Donna, Thanks for those instructions. I too have watched a few of those units on ebay and wondered about them. Its nice to have the set of parts and...
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larry hollenberg
larryhollenb
May 14, 2007 12:01 am
I mentioned I was gone for a week. A great deal of that was spent on Amtrak. First to chicago from southern illinios, then on the Empire Builder to Seattle.....
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rsburritt@...
rsburritt
May 14, 2007 1:40 am
Larry, yes someone did write that it made weak coffee; however, what I have found is that you can just increase the amount of concentrate you start with in...
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Lonnie Chu
lonniechu
May 14, 2007 4:53 pm
Greetings! I'm brand new to the group and relatively new to vacpot collecting. I got into it a couple years ago when I went to egullet.com's coffee and tea...
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s_annod
May 14, 2007 5:50 pm
Sorry, Peter, I guess I wasn't clear about those pics. I don't have that Filtron with the instructions. I just saved the pics for my own information. The...
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s_annod
May 14, 2007 6:18 pm
Hi Lonnie, Welcome to the group! ... It's the ... use, the ... grinder. I ... have to ... another ... push on the ... goes more ... changing its ... the end of...
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Peter Mumford
punatech
May 14, 2007 7:52 pm
Thanks donna, My error, Peter s_annod <chaekyr@...> wrote: Sorry, Peter, I guess I wasn't clear about those pics. I don't have that Filtron with the...
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lonniechu
May 14, 2007 8:35 pm
... Hi, Donna, and thanks for the reply! ... It's quite hard to move. Good seal, then. ... I keep changing beans, so it could be one particular type. I'll...
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Larry Hollenberg
larryhollenb
May 14, 2007 8:51 pm
Welcome Lonnie, Nice to have you as a member. Yes they are addictive as the photo section will show.. And I agree that the results are somewhat up to chance.....
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rsburritt@...
rsburritt
May 14, 2007 9:11 pm
Hi Lonnie, welcome to the group. Have you by chance tried wrapping the filter rod in a layer or two of cheese cloth? It's cheap and easy and helps to trap...
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rsburritt@...
rsburritt
May 14, 2007 9:23 pm
I'm going to go out on a limb here. Unfortunately I don't have my pots with me right now as they are in storage. But since I just got the coffee filtron I...
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Lonnie Chu
lonniechu
May 14, 2007 9:53 pm
What a great response! I'm thinking of trying an experiment. Due to its small size, it seems to me the Silex Delray's gasket is the least prone to problems....
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rsburritt@...
rsburritt
May 14, 2007 10:00 pm
OK for those who were following the saga, my observation of the Colombian beans in the Filtron is very tasty overall. When I first brewed with dark roast, I...
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Larry Hollenberg
larryhollenb
May 14, 2007 10:08 pm
Lonnie, Your right, if the water is too hot it will indeed bring it up so fast as to want to splash. I also seem to have a hard time positioning the upper and...
Roland, Well it sounds like a reasonable idea.. I don't know if I have followed this close enough as I have been really busy since I got back in town.. Would...
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rsburritt@...
rsburritt
May 14, 2007 11:47 pm
Hi Larry actually with the pad being 3-1/4" in diameter I'm thinking it might be possible to wedge it into the receptacle the same way the Filtron instructions...
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Peter Mumford
punatech
May 15, 2007 1:59 am
I've ordered the filter pads and can't experiment right now. As soon I get them it sounds like a fun project. I think I'll try the Kent. Peter ...
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Bo Long
long9875
May 18, 2007 7:28 pm
Lonnie - It is very likely that your grinding burrs are worn and producing fine powder in addition to the flakes. The fine powder is jamming the rod. Bo Long ...
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lgoodberlet
May 20, 2007 3:03 pm
We just got our Sunbeam Coffeemaster C30C off ebay but it came with no instructions. Any ideas? Thanx - Lena...
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lgoodberlet
May 20, 2007 3:08 pm
Our friend has a Sunbeam & makes great coffee. So we ordered one on ebay. Got it! Sunbeam Coffeemaster C30C - with no instructions. I have found some...
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larry hollenberg
larryhollenb
May 20, 2007 3:50 pm
Hi Lena, Welcome to the vacuum coffee maker collector group.. I just went in and added the instructions to a C30 Sunbeam to the Vacuum Pot Instructions album...
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larry hollenberg
larryhollenb
May 20, 2007 3:53 pm
Hi All, I added a set of instructions to the C30 Sunbeam in the instructions album second page of photo section. It is readable but not really wonderful.. I...
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lena goodberlet
lgoodberlet
May 20, 2007 5:36 pm
Got it, Larry. Thanks so much. How in the world have you found all of this stuff? Lena larry hollenberg <larryhollenb@...> wrote: Hi Lena, Welcome to...
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Larry Hollenberg
larryhollenb
May 20, 2007 5:53 pm
Personally I enjoyed trying different makes of vacuum pots and in purchasing them some luckly came with the instructions.. I have a few more to post yet. Lots...
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rsburritt@...
rsburritt
May 20, 2007 6:47 pm
Add water, add coffee, plug it in, let it brew, ENJOY! (LOL) ... From: "lgoodberlet" <lgoodberlet@...> To: <vacuumcoffeepotcollector@yahoogroups.com> ...
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Lonnie Chu
lonniechu
May 20, 2007 8:09 pm
Here they are: http://www.oldcoffeeroasters.com/c30.htm Click on the thumbnail photos, and then if you can't read the resulting image, click on it. It should...
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Ron
stebchem
May 22, 2007 2:31 pm
The gasket on our Sunbeam "C30A B" (the so-called "Beehive" model) is in excellent condition. Maybe that is just a fluke--it was not used often and stored in...
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Ron
stebchem
May 22, 2007 2:42 pm
As stated previously, our first stainless steel Corys, ACB and ACB-3, bubbled up too vigorously during brewing if we tried to use a Cory filter rod. We have to...
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RICHARD HARVEY
lifeworks22
May 22, 2007 3:40 pm
Hi Everyone, Probably this has been handled in a previous discussion but since, I personally, didn't know what a gasket was it didn't have much meaning to me;...
