For the fourth assignment, Robin and I "hacked" a caulk gun. Instead of using this tool for it's normal use, caulking things, we chose to use the pressure of the gun to make beverages high in caffeine. In this picture, espresso beans are being put into the PVC pipe filter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a picture of Robin pushing the coffee down with the other PVC part. This is important because when the beans are more packed, more force is needed to push the water through. (Better? yes.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's a picture of Robin pouring hot (almost boiling, but not quite) water over the packed beans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now the fun happens as the second PVC part is used to push the water through the coffee. Caulking a caulk gun is really fun whether fixing some leaky windows or making silicon molds. Caulking the gun in order to create espresso is especially fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a picture of how the espresso looks, but really it looks different in real life as do most objects in photographs.

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Something weird happened in this picture (I was moving), but I like it, so enjoy:

 

 

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We took this idea from someone who is pretty cool elsewhere on the internet. I think we found the idea at engadget.com.