Show me your Purty Vintage Vac Pot

[crc]

A while back I picked up a beautiful vintage Silex at an estate sale.  I love the old vacuums, so elegant.  If anyone has pictures to show off theirs please followup.

Len

[Tex]

Which one?

[Tex]

Let's start with this one, shall we? It was a wedding gift to my grandma & grandpa back in the late 20's. She gave it to me in the 60's and I've been using it ever since.

[crc]

Let's start with this one, shall we? It was a wedding gift to my grandma & grandpa back in the late 20's. She gave it to me in the 60's and I've been using it ever since.

Very nice.  That looks identical to the one I have; however I believe mine is missing the upper chambers handle and definitely the lid.

Len

[Tex]

Let's start with this one, shall we? It was a wedding gift to my grandma & grandpa back in the late 20's. She gave it to me in the 60's and I've been using it ever since.

Very nice.  That looks identical to the one I have; however I believe mine is missing the upper chambers handle and definitely the lid.

Len

I also have one like this (This one is from Brian Harris collection), except mine has the Silex Lox-In filter rod. All of my collection is original, with the exception that one or two have replacement gaskets.

[crc]

Beautiful stuff.  Just amazing.

LEn

[sduck27]

tex
   where did you get the replacement gasket from?


Steve

[Tex]

tex
   where did you get the replacement gasket from?
Steve

These are only for the narrow neck Silex: http://www.siliconegear.com/Products/AntiqueCoffeeGasket.cfm

edited: Here's another source for vac pot gaskets: http://www.dayseal.com/services.html

[sduck27]

tex
   thank you very much a looked and looked for a gasket for sunbeam c 30 that i got as a gift from my dad 2 years ago now i got it.

steve

[Tex]

tex
   thank you very much a looked and looked for a gasket for sunbeam c 30 that i got as a gift from my dad 2 years ago now i got it.

steve

They've got a monopoly on Sunbeam vac pot gaskets, and their prices reflect that - $25 for 15¢ worth of silicone! I suppose we're supposed to be so thankful for the gaskets that we ignore their price gouging?

[sduck27]

I'm willing to ignore it if it works...... My dad runs a thrift shop and picked it up for free.  I also have a stainless steel stovetop that works great.  He also pick up a glass perculator, not using it looks nice on the shelf.

Steve

[johnlp]

It's hard to stay away from ebay.

[Tex]

It's hard to stay away from ebay.

Dang, that's a huge image!

[johnlp]

Thought I had reduced it to 25% 

[Tex]

Thought I had reduced it to 25% 

Then it's a damn good thing you didn't post the original!