In this video, Eric and Chris visit with Evert Sodergren’s in his wood working studio. They were delivering the polished stainless brew actuators, where Evert would attach the Peruvian Walnut and carve it in a style resembling his famous chair.

Here is the YouTube version in Low-Fi

Pix:

Check out the latest video. If you recall - on our last road trip we were investment casting the brew actuators and group covers. Well now we complete the polishing of the stainless parts then travel to Evert Sodergren’s studio to pick up the finished actuators which he’s wrapped in Peruvian Walnut and hand shaped for us.

Check it in low-fi if you have a slower internet connection on YouTube here.

The Slayer espresso machine sports some remarkable design–in my admittedly biased opinion.  One reason for this has been the involvement of artisans and craftsmen from a range of disciplines from lost-wax sculptural metal casting to knife-making to rapid prototyping through SLA models.

In building the Slayer, we augmented our own knowledge and experience by seeking the help of specialists in each of the disciplines we needed to bring our vision of the World’s Greatest Espresso Machine to reality.

  Read the rest of this entry »