New Tamper

[derfatdutchman]

I must own a dozen tampers, the problem is they seem to be able to appear and disappear on their own. I was in my shop and looking for a tamper to no avail. So I went to my scrap box found a piece of stainless steel and a chunk acrylic and headed to the lathe. Hopefully this one won't go missing on me.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Nice job!! Great looking tamp.

 

[tarheel1]

I'll take one lol.

 

[derfatdutchman]

Thanks! I think it came out okay for being machined with no planning.

 

[iamn8]

That's awesome!!! Love that look!! I used to own a Coffee Bar/Bar. I took great pride as a barista and always had my personal tamp on me. When I joined the pipe world, I always wanted to have a tamp made exactly like my espresso tamp but properly resized. Yours has a similarly machined appearance great job!!

Here's my barista tamp

 

[cortezattic]

How does tamping coffee improve the brew?

 

[iamn8]

Cortez, it's for espresso. The grind makes such a fine powder that you have to create a smooth surface with tamp before exposing it to high pressure to create an even shot.

 

[winton]

Nate, The way to achieve your goal is to make a tamper the same size / shape as your espresso tamper. Then taper it down to about 1/2". Then have a stand about the same size as your espresso tamper bottom portion. But have a hole drilled in the top of it, so the top portion fits into the hole.

 

[aggravatedfarmer]

Nate is that a Dunhill size 20? Brings a new definition to an all day smoke

 

[iamn8]

Lol farmer, the thought of using it for tobacco never crossed my mind. I could commission M Parks to make me a pipe to fit my tamp.
Winton, know anyone who could do that sorta thing?

 

[aggravatedfarmer]

I bet there is a briar big enough some where. A blowfish comes to mind."A blowfish that wil blow your mind".

 

[jpmcwjr]

Perhaps you could adapt a small Didgeridoo?!

 

[oldreddog]

OP I like a tamper that can tamp and take off a bottle top, yours fits the bill

 

[jkrug]

Great looking tamper. Well done. ::

 

[gogosamgo]

Nice tamper, great job!