DIY Carbon-Fiber Espresso Machine with LED Bling!
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- Опубликовано: 25 фев 2023
- Espresso Xtreme: Carbon Fiber and LEDs for Your Caffeine Fix!
#DIYEspressoMachine #DIYEnthusiast #BacklitLED
Hey there, fellow caffeine addicts! In this video, I'm going to take you on a wild ride as I showcase my DIY espresso machine creation. And no, it's not just any ordinary espresso machine - this baby comes equipped with a backlit LED front and carbon fiber panels!
I won't lie, this project was more challenging than trying to find a decent cup of coffee at a gas station. But hey, I survived and now I can proudly say I have an espresso machine that looks like it could belong on a spaceship.
Whether you're a coffee connoisseur or just a fan of flashy gadgets, this video will surely entertain and maybe even inspire you to embark on your own coffee-making adventure. So sit back, relax, and let's get brewing (and maybe a little bit lit with those LED lights).
Grinder
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Carbon Fiber Sheet
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24V RGB LED Strip Light 5mm
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Acrylic Sheet Plexiglass 12" x 12" Square Panel 1/4" (6mm) Thick
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Uh Broh... this video should be getting 100x more views. This video is so well done!
Thank you Joseph!
This project is absolutely incredible! The meticulous attention to detail, overcoming setbacks, and the level of customization showcased in the video are truly remarkable. I aspire to embark on a similar journey and create my own machine one day. With seven years of experience working on espresso machines, I've tackled virtually every aspect mentioned in the video. I dedicated considerable effort to enhance my Andreja Premium and now have my eyes set on fine-tuning my own Alex Duetto. Selling machines to upgrade has been my path, and witnessing your extraordinary machine has ignited a fresh wave of inspiration. The LED panels, the inclusion of a Wi-Fi board (a genius idea!), the rotary pump, custom panels, and the meticulous wiring - especially the shielded and protected wiring - all done the right way. Your creation is truly inspiring me to embark on my journey to craft my own espresso machine. ☕❤️
Wow thank you very much nicest comment ever!! ❤️
Carbon fiber is important, so the espresso machine is as light and stiff as possible.
Lol seriously though it is already super heavy with the copper boiler and all that so I am glad it has carbon panels vs. stainless steel or something that makes it even heavier.
It helps with aerodynamic stability, something most Italian products use nowadays
I don’t come across this level of quality this often. Inspirational!
Awesome video!
Thank you!
Markus, you are a Courageous Builder! Love it.
Excellent video. I love it, the finished machine and coffee it produces looks amazing.
Thanks Wayne!
I brought the sock puppet back after I saw how much you like it 😃
Channeling was never an issue for decades in Italy or globally until someone figured out they could sell accessories to fix a non problem.
You couldn’t even see it before the bottomless Porta filter
Great results 🎉
Wow! Great project!!
Man, thanks for sharing ! Very well done!
Definitely awesome video!
Thank you Nezir!
this video is a masterpiece!
Oh thank you very much!! :)
Much appreciated Pugbread!
great front design - lights the area too
Thank you!
Yes it does looks great in the kitchen! :)
Really liking your videos, keep them up. Thanks man
Thank you Danny!
The start of the video 😂
Sensationell. Da hast alles was Du in den letzten 30 Jahren gelernt hast in ein Projekt gepackt! Beste Grüße nach SC.
Die Vergangenheit soll ja net komplett fuer die Katz sein :) Danke Andy! Hoffe es geht euch allen gut!
Awesome project!!!.. the video production is amazing!.. gotta love some amazing coffee!!..
Thank you appreciate that!! Just got finally a real camera so hopefully the video quality will improve as well soon :)
🎉🎉🎉🎉 Amazing
Great video, thanks 👍
Thanks for watching!!
excellent project execution and demo.
Thank you!
Nice one Markus!! I’ll be over soon!!
It’s time for a Greenville visit man! :)
Great videos mate! 👍🏻😄 Interesting and entertaining.
