The Most Absurd Breville Bambino Teardown

A deep dive into the Breville Bambino espresso machine, showing parts, construction, and assembly. This is an inexpensive (cheap?) espresso machine (considered to be the minimum viable machine by many) which may serve as an interesting project platform. This video might be helpful for that or as a repair reference. Schematic and datasheets: https://github.com/techdregs/Breville... Flow Meter: ODE AB32-S21PO12C-11R Pump: Ulka EP5FM Solenoid: JLT P3T04125LA Heater: Ferro Techniek FTH II 1500W Triac: WeEn BTA425Y-800BT MCU: STM32F070CBT6 === Timestamps === 00:00 Introduction 01:42 Cheap Accessories 02:45 Exterior Parts 04:08 Opening the body 06:42 Water Route/Flow Meter 07:52 Pump and OPV 08:45 Solenoid and Drain Line 10:35 Heater Demo 11:30 Thermal Imaging 13:30 PCB Removal 18:41 PCB/Electronics Overview 21:20 Pump Mount and Triac 22:21 Heater Assembly Removal 27:18 Heater Core 32:17 Finding a Lost Screw 32:38 Top Internal View 33:15 Group head Feed Line 34:12 Solenoid Assembly 35:35 Steam OPV Internals 38:10 Solenoid Dissection 42:36 Front Control Assembly/Buttons/PCB 46:50 Reassembly of Top End 51:30 Shower Screen and Group Head 53:15 Overall Thoughts/Comments/Conclusions