Handles

Ask questions about or share pics of your latest find...

Handles

Postby Mary C » Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:37 am

I haven't seen any discussion here about the handles on your cast Iron I was very lucky to have bought at an estate sale

120204 Neither has handles

I must admit I don't think coat hangers will work. I checked with HD and I searched and couldn't find any wire. but to be honest having two broken wrist bending heavy wire probably will be very difficult. any suggestions?

Mary C.
User avatar
Mary C
1000 Club
1000 Club
 
Posts: 1776
Images: 473
Joined: Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:29 pm
Location: Waco, Georgia

Re: Handles

Postby wagondude » Sun Jun 15, 2014 10:25 am

Get a couple of "Ovegloves". They work as advertised for handling hot items. You can even pick up hot coals with them. I found a cheaper version at Aldi once, but the original works well and also has a version that blocks steam for a little more. If I get any more, I will buy the one that blocks steam.
Bill

TnTTT ORIGIONAL 200A LANTERN CLUB
101137
User avatar
wagondude
1000 Club
1000 Club
 
Posts: 1535
Images: 35
Joined: Sun Jan 16, 2011 7:41 pm
Location: Land of the Jayhawks

Re: Handles

Postby Sandyman » Sun Jun 15, 2014 8:20 pm

Try welding gloves. They are often cheaper and are as good as oven mitts. I use them when I am cooking outdoors with DO'S.

Sandy C. :D
Sandyman
Teardrop Advisor
 
Posts: 54
Images: 8
Joined: Sat Jan 01, 2005 11:07 pm
Location: Ontario, Canada
Top

Re: Handles

Postby bobhenry » Mon Jun 16, 2014 7:47 am

If you really want to make bails for the pots, look at a good hardware store. They will have a rack with handy steel. Short length of angle, flat stock, and other forms. In that rack you should find 3/16+/- round rod. I used this for the jay hooks for my overhead pot and pan rack. You will have to bend the bail first. Try clamping an end to a small round object. The first thing that came to my mind was an 8 or 10 inch trailer rim. Clamp the one end with vise grips and form the rod around the object. Next run it thru the pan ears to access where you want your final bends to be at the ears of your pot. I would mark them with a marker. Next trap a small hex nut ( 5/16 maybe 3/8) in a vice so you can poke the wire thru and with pliers bend the loop hook for the ears. When I made my pot hooks I bent them around an older style pressure cooker weight making about an 1 3/4 maybe 2 inch bend. My point , the bigger the nut or form the larger the ear bend.
Growing older but not up !
User avatar
bobhenry
Ten Grand Club
Ten Grand Club
 
Posts: 10354
Images: 2614
Joined: Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:49 am
Location: INDIANA, LINDEN
Top

Re: Handles

Postby KCStudly » Mon Jun 16, 2014 1:00 pm

I was thinking a piece of 1/8 inch SS welding rod, or maybe a little bigger; chuck a piece of 1/2 inch diameter in the lathe as a mandrel and wind a nice coil handle in the middle.
KC
My Build: The Poet Creek Express Hybrid Foamie

Poet Creek Or Bust
Engineering the TLAR way - "That Looks About Right"
TnTTT ORIGINAL 200A LANTERN CLUB = "The 200A Gang"
Green Lantern Corpsmen
User avatar
KCStudly
Donating Member
 
Posts: 9610
Images: 8169
Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:18 pm
Location: Southeastern CT, USA
Top

Re: Handles

Postby S. Heisley » Mon Jun 16, 2014 7:28 pm

What Sandyman and Wagondude said is your best bet. A wire bail would concentrate the the weight more on your wrists than picking the DO up from the sides. Have you noticed how some of the larger fry pans have a handle on each side? It's because it's easier to lift it that way. The weight is then more evenly distributed and isn't concentrated in one spot.

While both types of mentioned gloves will work, welding gloves will give you better/more coverage than Ove gloves. However, do what works best for you.
User avatar
S. Heisley
Super Lifetime Member
 
Posts: 8769
Images: 495
Joined: Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:02 am
Location: No. California
Top

Re: Handles

Postby Mary C » Mon Jun 16, 2014 8:57 pm

Sharon, I really want handles so I can hang the stock pot or stew pot over the fire. and hang the other one too for the smaller meals. plus I can put some hooks under the back of the galley to store them when camping. Just thinking.

Bobhenry, I will go some other places (Hardware) and see if I can find the wire. I am going to try to find someone to do the bending.