Thank you!
That Intro!!
😃
Better made than 95% of coffee machine compagnies 👏 ... dont forget to purge some water , e61 are made to slightly over heat . For the chaneling you need fresh bean well grinded and good puck prep ! Awesome vid !!!!❤
Thank you ClearDome!!
noch nie so schnell subscribed (und geliked)
guter style!!.
Vielen Dank jpjay!!
Saw you post on home barista. Amazing video and production, loved it,
Thank you Jess! Appreciate it!
inspiring me :)
Too Funny Dude!!! Loved it! You definitely could be my brother from a different mother.
I don’t know you Robb but appreciate you thinking of me as your brother 😂
REALLY enjoyed your video, even though you (nicely) made fun of Decent. You asked for advice on reducing channeling. First thing is to understand what's going on. Channeling is simply your coffee puck not being able to resist the water pressure in a certain spot, and being under 9 bar (about 140PSI) the water always takes the easiest path.
From your video, I'd guess that your first, big problem, is your using an inexpensive grinder. Those tend to make coffee grinds of varying sizes, and pressurized water will find weak spot. The Niche and DF64 are the cheapest grinders that are considered acceptable for espresso.
Next, water flow speed, especially during the start of your shot. Many E61 machines has a "line pressure" mode, where water flows to the puck at about 3 bar (that's the pressure of city water) and after about 10 seconds, the user engages the motor to go to 9 bar. Letting the puck wet gently, will really help.
Next to finally, flow or pressure declining as the shot proceeds, will help a lot. Because 20% of your coffee puck is ending up in your cup, after about 20 seconds your puck has less coffee in it to resist the unrelenting 140PSI/9 bar that your pump is putting in. Lowering the flow (or pressure) as the puck degrades, will greatly reduce channeling in the last 10 seconds of your shot. That's why "spring lever" machines, make such great espresso.
And finally, how evenly is water being spread onto your puck? I've seen E61 with just one central hole, but 3, 4, or 5 holes is more common. The less even, the more likely your powerful pump is drilling through your coffee puck.
-john
Firstly, John, receiving a comment from Decent Espresso Machines alone is an honor in my opinion. I truly appreciate your feedback!
Regarding my machine, it does not have line pressure since I use a tank and only the pump provides pressure. However, I could potentially look into installing a flow control valve. I was not aware that 20% of the puck ends up in the cup😳 interesting!🤔
I hope you know that my comments were not intended to make fun of your machine. Rather, I was highlighting the fact that some people take the coffee-making process too seriously and miss out on simply enjoying a good cup of espresso or cappuccino. As an engineer, I am impressed by what you do with the Decent espresso machine. Based on my research, I understand that you use proportional valves which I assume are responsible for the noise during the brewing process? I am not entirely certain this information is accurate, but I have also read that you use machine learning to optimize the espresso-making process.
The Decent espresso machine is undoubtedly an impressive piece of equipment that showcases the intersection of technology and coffee-making.
Thanks John!
@@MarkusNenning Not to worry Markus, I can certainly take friendly ribbing! The Decent crowd are definitely known as being more-than-usually geeky about coffee, so it's fair to make fun of us for that.
And yeah, I agree with you that *it's*all*about*the*drink*. When people ask me, at trade shows, what's special about our machine, I always counter with "let me make you a coffee, because if you don't like it, I don't want to waste your time". Espresso needs, first and foremost, to be about pleasure for the body, for the heart. Otherwise, fuhgetaboutit!
Getting some sort of flow control going on your homemade machine would be super helpful. I recommend you both look at the Bianca, and how they do it to an E61, as well as the many flow control mods for E61 that exist. One might "just fit" on your machine with minimal effort.
