We appreciate everyone’s support as orders continue to flow in. It is assumed that all items ordered with the Argos will ship in the same box as the machine.

Hardware

Issues with the new circuit board design have been identified and resolved. The board is up and running and we’ve been continuing testing and modifying control logic for the past few weeks.

Unfortunate news: A delay with Portafilters has been identified. The lead time has been pushed to April 2022 delivery due to global material shortages. We are working on finding an alternate supplier to get estimates on an additional batch of parts. Due to the nature of custom cast components, it may not be viable to get these any quicker. Another possible alternative we will be exploring is machined portafilters which will have a completely different look and may or may not be economically feasible.

I will keep everyone posted on the status of these parts but for any orders already placed I would anticipate an April ship date. All machines will be built, inspected, and packaged well before April but will not ship out without the portafilters. Off the shelf portafilters are not likely to fit this machine due to the compact nature of the design.

New wood side panels are made and ready for testing the magnetic attachment in the next few days.

Software

The Decent scale has been integrated with the app and works as expected. The Acaia scales are next.

Control logic is currently being worked on for optimal performance.

Tasks for this week

Document and complete build of second Argos prototype machine.

Thanks,

Ross Ainsworth