gucciago Senior Member Joined: 6 Apr 2004 Posts: 78 Location: Palm Beach,FL Expertise: Pro Roaster
Espresso: 07 La Marzocco Linea 3EE/... Grinder: MAZZER Major with DOSER Vac Pot: N/A Drip: N/A Roaster: Custom Gas Drum Roaster/PID...
Posted Sat Aug 4, 2012, 1:13pm Subject: Re: Fiorenzato commercial machines:
well I'm half a decade late on this but are you still enjoying your Fiorenzatos? I am restoring a 1999 Fiorenzato 2g Fenice ellettrica which worked but was badly neglected ... all seals old, never backflushed it looks like, and scaled and corroded... dried up diaphragm on sirai , switched around steam and water wands but did not leak and boiler and element A OK! anyway ... it's a great looking machine and every part is full on quality commercial down to the Gicar computer! anyway, its in 500 peices! polishing out the stainless and frame at powdercoaters !
Kristi Senior Member Joined: 6 Oct 2005 Posts: 2,281 Location: Boston Expertise: I love coffee
Espresso: Gaggia Evo w silvia wand Grinder: Macap M4 mod to d&s-less Roaster: (Jeff at Redbirdcoffee)
Posted Sat Aug 4, 2012, 3:31pm Subject: Re: Fiorenzato commercial machines:
gucciago Said:
well I'm half a decade late on this but are you still enjoying your Fiorenzatos? I am restoring a 1999 Fiorenzato 2g Fenice ellettrica which worked but was badly neglected ... all seals old, never backflushed it looks like, and scaled and corroded... dried up diaphragm on sirai , switched around steam and water wands but did not leak and boiler and element A OK! anyway ... it's a great looking machine and every part is full on quality commercial down to the Gicar computer! anyway, its in 500 peices! polishing out the stainless and frame at powdercoaters !
Very nice set of pictures!!! I had to laugh at the first inside pic of the boiler! But beautifully cleaned now. You've got quite the treasure there!!! Very nice!!!!! I'm sure you'll get many nice brews from it! Thanks for sharing!
#--> I recommend Eric Svendson's adapter and thermometer for E61s (also Silvia) : easy surfing! # My photo albums have moved to http://picasaweb.google.com/krislema2
gucciago Senior Member Joined: 6 Apr 2004 Posts: 78 Location: Palm Beach,FL Expertise: Pro Roaster
Espresso: 07 La Marzocco Linea 3EE/... Grinder: MAZZER Major with DOSER Vac Pot: N/A Drip: N/A Roaster: Custom Gas Drum Roaster/PID...
Posted Sat Aug 4, 2012, 4:12pm Subject: Re: Fiorenzato commercial machines:
Thanks! there will be plenty of updates! frame will be a metallic silver and side and back a pearl turquoise Nd I'll turn new handles and maybe knobs from turquoise ! just for fun! plus turquoise and copper! what a combo! thanks for posting the temp surf Info also!
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