DeLonghi Essenza Mini Large Cup Mod

NOTE: This will not fit the Breville version of the Essenza Mini, which has a different front profile. This is for the DeLonghi Essenza Mini only.

Our 13 year old(!) DeLonghi Latissma+ finally bit the dust, and we replaced it with a smaller DeLonghi Essenza Mini.

However, we quickly discovered that most of our coffee cups were either too tall or too "bowl-shaped" to be used with the new machine.

To deal with this I designed a replacement set of parts.

The primary changes are a low profile cup drip tray with a larger base to accommodate taller, wider coffee mugs, and a "bowed in" front profile to allow some of our mugs to be in far enough to go under the outlet spot.

Because the parts have some unavoidable overhangs due to how the original parts are designed to fit into the machine, you will need to enable supports for...

• CupDripTray
  • Automatic supports should be fine - I used Orca Slicer's Type: Tree, Style: Tree Hybrid
• CapsuleDripTray
  • Automatic supports should be fine - I used Orca Slicer's Type: Tree, Style: Tree Hybrid
• UsedCapsuleCatcher
  • Automatic generates a lot of unnecessary support, so I'd recommend doing it manually and select only the area shown in the images. - I used Orca Slicer's Type: Tree (Manual), Style: Tree Hybrid

Make sure you print the CupDripTrayGrill "upside down" so that the top side is lying on the print bed - the STL version of the CupDripTrayGrill is already in the correct orientation.

Print Settings

Printer Brand:

Bambulabs

Printer: 

Bambu X1C

Rafts:

No

Supports: 

Yes

Resolution:

0.2mm

Infill: 

15%

Filament: 3D Fillies PLA+ Black 

Notes:

As mentioned above, you will need to enable supports for...

• CupDripTray
  • Automatic supports should be fine - I used Orca Slicer's Type: Tree, Style: Tree Hybrid
• CapsuleDripTray
  • Automatic supports should be fine - I used Orca Slicer's Type: Tree, Style: Tree Hybrid
• UsedCapsuleCatcher
  • Automatic generates a lot of unnecessary support, so I'd recommend doing it manually and select only the area shown in the images. - I used Orca Slicer's Type: Tree (Manual), Style: Tree Hybrid

Make sure you print the CupDripTrayGrill "upside down" so that the top side is lying on the print bed - the STL version of the CupDripTrayGrill is already in the correct orientation.

I also originally thought that I might need to use ABS because of temperature concerns, but so far the PLA+ holding up just fine.

While designing this I printed a few iterations in draft mode with 0.3mm layers, single walls and only 10% gyroid infill - they seemed to hold up just fine over the course of a few weeks before I printed the final version in black. If you're looking to save some plastic, you might want to give this a try instead.

How I Designed This

I used OnShape to design this.

Category: Replacement Parts