Tricky situation - advise from wise heads

[Ringtail]

The rustins looks perfect. I wonder if you can cast with it - cant see why not but I'll ring the store at The Gap ( bris) tomorrow. Thanks again China.

[ian]

Hmmmm, maybe they are tamping stations, maybe not . Ok they are. A lot of different prototypes at the moment, 1 doing field trials in a cafe and 2 on rotation in my own " home cafe ". Totally agree with the longer than 5 seconds thing, and the heat - way too hot to touch. The tung oil rub copes easily but just doesnt cut it for bringing out the beauty of the timber. They look great for a day then dull off.

if it's a tamping station do they need to be food safe?
"food" i.e. coffee grinds left in the station go into the bin, not the next cup, right?
and the base of the tamper rest could be left natural timber

[Master Splinter]

... polyester resin is the go over epoxy ? Thought it would be the other way round but there ya go.

Some people confuse polyester resin with epoxy resin; but you could be thinking of polyurethane over epoxy which is (one of) the ways to protect epoxy from UV damage - but the poly is there just to keep the UV off the epoxy; it's the epoxy that's doing all the waterproofing (and by waterproofing, that's 'build it with no structural fasteners other than epoxy and sail it in the ocean for 20 years' waterproofing, not 'keep some splashes off it' waterproofing)

[Ringtail]

if it's a tamping station do they need to be food safe?
"food" i.e. coffee grinds left in the station go into the bin, not the next cup, right?
and the base of the tamper rest could be left natural timber

True, but I have other items where there maybe contact so ideally looking for a finish that complies to some degree.