As to what we do on the Decent, it's quite different than the traditional approach. We have a heat-on-demand water path, which gets to around 120ºC (it's pressurized), and we drop-by-drop mix that with room temperature water in a chamber behind the group, to dynamically alter the water temp going to the puck, as needed to get the puck to a specified temperature (people forget that the coffee puck is at room temperature). We need two pumps to do this, and they're vibe pumps, because we need very low latency, and very fine flow control. Rotary pumps are too high latency and move too much water for what we need. If you want to know more, here's a schematic: twitter.com/decentespresso/status/985910699267362816
And finally, let me say that I really enjoyed your film-making, your sense of humor, and just wanted to honor that effort with a contribution, if I could, to help you make better coffee.
ps: your LED lit front panel is super cool. We might steal that idea from you in the future (credited!) if that's ok.
-john
Wow John, an LED front-lit panel on a Decent Espresso Machine would be super cool!! I will buy a Decent Espresso Machine myself if that really happens! :)
I had never thought about the latency of a water pump before, but yes it makes sense that a rotary pump, with its higher mass, would be less responsive to changes compared to a vibrational pump 🤔
And thank you for the compliment on my film-making; it's my hobby and I truly enjoy it."
Mad genius? 😄
Thanks 😃
I'm really confused? This has higher production quality than most television shows - so either you're a genius, or you have extensive background in video production. I agree with others that you should have more views and subs.
Very much appreciate that!!
I just learn as I go.
To reduce channelling I would recommend using a WDT tool
I have a basic mass produced pump type machine. Is it worth just replacing the pump for more pressure? Does just increasing the pressure make it gooder. Or its all things. Pressure water temp, bean , grind , bean temp?
30mm impact bit to remove the heating element ftw
Amazing project! Loved watching your video. 😀
What pid did you use?
Thank you!!
I bought a PID specific for espresso machines, simple because I only wanted a very small temp display with only up/down temp buttons. The cheaper ones I found on Amazon all had a fairly big display with red LED segments and I didn’t like the optics of that :)
Amazing job, Markus. Any plans on adding flow or pressure control and an app to automate profiling? :)
I think with this one I will stick to the traditional basics :)
Perhaps something fancier in the future will see.
And thank you!
Minus the labor, how much did this cost in total?
Great Espresso machine project!
Where did you get the digital pid?
Thanks!
Thanks!
I ordered one used of Ebay.
What was the all in cost of the parts without labor? What tools are required? It’s an interesting project. I’d be interested how it compares to similar machines on the market price wise!
Hey Ziggy it cost me around $300 in parts from EBay and Amazon
WDT
So you rebuilt a coffee machine using used parts.
The main components yes. The rest is made.
How much did you spend in total?
Around $300
How much was the built
All the mostly used parts cost around $400. The most expensive part was the carbon fiber panels
@@MarkusNenning thanks Mark keep up the incredible work
Did the black paint on the motor give any problems?
No why do you think it did? 🤔 you just have to make sure everything is covered up well.
@@MarkusNenning Because I read somewhere that that particular motor, I guess the alloy, is resistant to heat. Dunno, if they are talking about the heat from the boiler just next to it, or the heat from the motor itself.
@plurplursen7172 ah ok. Well in my case the pump only runs a very short time every day (only when pulling a shot) so not even enough to even get hot at all.
@@MarkusNenning I was thinking the same. The same motor can feed a 12L 3gr Boiler. In your build it will have a long life. Real nice build btw. I am deep into my own build. 6.5L HX 1Gr boiler. I was thinking about sanding down those lines in the fitting. Now I am going to do it. Fix as many leaks before testing I am thinking
Sanding it down was the only way to get the leak to stop. You just want to make sure you take down the very minimum and very even surface cause otherwise you need a spacer/ring between the fitting/nut. And don’t over tighten that’s where the groves come from in the first place :)
Good luck with your project!
Hope to see a picture!
Cristo
hiden gem
Thank you!
Awful editing
I'm extremely surprised this video doesn't have more views. Even more surprised this guy doesn't have more subscribers.
Thank you. Slow growth I guess :)