Coffee tampers

stuckinohio

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• Aug 19, 2023

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Hello,

I've recently started exploeing/enjoying espresso cappuccinos and lattes at home. My son does as well.

As a result, I've been making a few custom tampers for us.

Ours is copper and walnut. My sons is bocote.

Terrible pics but you get the "picture...." LOL

 

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Rob H

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• Aug 19, 2023

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Very nice, I love that it is 100% made by you.

 

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Wow, very cool. - Dave

 

stuckinohio

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Thanks guys! The copper was a little tricky to say the least.

 

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I love the classic look of them.

 

stuckinohio

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Thanks Hippie

BTW, It's hopefully hard to tell, but the Bocote tamper is two piece as well. Nailed the grain match and transition from handle to tamper base IMHO easier to see in the below rough sanded pic.

 

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Hippie3180

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stuckinohio said:

Thanks Hippie

BTW, It's hopefully hard to tell, but the Bocote tamper is two piece as well. Nailed the grain match and transition from handle to tamper base IMHO easier to see in the below rough sanded pic.

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Very impressive.

 

BULLWINKLE

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• Aug 20, 2023

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stuckinohio said:

Hello,

I've recently started exploeing/enjoying espresso cappuccinos and lattes at home. My son does as well.

As a result, I've been making a few custom tampers for us.

Ours is copper and walnut. My sons is bocote.

Terrible pics but you get the "picture...." LOL

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Beautiful work !! I like the choices of wood you used.
Here's mine. I used acrylic for it. I spent hundreds on the machine that came with a cheap plastic tamper. While it worked just as well it was cheap and looked cheap. These turned tampers look really good. I used a threaded insert in the blank so that I could unscrew the top.

 

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derekdd

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Outstanding.

 

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really nice work and a good idea for gifts

 

stuckinohio

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BULLWINKLE said:

Beautiful work !! I like the choices of wood you used.
Here's mine. I used acrylic for it. I spent hundreds on the machine that came with a cheap plastic tamper. While it worked just as well it was cheap and looked cheap. These turned tampers look really good. I used a threaded insert in the blank so that I could unscrew the top.

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Looking good!