Tamper Help Needed

mawil1013

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Here's a chart for doing the conversion. Scroll down and you'll see fractions of an inch too.

inch/mm CONVERSION CHART

It appears mine would be 54 mm. When I use the one I have there is about 1/8 inch gap if I position it to one side. If it's centered there is always grind being pushed up on the rim of the basket. I happened to see a commercial on TV which showed a tamper being used and it was a near perfect fit. Mine works but I always end up cleaning up around the basket rim as well as going back all around inside of basket rim to push down the grind that pushed up.
 

chast

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The other way would to buy a tamper that is machined to the basket. I have a Cafelat and VST baskets thas has a nice tight fit, but you might have to try a few baskets out. I had a tamper made by Pullman and he machined it to the VST basket.
 

mawil1013

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The other way would to buy a tamper that is machined to the basket. I have a Cafelat and VST baskets thas has a nice tight fit, but you might have to try a few baskets out. I had a tamper made by Pullman and he machined it to the VST basket.

I'm going to go by the measurement that I took and use the chart provided earlier. Should be 54mm. Thanks
 
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