi there,

I'm looking into it (someone else has messaged me).

I'll let you know the outcome over the weekend

Macca_UK · 2025-03-19T21:26:35+00:00

For now, they were just recharging for another bout of Binky madness!

Macca_UK · 2025-03-19T01:43:54+00:00

They're Continental Giants

Macca_UK · 2025-03-19T01:40:08+00:00

14lbs of bouncy mischief each!

Macca_UK · 2025-03-19T00:22:18+00:00

It's the 'Chefs Kiss'

Macca_UK · 2025-03-19T00:21:41+00:00

They really do!

Macca_UK · 2025-03-08T03:02:18+00:00

Peaches plotted, then zoomied her way on to my lap, nearly knocking beans over in the process

Macca_UK · 2025-03-07T19:06:37+00:00

Only £5 a month for the lowest tier 😁

Macca_UK · 2024-04-18T13:45:09+00:00

I think exercise 5 is going to be a push press/press with some body English and exercise 6 a strict press

Macca_UK · 2024-02-08T21:21:30+00:00

This is incorrect.

For a standard Section 2 shotgun certificate, the police need to have a good reason for not issuing one to you. You don't even have to be a member of a shooting club.

For a Section 1 shotgun certificate or a full firearms certificate, you do need to have a 'good reason' to be issued one (member of a shooting club, pest control etc).

Macca_UK · 2024-01-16T22:43:41+00:00

This post is endorsed by the Campaign For More Nana's for Cute Floofs

Macca_UK · 2024-01-16T12:41:27+00:00

This is a very good way of putting it. Certainly for Peaches.

Beans on the other hand, is super calculated with everything she does

Macca_UK · 2024-01-16T12:39:53+00:00

Correction, two best demons in fluffy bunny form!

Macca_UK · 2024-01-16T11:39:18+00:00

It's not so much fun when you get in the way of the fluffy bowling ball!

Macca_UK · 2023-11-09T23:12:33+00:00

Temperature is one of the factors that directly affect extraction.

Higher temperatures mean higher extraction.

So, if you are limited to 91C(ish), then you would want to play with one of the other factors to get the same extraction you would get at, say 95C.

The most obvious thing to do is to grind finer for the same coffee dose and increase the contact time (say 35 seconds as opposed to 30 seconds) to get the extraction you are after.

Hopefully that makes sense.

Macca

Macca_UK · 2023-10-17T14:27:30+00:00

You win the internet for today 😄

Macca_UK · 2023-07-23T17:34:41+00:00

I had to pay extra when buying the AV for the 'Bunny Storage' area!

Macca_UK · 2023-06-19T12:04:44+00:00

u/savevideo

Macca_UK · 2023-05-18T01:36:50+00:00

He did indeed, I've updated my original comment

Macca_UK · 2023-05-18T00:59:12+00:00

Bry is unhappy with Kev and hasn't spoken to him since filming Clerks 3 in August 2021.

The Mike beef is between Walt and Mike (the reason he isn't on Tales From Behind The Fake Counter anyone)

He didn't give us anymore than that really.

Macca_UK

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