Chris Schafale on thu 18 jan 01
But, you know, when I bring my very nice, unlidded baking dishes
with practical handles to shows, people say, "oh, is that a
casserole, do you have any with lids?" This year I actually had
someone say, "do you have *anything* with a lid? (as if it made no
difference what it was, as long as it had a lid -- luckily, I had one of
my rare casseroles-with-lids, which she happily bought).
I've wondered about making those coffee carafes, too. Saw them in
a catalog. But how hot does the warmer plate get, and is it at all
risky, like making flameware? My guess is, it isn't all that hot, and
wouldn't be a problem except when the person let it go dry and sit
there all day with no liquid, in which case it might be a real
problem. And it would be easy to do that, since you couldn't see
the level of liquid in the pot. What do others think?
Chris
Light One Candle Pottery
Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, USA
(south of Raleigh)
candle@intrex.net
http://www.lightonecandle.com
Vicki Conley on fri 19 jan 01
Chris, i have been making coffee carafes for 20 years. It was a great seller
and quite unique. They can stand the heat of the warmer just fine. I have
just recently taken them off my order list as there are now sooooo many
different brands, with doifferent shapes, and that have to exactly hit
different kinds of levers to turn on that It is just too hard to make a
generic pot anymore that will fit most brands. Good Luck. Vicki
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Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 5:56 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: casseroles and coffee pots
But, you know, when I bring my very nice, unlidded baking dishes
with practical handles to shows, people say, "oh, is that a
casserole, do you have any with lids?" This year I actually had
someone say, "do you have *anything* with a lid? (as if it made no
difference what it was, as long as it had a lid -- luckily, I had one of
my rare casseroles-with-lids, which she happily bought).
I've wondered about making those coffee carafes, too. Saw them in
a catalog. But how hot does the warmer plate get, and is it at all
risky, like making flameware? My guess is, it isn't all that hot, and
wouldn't be a problem except when the person let it go dry and sit
there all day with no liquid, in which case it might be a real
problem. And it would be easy to do that, since you couldn't see
the level of liquid in the pot. What do others think?
Chris
Light One Candle Pottery
Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina, USA
(south of Raleigh)
candle@intrex.net
http://www.lightonecandle.com
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Don Goodrich on sat 20 jan 01
Chris Schafale was wondering:
>I've wondered about making those coffee carafes, too. Saw them in
>a catalog. But how hot does the warmer plate get, and is it at all
>risky, like making flameware?
The warmer plate on mine, a Norelco 12, gets to 250 F / 121 C (if the Fluke
pyrometer is to be believed). Since it long ago lost its original glass
carafe, I've substituted a variety of stoneware teapots in its place. None
have been damaged by this almost daily treatment. My guess is that it's safe
if your teapot can handle the shock of boiling water poured into it.
Occasionally I've forgotten to unplug the heater when the pot is empty, and
that has done no harm.
Crockpots also appear to operate in this temperature range. I've made some
custom pots for these when the original wasn't quite adequate, and they've
held up well. I needed one tall enough to melt beeswax for dipping tall
candles, yet narrow in the upper portion so the volume of wax wouldn't take
all day to melt. The result is something that looks sorta like a lightbulb
flattened at the round end.
There's probably quite a variety of things that could be made to fit the
various low-temperature heating bases that are made commercially. If the
bottom diameter fits what customers have, they may prefer unique pots for
their electric cookers.
Don Goodrich
goodrichdn@aol.com
http://members.aol.com/goodrichdn
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