Sandyman and Wagondude I will have some heavy gloves but i have tried on welding gloves and well..........to be honest I haven't found any that were small enough for me. seems like I could put three fingers in one of the fingers. so an Oveglove might work I never have had one but knew I was going to get one before camping,

KC..........You know I am plain and simple I think, I will get my friend to do the bending,

Thanks for the input and suggestions any more will be welcomed!!!!
Mary C.
User avatar
Mary C
1000 Club
1000 Club
 
Posts: 1776
Images: 473
Joined: Mon Oct 15, 2012 6:29 pm
Location: Waco, Georgia
Top

Re: Handles

Postby viffer07 » Thu Jul 17, 2014 8:08 am

get a couple of 5 gallon pails and take the wire bails off thats what i have done
viffer07
Teardrop Inspector
 
Posts: 19
Joined: Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:13 pm
Top

Re: Handles

Postby bobhenry » Fri Aug 01, 2014 7:16 am

Speaking of handles.......

Is this type of handle brand specific to the older lodge pieces.

It reminds me of a pumpkin stem. It looks to have sprouted out one side and has re-rooted in the other.

Image
Growing older but not up !
User avatar
bobhenry
Ten Grand Club
Ten Grand Club
 
Posts: 10354
Images: 2614
Joined: Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:49 am
Location: INDIANA, LINDEN
Top

Re: Handles

Postby SmokeyBob » Fri Aug 01, 2014 8:34 am

bobhenry wrote:Speaking of handles.......

Is this type of handle brand specific to the older lodge pieces.

It reminds me of a pumpkin stem. It looks to have sprouted out one side and has re-rooted in the other.

Image

I've noticed that myself. Could be an interesting story. Why did they make it that way.
Pics for Building the Alegria I
To view video click Here

Bob & Judith
User avatar
SmokeyBob
2000 Club
2000 Club
 
Posts: 2950
Images: 161
Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:06 am
Top

Re: Handles

Postby Corwin C » Sat Aug 02, 2014 2:40 pm

bobhenry wrote:Speaking of handles.......

Is this type of handle brand specific to the older lodge pieces.

It reminds me of a pumpkin stem. It looks to have sprouted out one side and has re-rooted in the other.

Image


Just a guess, but the shape suggests that they are using a sand casting process and the blank that the sand is molded around has a tapered and likely flexible piece that will pull free of the sand without destroying the handle shape. When the iron is poured in, it becomes a solid part of the lid and then the sand is broken away to be recycled into another mold. It would be an easy way to have one less part in the mold.
Corwin
Image Image Image
If I am unwilling to stand up straight before the world and admit what I have accomplished during the day, without excuses, in complete and honest detail, then I can do better ...
and no one should be expected to accept anything less.
-- myself
User avatar
Corwin C
500 Club
 
Posts: 916
Images: 78
Joined: Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:27 am
Location: Junction, Piute County, UT
Top

Re: Handles

Postby bobhenry » Mon Aug 04, 2014 7:48 am

But is this design brand specific ?????
Growing older but not up !
User avatar
bobhenry
Ten Grand Club
Ten Grand Club
 
Posts: 10354
Images: 2614
Joined: Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:49 am
Location: INDIANA, LINDEN
Top

Re: Handles

Postby SmokeyBob » Mon Aug 04, 2014 11:30 am

bobhenry wrote:But is this design brand specific ?????

I have a 10" by Cabelas and the lid handle is shaped the same, but mine is smoother. The handle opening on mine is so small I have to use a lid lifter or grab the lid by the sides. When the DO is cold it would be nice, for me, to have a larger lid handle. But I guess, especially with the heaver lids, using a lid lifter or picking it up by the sides would work better.
Pics for Building the Alegria I
To view video click Here

Bob & Judith
User avatar
SmokeyBob
2000 Club
2000 Club
 
Posts: 2950
Images: 161
Joined: Thu Jun 23, 2005 12:06 am
Top

Re: Handles

Postby KCStudly » Mon Aug 04, 2014 1:30 pm

My guess is that it is a stress relief issue. If the handle grows and shrinks at a different rate due to it being out in the air, by being fixed at both ends it could develop enough stress to crack, so by alleviating that stress by allowing it to free float, it can grow and shrink at its own pace and not develop any stress.

Break the joint because it would break itself anyway.
KC
My Build: The Poet Creek Express Hybrid Foamie

Poet Creek Or Bust
Engineering the TLAR way - "That Looks About Right"
TnTTT ORIGINAL 200A LANTERN CLUB = "The 200A Gang"
Green Lantern Corpsmen
User avatar
KCStudly
Donating Member
 
Posts: 9610
Images: 8169
Joined: Mon Feb 06, 2012 10:18 pm
Location: Southeastern CT, USA
Top


Return to Cast Iron

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests