pulleys

yes - it drives off the electric motor with leather pulley belts. vintage should be late 50s -tom

Posted by Thompson Owen on Mon 12 May 2008 05:44:30 PM CDT

huh?

very funny - what the heck is going on here? -tom

PS okay - NOW I get it ... very ingenious

Posted by Thompson Owen on Mon 12 May 2008 05:38:45 PM CDT

neato

very cool damper on top! -tom

Posted by Thompson Owen on Mon 12 May 2008 05:37:49 PM CDT

LUCKY # 13!!!!

Posted by Dennis True on Sun 20 Apr 2008 05:38:15 PM CDT

the winning duck!

Posted by Dennis True on Sun 20 Apr 2008 05:37:27 PM CDT

Thanks for a wonderful tour.

Posted by Fouad ali on Sat 05 Apr 2008 12:03:47 PM CDT

wow

really cool, dennis. i am sure you could be selling these too! but its great as a hobby. -tom

Posted by Thompson Owen on Wed 19 Mar 2008 11:21:40 AM CDT

About the Pen

Here is a pen turned from ground coffee (Ethiopia Sidamo). Coffee was mixed with expoxy, and turned on a lathe. It is not edible.

Is this letting me edit other's posts?

Tex

Posted by Dennis Ryan on Tue 18 Mar 2008 11:02:22 PM CDT

monmouth

monmouth is a great company - i have been on some cup of excellence juries with their people, and the owner. -tom

Posted by Thompson Owen on Mon 17 Mar 2008 03:45:36 PM CDT

India Photos

Hi Tom
The photos of your trip to India were outstanding. Am waiting for them to be uploaded here.
Mohan

Posted by Mohan Alvares on Fri 08 Feb 2008 10:49:06 PM CST

India Photos

Thanks for posting the great photos of your trip to India, Tom. Terrific - it's so interesting to see a bit of the origins of the wonderful beans that you offer to us. Wish we could see all 1350!

Posted by Lynne Biziewski on Fri 08 Feb 2008 05:31:55 AM CST

Welcome the the beta test image gallery!

Hi all and welcome. I will be moving this to a new server, and if you upload photos (to the community pictures area) or make comments, all will be preserved after the move. You need to Log In to add comments or upload photos. Look to the upper right corner and click Log In to find out more. Thanks - I think this format is going to become a great resource, for both our customers, for others in the coffee trade, and the "coffee curious" people in general. -Tom

Posted by Thompson Owen on Sat 19 Jan 2008 12:20:35 PM CST

not sure

honestly, i am not sure. It is the model befpre the previous generation so it might be late, late '50s through '70s. the reason I jumped on it is the fantastic condition. i probably won't use the grinder, but who knows! -tom

Posted by Thompson Owen on Sat 19 Jan 2008 12:16:42 PM CST

hmm you may be right but it looks like a pulley to me.

Posted by Johnny Kent (guest) on Fri 18 Jan 2008 11:26:25 PM CST

Behmor fire

That's what Joe Behm's demo machine looked like when the chaff burned at the Coffee Expo last October.

Posted by Mike Holland (guest) on Fri 18 Jan 2008 05:40:50 PM CST

About how old is that probat, Tom?
Looks like a heavy duty manual ??? grinder on the side.

Posted by Gary Townsend on Fri 18 Jan 2008 05:24:38 PM CST

Are you sure you didn't accidentally set it on "Starbucks Mode"?

Posted by Brian Mathews (guest) on Thu 17 Jan 2008 01:09:27 PM CST

Wow

Holy smoke you did cook that one off. wow.. good to know its still working. That is true testament to the durability of them.
Aaron

Posted by Aaron (guest) on Wed 16 Jan 2008 10:15:18 PM CST

Not a problem unless indoors.

Posted by Ed Needham (guest) on Wed 16 Jan 2008 08:12:44 PM CST

Is that...?

Is that a beer can chicken holder mounting the heat gun? Hmmm, I've got one of those...

Posted by MW (guest) on Mon 14 Jan 2008 11:40:47 PM CST

Reneka 50

I got it from a junk dealer in NY state. He thought it had been in a large old hotel in Albany or NYC. It's from the 1930s. I have been working on refurbishing it. A major project but do-able. Hope to have it working by summer. Reneka was sold about 12 years ago and the new owners don't seem very interested in Reneka history. I did find someone in France with a much smaller but similar machine. The metal castings are of incredible workmanship. This was considered to be the first "automatic" coffee/espresso machine.It was designed for the finest large hotels and restaurants.

Posted by Ed (guest) on Mon 14 Jan 2008 03:48:45 PM CST

THAT is too cute!

Posted by Guest on Mon 14 Jan 2008 01:45:58 PM CST

wow!

great latte art, lisabeen. wish I was so proficient... tom

Posted by Thompson Owen on Mon 14 Jan 2008 01:07:20 PM CST

brrr...

i get cold just looking at this image! -tom

Posted by Thompson Owen on Mon 14 Jan 2008 01:06:01 PM CST

crema deluxe

dang me - that's some awesome crema! -tom

Posted by Thompson Owen on Tue 18 Dec 2007 03:48:49 PM CST

great picture - that tree is loaded with cherry. notice the small size fruit toward the end of the branch... -tom

Posted by Thompson Owen on Sun 16 Dec 2007 08:40:13 PM CST

first prototype of my custom electronic control system

This new system made it possible for people to successfully roast on the Probat the very first time they tried.

Posted by Jeffrey Pawlan on Sun 16 Dec 2007 04:34:42 PM CST

roasting instruction on a Probat with my custom electronic controls

This was a successful roast by a person who had never roasted before!

Posted by Jeffrey Pawlan on Sun 16 Dec 2007 04:32:13 PM CST

wow!

all i can say is wow! just incredible. where did you get it?

tom

Posted by Thompson Owen on Wed 12 Dec 2007 07:17:34 PM CST

nice mills, barry!

nice mills ... do you use any of them? -tom
Actually, only my Turckish grinder. I use that for travel and its not even in this picture.

Posted by Thompson Owen on Wed 12 Dec 2007 07:16:18 PM CST

Barry's Zasses

Nice Collection!
Thanks

Posted by Stephen Jeffcoat on Tue 11 Dec 2007 12:01:45 PM CST

so highly modified....

I added Doug's image to the gallery as a test. Since it is SOOOO highly modified from it's original Freshroast beginnings, I think it deserves to be in the Home Made category! -Tom

Posted by tom tester on Mon 10 Dec 2007 03:23:17 PM CST