Perhaps "tools" would be a better title?

Stuffs and things you use because they make your work better...

Just picked up a Joe Frex Technic tamper. Or, it just arrived today.

JoeFrex Technic Tamper Handle | Seattle Coffee Gear

Immediately realized that 95% of my tamping is way too low. The Technic is like a torque wrench for tamping. You set it to break where you want (mine is just under 30lbs), and apply pressure till it gives. For someone that's not pulling shots for 8hrs a day, I am guessing it'll help fine tune the tamp. Now I've read up on how important/ not important tamping is relative to everything else (grind, distribution, etc etc), but a lot of the other variables can be easily controlled. Tamping, not so much...and getting rid of just that one variable will help single out deficiencies elsewhere. Looking forward to this.