you will have seen in the promo images & vid that the drip tray in our demo machine sits a few mm lower than the edge of the drip tray
you probably won’t have been able to tell in the images, but the edges of the holes cut in the grate are quite aggressive/torn up close – this is the result of laser cutting
the grates on the production machines are all pressed, and the difference in finish is significant – the edges of the rectangular punchings are clean and smooth, and ever so slightly radiused as a result of the pressing process – beautiful if you have an appreciation for things that are nicely made, albeit simple
i also raised the height of the grate so it is only a mm lower than the drip tray surround, which looks a lot nicer too
so I’ve ordered one of those for our demo machine, which i hope to receive tomorrow
I’ve also been promised an image of the first coloured drip tray tomorrow, which is the limoncello one – superb!
that image will be posted here almost instantly tomorrow as I’ve not seen it in the flesh and it is an idea that i think will allow you to personalise your machine at a reasonable cost, and just add a bit of interest to the acres of mirror polished stainless. others involved in the project think its a daft idea and is going to look terrible, so the moment of reckoning is near – i still think it is an awesome way to personalise your machine. if you change your kitchen, move house, move the machine to a different room, or just get tired of the colour you can buy one in a different colour in a few years time and create a whole new look for minimal outlay – the stainless should bounce the colour around a bit
you’ve no idea how many crazy things we have considered and dismissed – one of the most serious was do the fascia plate in sterling silver and then getting it spotted (often incorrectly referred to as machine turned) in the same tiny 50% overlap 3/4″ diameter circles that you can find on the dashboard of a 1930s Bentley Blower. the trouble is we discovered no one uses a machine – it is done by hand in england! as a result it is very expensive when you drop down to small diameter circles even more expensive as you need an awful lot to cover any area. the sterling silver would tarnish too, and be difficult to clean the thousands of tiny circular ridges that spotting produces. we were also concerned that it could expose the machine to criticism as being nothing more than a rich guy’s trinket, which isn’t really the market we are after
LONDINIUM I is designed to look & perform as it left the factory for decades.