Art & Pat Burns wrote:Hi
Do you need to use a base with the waffle iron? If so, does anyone know where I might find just a base.
Art
Most irons have a round ball hinge with an indexing pin. My iron would not stay together without the base. Is your wafle iron hinged in such a way it stays together without a base.
The problem of finding a
base only is 2 fold first they come as a set and they are not standardized brand x 's iron may not fit brand y's base. The other problem is the cast base is about as fragile as an egg if it is dropped just right it will explode leaving behind an orphan iron. I am sure this has happened to many irons.
I would think if you really wanted to construct a base a cheap steel ( Not cast iron ) skillet and a piece of pipe in the right diameter to fit the ball would be all you need. Have a hole cut in the bottom of the skillet the diameter of the iron.
you will use the skillet base upside down from its normal function the short pipe is welded to the skillit bottom which is now the top of the base.
next relieve one side of the pipe so the ball of the iron can be lifted and rotated. Not knowing exactly how the iron is built a can't help you here.