The Tamp, This Forum Is Cooler Than You Know

[jkrug]

Very cool Nate. Look forward to seeing it with the handle on. ::

 

[okiescout]

Nate, congratulations on the unusual gift and very nice tamp.
Pruss, that is quite a collection!

 

[deathmetal]

That's a great weekend engineering project resulting in a killer tamper. Probably works well for espresso (I think that's Latin for "bitter coffee") as well.

 

[iamn8]

UPDATE: I've placed the beautiful metal work in the hands of Michael Parks. He's begun work on a commission forms and will be using this to make a matching tamp made of briar and mammoth bone. The pipe will be a LF group 6 Diplomat in a partial blast with thick mammoth collar... and now with a matching tamp! I couldn't be more stoked about this!!

 

[jkrug]

That sounds like an awesome pipe/tamper set Nate. Look forward to seeing these when they're done. ::

 

[hawke]

Very Cool!

 

[mortonbriar]

mortonbriar I have friends at Bell, Flight and Columbus Coffee. Where did you work?

Pat, I just noticed I got asked a question, I was actually working as a jeweller at the time, but our company was sponsored by 830, the best roasters in town I think. When we got a fancy new espresso machine in a barista came in for a day and took each staff member through a tutorial on making a good coffee, after that they just turned up each week with a giant bag of beans...I got my tamp on.
Isaac

 

[fitzy]

That's awesome Nate and Eric.
Hey Eric any chance you could start a group buy for those tampers and we can find someone else on here that came make the handle portion?

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[drezz01]

I can't wait to see it!

 

[derfatdutchman]

Hey Eric any chance you could start a group buy for those tampers and we can find someone else on here that came make the handle portion?
Nate caught me at a good time, I had a small piece of stock on hand and I didn't have any other projects in the works. Once we get though the holidays and things get back to semi normal I'll be able to do some figuring.

 

[fitzy]

Awesome all around.

 

[perdurabo]

Let us know how the figuring goes, Derfatdutchman.

 

[hextor]

very very nice, I bet that it will look nice with the handle on it, can wait to see the pictures of the finished product.