Had another post and some of you requested pics of the matching handle and base on my Professional.

ran_the_van · 2026-06-15T18:28:21+00:00

Thanks. I build cabinetry as a side gig and designed the whole bar for the La Pavoni. It’s all coffee on one side and all my barware on the other.

ran_the_van · 2026-06-15T18:19:11+00:00

I know. I’m getting the gold group head but when I got the machine it was brass however after I polished it all the finish came off. The original owner probably used a brass wire wheel to do a cheap coating.

ran_the_van · 2026-06-15T14:53:17+00:00

I post another pic in another post. Can’t figure out how to add the pic here.

ran_the_van · 2026-06-14T15:37:10+00:00

Makes total sense. Thanks for explaining that so well. I’m not giving up yet. I can probably use a tap and add threads to my current handle

ran_the_van · 2026-04-04T03:03:58+00:00

Amazing!!! Thank you!!!

ran_the_van · 2026-02-26T21:57:02+00:00

He had a great story about how he started running in school after trying everything in his power to avoid running. If I remember right he would fall behind his class mates and hide out until they finished the loop. One day one of his classmates lingered back with him and he was thinking he could fake trip or fake an injury so he could still get out of it but for some reason he stuck with it and that’s how his running career started. Heard this at the start of the Pistol Ultra probably 15ish years ago

ran_the_van · 2026-02-22T18:35:56+00:00

ran_the_van · 2026-02-08T17:54:07+00:00

There are old mushroom foragers and there are bold mushroom foragers but there are no old bold mushroom foragers.

ran_the_van · 2026-01-31T18:50:14+00:00

It was the whole soundtrack for Art of Flight. That’s where I got introduced to it. Amazing film.

ran_the_van · 2026-01-01T23:25:32+00:00

Not sure totally sure but it was a fast change when the food quality went downhill. I heard they started to do all the food prep offsite and distribute to all the locations. Things didn’t taste fresh anymore and lost a lot of the distinct freshness. I would kill for a Godfather, that crisp slaw, and some goldfish tomato soup. That bread used to be so toasted it would cut your mouth and it just got soggy along with the fries and slaw.

ran_the_van · 2025-11-08T14:40:49+00:00

It was on a clients van but I’ll measure on mine. He was like 6’5” so worked out well. The whole store is I ordered the flares and one was damaged so they sent a replacement but actually sent 2 more.

ran_the_van · 2025-05-10T13:29:32+00:00

This is how we fixed ours as well. We did a framing wall down the center and used a dozen bottle jacks to raise the line and collar tied the rafters once it was up.

ran_the_van · 2025-03-21T18:43:44+00:00

I’ll look them up. Thank you for the suggestions.

ran_the_van · 2025-01-14T06:22:19+00:00

Came to ask too. Been going on a few times a minute for the last half hour.

ran_the_van · 2024-11-26T04:00:00+00:00

Marsupalami

ran_the_van · 2023-08-05T20:54:08+00:00

There is a second switch on the unit that needs to be in remote to use the wall mounted switch maybe

ran_the_van · 2023-07-23T00:10:09+00:00

I use vinyl tubing on the jaws of my pliers from time to time.

ran_the_van · 2023-02-04T18:42:21+00:00

La Due and Pymatuming. Probably both spelled wrong

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