1960's Bezzera Boiler Testing

Lovely Copper and Brass Espresso Boiler..... Just for

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The de-scaled boiler - getting ready for leak and pressure testing.....

Leak testing....

Yep a leak.....

The repaired fracture (Using Silver Solder)

Testing complete..... Now for polishing and fitting back into the main chassis

These are low pressure boilers - operating at a maximum of  1.5 bar (about 22 psi). The pull handles on this type of design compresses the 1.5 bar to 9 bar (about 130 psi). This higher pressure is delivered to the group head and used to express the "shot" (30ml) of coffee......

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