Worlds best coffee tamper? from solid bronze (part 2)

Making the most bling coffee tamper in the world ever ever?... well trying too anyway! i think it's definitely in the top ten of the worlds prettiest coffee tampers. I make it from solid bronze. And i polish the coffee tamper until it has a mirrored base. Not just a shiny base... a mirrored base!

The quick story behind this is... we got a well used but awesome espresso coffee machine off of eBay a few weeks ago, and ever since I've been obsessed with making the perfect coffee.
We didn't have a tamper, so I 3D printed one, then i realised i should just cast a solid bronze one - because why not make the shiniest most beautiful coffee tamper in the world?

in part one i made the 3D printed patterns and made up the green sand mould and did the bronze casting.
In this part (part two) i grind, sand and polish it up to a super super mirror finish. The base it literally like a mirror, and solid bronze mirror! Incidentally this was a little taster into seeing how much polish bronze can take... I will be doing a bronze mirror in the future (like the ones from 1000's of years ago :)

For all you budding baristas out there, i will release the file for my PLA coffee tamper so you print your own if you want... just let me know if you want it. I can also include the files for the castings including the feeders etc... just let me know.

Has it made me better at making coffee? Nope! but it's so lovely to use! Also i actually looks and feels like it's made of solid gold! hmmmmm maybe a solid gold coffee tamper next? who's up for sponsoring that one? the royal mint?
I'm aiming for the titles of "worlds best coffee tamper" or at the very least "prettiest coffee tamper"! lol if only!
byeeee o/

Links:
Casting a coffee tamper (part one):
   • Casting a bronze coffee tamper (Part 1)  
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