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[Tex]

C'mon Susan - you've had plenty of time to put lipstick on that pig - show us the first roast!

[SusanJoM]

Ah, well, all I got done today was to get the re-wiring finished.  The switch to control the heater of the popper is installed and it works.....amazing !!!!

(The rest of the day was spent dealing with having the bathroom floor torn up.....not a pretty picture at all.  Tomorrow will be more of the same.)

I'm still futzing about trying to get the spacer/ruler into a good circle, and wondering about a comment you made yesterday about whether having both the TO and the UFO heaters on at the same time will blow a breaker....

Don't worry....I'll keep you posted.

Susan

[dmankin]

Susan - great work

Tex - The 'Lipstick on the Pig' avatar is a KEEPER!  Oink!!   :wav:

[Tex]

... wondering about a comment you made yesterday about whether having both the TO and the UFO heaters on at the same time will blow a breaker...

Simple to figure out - add up the wattage for both machines & divide by your house voltage.

ex: 1200 watts for a Turbo Oven + 900 watts for the Salton popper / by 120 volt house current

These examples would use 17.5 amps collectively, so you'd need a 20 amp circuit breaker.

[Tex]

...Tex - The 'Lipstick on the Pig' avatar is a KEEPER!  Oink!!

As my guru once told me, "You have to live this life, but you should not take it so seriously."

Aummmm...

[SusanJoM]

Your roaster is coming along very nicely Susan, despite the apparent character flaws of some of your advisers.

Here's how I formed the ring so it acts as a chaff collector.

Okay, Tex, I'm going back to work on this project now.

Two questions regarding your picture:

1.  What did you use to cut the groove into the plastic trough?   I'm guessing dremel.....?

2.  What's in between the two ends of the bar that is covering the bolt?  Do I remember some mention of a spring?


Your elder, and don'tcha ferget it.
Susan

[Tex]

Okay, Tex, I'm going back to work on this project now.

Two questions regarding your picture:

1.  What did you use to cut the groove into the plastic trough?   I'm guessing dremel.....?

Whatever - a file or ?? It's just soft plastic.

2.  What's in between the two ends of the bar that is covering the bolt?  Do I remember some mention of a spring?

A soft spring, just to keep some tension on the ring while it rides in the groove. Also, I elongated the hole in the outside end of the ring (where the wing nut is). This lets the bolt slide in the hole, permitting the ring to float in the groove (makes for a perfect fit).


BTW: Did you figure out if the two heaters were OK on your circuit?

[SusanJoM]

I just went out and looked, and every circuit for this house is a 20 amp, so, I'm guessing as long as I'm not ironing (doing what? ) or some other heat-requiring operation at the same time, I should be okay.


I also just went and got another yardstick.  The one I had been trying to make into a circle had gotten quite mutilated.....too many holes in the wrong places;  nice bend in the wrong place; etc. etc. etc....

Back to the beginning.....

Susan

[Tex]

Here's how I formed my ring. And the notch I cut to keep the ring flat.

[SusanJoM]

Aha......a slot for the bolt.....not just one hole.....

Cool....

More information all the time....

Eventually I WILL get it....

Promise...

Susan

[peter]

Why all that fartin' around?

A simple ring with a 1/4" overlap and you're done.   

[SusanJoM]

NOW you tell me?

                 

     

[Tex]

Why all that fartin' around?

Because coffee tastes better if it's flavored with an aromatic.  

A simple ring with a 1/4" overlap and you're done.  

The extra bends are there to act as a chaff collector. When the top is on it diverts the chaff down into a colander - makes for a happier wife when I roast on her patio.

[peter]

That explains everything.  Abby the Shi-Tzu says I can let the chaff fly as long as I'm on time with the Purina.

But since I have an enclosed roasting cabinet downstairs, the chaff lands in a nice big pile anyway.

Bob, do you have your spacer ring attached to the bottom unit somehow?

[SusanJoM]

Chaff?  they say? 

Who'd notice.......?