Archive | February, 2012

With a leap we hop up to 58

The green bean hopper made it on. It stands at 2.8 metres from the ground!

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At 63 parts go on

With that new pillow block and bearings we reached a new point restoring our ’50s Probat. No more stripping and tearing apart. The build has officially started. First new part went on.

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Primping priming and painting at 64

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All the problems begin to feel smaller at 66

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We threw in the kitchen sink for 67

See, even the kitchen sink:   Yup, that may just be our ’50s Probat 60 in the background. And as you can see the rebuild is still happening.  

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Geared up for 70

Probat’s need gears to cool coffee. Even vintage ones.

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Big stuff in 71

Yes, that is me in the alluring outfit. Big huh?

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